28 January 1879 after a short illness. He was interred in the midst of a severe snowstorm at Bournemouth New Cemetery on 1 February 1879. The funeral ceremony was officiated by the Bishop of Peterborough (his nephew, William Connor Magee (1821–1891)), assisted by his son, the Revd Edmund M‘Neile (1840–1893). Earl Cairns (1810–1885), who was related to M'Neile through his marriage to M'Neile's niece, Mary Harriet M'Neile (1833–1919), and Lord Shaftesbury (1801–1885) were amongst the mourners. Throughout the day the muffled minute bell of Ripon Cathedral was tolled and the cathedral's lectern and pulpit were each covered with a black cloth. Footnotes References Biographical treatments Bartlett, D.W., "Pulpit Orators: Dr. McNeile", pp.275–277 in Bartlett, D.W., What I Saw in London: Or, Men and Things in the Great Metropolis, Derby and Miller, (Auburn), 1853. Crockford, J., "M‘Neile, Hugh", p. 432 in Crockford, J., Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1868: Being a Biographical and Statistical Book of Reference for Facts Relating to the Clergy and the Church (Fourth Issue), Horace Cox, (London), 1868. "Death of Dean McNeile", The Times, No.29477, (Wednesday, 29 January 1879), p. 6, col.F. Dix, J.R., "The Rev. Hugh M‘Neile. D.D., of Liverpool", pp.82–96 in Dix, J.R., Pen Pictures of Popular English Preachers: With Limnings of Listeners in Church and Chapel (New and Enlarged Edition), Partridge and Oakey, (London), 1852. Evans, J., "Rev. Doctor Mc. Neile", pp.182–189 in Evans, J., Lancashire Authors and Orators: A Series of Literary Sketches of Some of the Principal Authors, Divines, Members of Parliament, &c., Connected with the County of Lancashire, Houlston and Stoneman, (London), 1850. Fish, H.C. & Park, E.A., "Hugh M‘Neile. D.D.", pp.568–579 in Fish, H.C. & Park, E.A., Pulpit Eloquence of the Nineteenth Century: Being Supplementary to the History and Repository of Pulpit Eloquence, Deceased Divines; and Containing Discourses of Eminent Living Ministers in Europe and America, with Sketches Biographical and Descriptive…, M.W. Dodd, (New York), 1857. Francis, G.H., "The Rev. Hugh M‘Neile", pp.406–415 in Francis, G.H., Orators of the Age: Comprising Portraits, Critical, Biographical, and Descriptive, G.W. Nickisson, (London), 1847. Gilbert, J., "The Rev. Dr. M‘Neile", at Series XIII, pp.10–13 in Gilbert, J. (ed), The Roman Catholic Question: A Copious Series of Important Documents, of Permanent Historical Interest, on the Re-Establishment of the Catholic Hierarchy in England, 1850-1, James Gilbert, (London), 1851. Grant, J., "Reverend Gentlemen", pp.239–269 in Grant, J., Portraits of Public Characters in Two Volumes, Vol.I, Saunders and Otley,