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Dr Benjamin Hoadly- rector of Streatham

17/4/2022

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Dr Benjamin Hoadly, Bishop of Winchester died On This Day 17 April 1761

Dr Benjamin Hoadly (1676-1761). Rector of St. Leonard's Streatham, 1710 to 1723, and chaplain to King George I. Lecturer, physician, author and satirist.

He was successively Bishop of Bangor, of Hereford, of Salisbury, and finally of Winchester.
Hoadly Road in the St Leonards ward of Streatham is named after him

Image- painting by William Hogarth with permission of Tate Gallery ©Tate
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Benjamin Hoadly (1676-1761) is shown here in the robes of Bishop of Winchester and Prelate of the Order of the Garter, one of the top three dignitaries of the Anglican Church. He was famous for defending the new Hanoverian monarchy against the claims to the British throne of the Catholic Stuarts . He was also noted for supporting the supremacy of the state over the church, and for his liberal views on religious dogma. Although crippled from youth, he led an extremely active life. He loved the arts, especially the theatre, and entertained lavishly. Hogarth, who was a close friend of his two sons, painted most members of the family and often took part in their amateur theatricals.
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