Maclagan, Right Rev. William Dalrymple

D.D. (jure dignitatis, Cambridge, 1878), lord bishop of Lich field, Church of England; b. at Edinburgh in the year 1826; educated at St. Peter's College, Cambridge; graduated B.A. (junior optime) 1856, M.A. 1860; was ordained deacon 1856, priest 1857; curate of St. Saviour, Padding ton, London, 1856-58; of St Stephen, Marylebone, London, 1858-60; secretary of the London Diocesan Church Building Society, 1860-65; curate in charge of Enfield, 1865-69; rector of Newing ton, 1869-75; vicar of Kensington, 1875-78; honorary chaplain in ordinary to the Queen, 1877-78; prebendary consecrated bishop, 1878. He edited, with Dr. Archibald Weir, The Church and the Age, E ays on the Principles and Present Position of the Anglican Church, London, 1870; and has published sermons, etc. * McLAREN, Alexander, D.D. (Edinburgh, 1875), Baptist; b. at Glasgow, Feb. 11, 1826; educated at Stepney (now Regent's Park) College, and graduated B.A. in London University; was minister of Portland Chapel, Southampton, from 1846 to 1858; since which time he has been minister ot Union Chapel, Manchester. He was chairman of the Baptist Union of England in 1875. He has published Sermons preached in Manchester, (1st series 1864, 10th ed. 1883; 2d series 1869, 7th ed. 1883; 3d series 1873, 6th ed. 1883); A Spring Holiday in Italy, 1865. 2d ed. 1866; Week-day Evening Addre es, 1877, 5th ed. 1885; Life of David as reflected in his Psalms, 1880, 6th ed. 1885 Secret of Power, and other Sermons, 1882, 2d ed. 1883; A Year 150 's Ministry, 1884, 2 series, 2d ed. 1885. McLAREN, Right Rev. William Edward, S.T.D. (Racine College, Racine, Wis., 1875), D.C.L. (University of the South, Sewanee, Term., 1884), Episcopalian, bishop of Chicago; b. at Geneva, N.Y., Dec. 13, 1831; graduated at Jefferson College, Canons burg, Penn., 1851; was an editor until 1857, when he entered the Western (Presbyterian) Theological Seminary, Allegheny, Penn. graduated there 1860, and became a Presbyterian minister; entered the Protestant-Episcopal ministry, 1872; and became rector of Trinity Church, Cleveland, O., 1872; bishop of Illinois, 1875; diocese divided into that of Illinois, Quincy, and Springfield, he retaining that of Illinois, which included Chicago and the northern part of the State, 1877; in 1883 the name of this diocese was changed to that of Chicago. He is the author of Catholic Dogma the Antidote of Doubt, 1883; and numerous sermons, addre es, articles, etc. -* McLEAN, Alexander, D.D, (Hamilton College, Clinton, NY., 1874), Presbyterian; b. in Glasgow, Scotland, Oct. 1, 1833; graduated at Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y., 1853, and at Union Theological (Presbyterian) Seminary, New-York City, 1856; became pastor of the Congregational Church, Fairfield, Conn., 1857; of the Calvary Presbyterian Church, Buffalo, N.Y., 1866; corresponding secretary of the American Bible Society, 1874.