Editing Deathbed conversion (section)

=== Sir Allan Napier MacNab ===
[[Allan MacNab|Sir Allan Napier MacNab]], Canadian political leader, died 8 August 1862 in [[Hamilton, Ontario]]. His deathbed conversion to Catholicism caused a furor in the press in the following days. The ''[[The Globe and Mail|Toronto Globe]]'' and the ''[[Hamilton Spectator]]'' expressed strong doubts about the conversion, and the Anglican rector of [[Christ's Church Cathedral (Hamilton, Ontario)|Christ Church]] in Hamilton declared that MacNab died a [[Protestant]].<ref>{{Cite web
 |last        = King
 |first       = Nelson
 |title       = Alan Napier MacNab
 |work        = Soldier, Statesman, and Freemason Part 3
 |date        = 5 August 2009
 |url         = http://nelsonking.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=79&Itemid=37
 |accessdate  = 2010-01-04
 |url-status     = dead
 |archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20110706190407/http://nelsonking.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=79&Itemid=37
 |archivedate = 6 July 2011}}</ref> MacNab's Catholic baptism is recorded at St. Mary's Cathedral in Hamilton, performed by John, Bishop of Hamilton, on 7 August 1862.  Lending credibility to this conversion, MacNab's second wife, who predeceased him, was Catholic, and their two daughters were raised as Catholics.<ref name=conversion>{{Citation
  | last = Dooner
  | first = Alfred
  | title = The Conversion of Sir Allan MacNab, Baronet (1798–1862)
  | journal = Canadian Catholic Historical Association Report
  | volume = 10
  | pages = 47–64
  | date = 1942–1943
  | url = http://www.umanitoba.ca/colleges/st_pauls/ccha/Back%20Issues/CCHA1942-43/Dooner.html
  | access-date = 4 January 2010
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090210175042/http://www.umanitoba.ca/colleges/st_pauls/ccha/Back%20Issues/CCHA1942-43/Dooner.html
  | archive-date = 10 February 2009
  | url-status = live
  }}</ref>