Madan, Spencer (1782-1824)

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Adm. pens. (age 18) at TRINITY, June 5, 1776. [Eldest] s. of the Rev. Spencer (1746) [and Lady Charlotte Cornwallis]. [B. Aug. 25, 1758.] School, West-minster. ' Matric. Michs. 1776; Scholar, 1777; Browne medal, 1778; M.A. 1779; Seatonian prize, 1782; D.D. 1809. Adm. at the Middle Temple, Apr. 12, 1776. Ord. deacon (Peterb.) June 23, 1782; priest, Nov. 10, 1782; C. of Wrotham, Kent, 1782-3. It would seem likely that he was R. of Gt Bradley, 1783-5, but there is no definite evidence to this effect. V. of Bishop's Tachbrook, Warws., 1786-7. R. of Ibstock, Leics., 1786-1836. R. of St Philip's, Birmingham, 1787-1809. Prebendary of Lichfield, 1785-6; Treasurer, 1787-1809; Canon Residentiary, 1790-1810. Chaplain to Mary, Dowager Duchess of Walsingham. Chaplain in Ordinary to the King, 1788. Chancellor of the Diocese of Peterborough, 1794. Preb. of Peterborough, 1800. R. of Thorpe Constantine, Staffs., 1809-24. V. of Batheaston, Somerset, 1824-36. V. of Tiverton, 1825-36. Married, Jan. 5, 1791, Henrietta, dau. of William Inge, and had 10 children. Author, a translation of Grotius's De Veritate, 1782. Died Oct. 9, 1836, at Ibstock; buried at Thorpe Constantine. M.I. in Lichfield Cathedral. It is difficult to assign with certainty some of the Prebends and cures between this man and his father. Brother of Charles W. (1779); grandfather of the above and of the next. (Record of Old Westminsters; Inns of Court; Northants. Clergy; D.N.B.; J. Nichols, Leicestershire, IV. 760; Clerical Guide.)

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