| Authorised form of name | Hoadly; Benjamin (1706 - 1757) |
| Dates | 1706 - 1757 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Broad Street, London, England |
| Date of birth | 10 February 1706 |
| Place of death | Chelsea, London |
| Date of death | 10 August 1757 |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Activity | Education:
Dr Newcombe's School at Hackney, London; Corpus Christi College, Cambridge; MB (1727), MD (Com. Reg. 1728)
Career:
Registrar of the Diocese of Hereford while his father was Bishop (1721-1724); settled in London; appointed Registrar of the Diocese of Hereford by his father (c1721); Physician to the Royal Household (1742-1745); Physician to the Prince of Wales (1746); Author of comedies
Memberships:
FRCP (1736)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 09/03/1727 |
| Relationships | Son of Benjamin Hoadly, successively Bishop of Bangor, Hereford, Salisbury and Winchester and his first wife, Sarah Curtis.
Married: 1) Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Betts; 2) Anne, daughter of General John Armstrong (FRS) |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Venn
References:
R W Home, 'Some Manuscripts on Electrical and Other Subjects Attributed to Thomas Bayes, FRS' in NR 1974-5 vol 29 pp 81-90
'Gentleman's Magazine' 1757, p386 |
| Code | NA2190 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| RBO/15/38 | Account of a lunar eclipse of the moon on 29 July 1729 extracted from a letter from Mr William Stevenson to Benjamin Hoadly | 1730 |
| EL/S2/68 | Letter, from William Stevenson to Benjamin Hoadly, dated at Ledbury | 25 November |