Martin Madan (MP)
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Colonel Martin Madan was groom of the bedchamber to Frederick, Prince of Wales
, and MP for
Wootton Basset
from 1742 to 1747. Madan also served as a colonel in the Dragoon Guards
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(née Cowper) the English poet who called him Lysander in a poem entitled "To Lysander" composed on October 3 1726, one year after the birth of their son.
Their sons included Rev. Martin Madan
, author of Thelyphthora, a defence of polygamy, and the Right Rev. Spencer Madan
, bishop successively of Bristol and Peterborough. Their elder daughter, Maria Frances Cecilia, married William Cowper of Hertingfordbury, her first cousin; the younger daughter Penelope (died 22 December 1805), became the wife of General Sir Alexander Maitland (1728–1820). Madan was the grandfather of General Frederick Maitland
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Madan died at Bath 4 March 1756.
Frederick, Prince of Wales
Frederick, Prince of Wales was a member of the House of Hanover and therefore of the Hanoverian and later British Royal Family, the eldest son of George II and father of George III, as well as the great-grandfather of Queen Victoria...
, and MP for
Wootton Basset
Wootton Bassett (UK Parliament constituency)
Wootton Bassett was a parliamentary borough in Wiltshire, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1447 until 1832, when the rotten borough was abolished by the Great Reform Act.-History:...
from 1742 to 1747. Madan also served as a colonel in the Dragoon Guards
Dragoon guards
Dragoon Guards was the designation used to refer to certain heavy cavalry regiments in the British Army from the 18th century onwards. While the Prussian and Russian armies of the same period included dragoon regiments amongst their respective Imperial Guards, different titles were applied to these...
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Family
Martin Madan was married to Judith MadanJudith Madan
Judith Madan was an English poet. She was the grand daughter of Lady Sarah Cowper , the diarist....
(née Cowper) the English poet who called him Lysander in a poem entitled "To Lysander" composed on October 3 1726, one year after the birth of their son.
Their sons included Rev. Martin Madan
Martin Madan
Martin Madan was an English barrister, clergyman and writer, known for controversial views on marriage expressed in his book Thelyphthora.-Life:...
, author of Thelyphthora, a defence of polygamy, and the Right Rev. Spencer Madan
Spencer Madan
Spencer Madan was an English churchman, bishop successively of Bristol and Peterborough.-Life:The son of Colonel Martin Madan and Judith Madan of London, and younger brother of Martin Madan, he was sent to Westminster School in 1742, and in 1746 went to Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1749 he...
, bishop successively of Bristol and Peterborough. Their elder daughter, Maria Frances Cecilia, married William Cowper of Hertingfordbury, her first cousin; the younger daughter Penelope (died 22 December 1805), became the wife of General Sir Alexander Maitland (1728–1820). Madan was the grandfather of General Frederick Maitland
Frederick Maitland
General Frederick Maitland was the youngest son of the hon. Sir Alexander Maitland Baronet and Penelope, daughter of Martin Madan and Judith Madan the poet...
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Madan died at Bath 4 March 1756.