John Elgee (1754–1824) was Archdeacon of Leighlin from 1804 until his death.[1]
He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[2] His whole career was spent at St Iberius, Wexford; from 1790 to 1794 as Curate and from 1795 as rector.[3] During the Irish Rebellion of 1798 he was saved from certain death because of his previous humanitarian treatment of the poor.[4]
His grandson, Robert McClure, was an Arctic explorer;[5] and his granddaughter, Jane Wilde, was the mother of Oscar Wilde.[6]