Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Lancy, Right Rev. William Heathcote de
Lancy, Right Rev. William Heathcote de, D.D., created D.C.L. 23 June, 1852, bishop of Western New York 1839-65 (s. John Peter), B.A. Yale Coll., Newhaven, 1817, M.A. 2820, D.D. 1828, provost of University of Pennsylvania 1828-33, secretary of the House of Bishops of the American Church 1828-39, rector of St. Peter's, Philadelphia, 1836-9, died 6 April, 1865.