Personal Life and Family
McNally married Frances I'Anson, the daughter of William I'Anson (also spelt Janson) a solicitor, in 1787 in London, having eloped because William I'Anson disapproved of McNally. The I'Anson family owned a property, Hill House, in Richmond, Yorkshire and Frances was the subject of McNally's song, Sweet Lass of Richmond Hill. Frances died aged 29 in childbirth in Dublin in 1795 and McNally re-married in 1800 Louisa Edgeworth, the daughter of a clergyman from County Longford.
McNally died on the 13th of February 1820, and, although he had been a Protestant all his life, sought absolution from a Roman Catholic priest on his deathbed. McNally left one daughter.
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