{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Portal|Christianity}} '''John Elgee''' (1754–1824) was an Anglo-Irish clergyman who served as Archdeacon of Leighlin from 1804 until his death.<ref>"Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton, H. p399 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848–1878</ref> His grandson, Robert McClure, was an Arctic explorer;<ref>The Royal Navy in Polar Exploration From Frobisher to Ross, E C Coleman 2006 {{ISBN|0-7524-3660-0}}</ref> and his granddaughter, Jane Wilde, was the mother of Oscar Wilde.<ref name="wordpress">{{cite web|url=https://eafitzsimons.wordpress.com/tag/john-elgee/|title=John Elgee | Beside Every Man|website=eafitzsimons.wordpress.com|accessdate=2017-09-10}}</ref>
He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.<ref>"Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860)Burtchaell, G.D/Sadlier, T.U p260: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935</ref> His whole career was spent at St Iberius' Church, Wexford; from 1790 to 1794 as Curate and from 1795 as rector.<ref name="irishtimes">{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irishman-s-diary-1.125290|website=Irish Times|title=An Irishman's Diary |accessdate=2017-09-10}}</ref> During the Irish Rebellion of 1798 he was saved from certain death because of his previous humanitarian treatment of the poor.<ref>"History of the Irish Rebellion in 1798: With Memoirs of the Union, and Emmett's Insurrection in 1803" Maxwell, W.H. p252: London, Bayly Brothers, 1845</ref>
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