Sir William Magnay, 2nd Baronet (1855 - 8 January 1917) was an English

England

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 baronet

Baronet

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 and novelist.

He was a son of Sir William Magnay, 1st Baronet, and succeeded him to the title in 1871. He married in 1879, and was himself succeeded by his son Christopher Magnay, born 1884.

He was a prolific novelist, and published twenty-five novels before his death; a further three were brought out posthumously.

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