Martin Madan

(1725-1790)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Madan, Martin, 1726-1790 NRA: Madan Martin (1725-1790) Author DNB: Madan, Martin (1725-1790), Church of England clergyman and advocate of polygamy LBT ID: MaMadan1790 VIAF ID: 7737304 LOC ID: n85089589	B/BAP: 1725-10-05 DIED: 1790-05-02
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The son of Col. Martin Madan and Judith Cowper; he was chaplain of the Lock Hospital for repentant prostitutes (1750-80) and an advocate for polygamy. He corresponded with Lady Huntingdon and John Wesley.
REFERENCES TO Martin Madan: William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch XXII. Found 1: ¶ 29 Kennedy, James, 1793?-1827, Conversations on Religion, with Lord Byron and others, held in Cephalonia, a short time previous to His Lordship’s Death (London: John Murray, 1830) Fourth Conversation Found 1: ¶ 5