MADAN, FREDERICK, only son of Frederick Madan (adm. 1808, qv); b. 2 Jun 1834; adm. 30 Jan 1847 (G); left 1851; d. 20 Nov 1855.
MADAN, JOHN, brother of Martin Madan (adm. 1736, qv); b.; adm. (aged 16) Feb 1747/8 (Hawkins'); left 1750; d. 24 Jan 1754.
MADAN, MARTIN, elder son of Lieut. -Col. Martin Madan MP, Hertingfordbury, Herts., Equerry and Groom of the Bedchamber to Frederick, Prince of Wales, and Judith, dau. of Spencer Cowper (at school under Busby, qv); b.; adm. (aged 11) Oct 1736 (Hawkins'); left 1742; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 9 Feb 1742/3, Canoneer Student 28 Jun 1743 – void 22 Dec 1750; BA 1746; adm. Inner Temple 22 Dec 1741, called to bar 5 Feb 1747/8, left Inner Temple Jun 1757; ordained deacon (Winchester) Jun 1757; Curate, St. Saviour’s, Southwark 1757; Chaplain to The Lock Hospital, Hyde Park, London c. 1761 – c. 1780; closely associated with the Countess of Huntingdon; corresponded with John Wesley; travelled the country as a Calvinistic Methodist; author, Collection of psalms and Hymns, 1760, and Thelyphthora, 1780, in which he advocated polygamy; the ensuing controversy led him to resign from his hospital chaplaincy and retire to Epsom, Surrey; author numerous other works, some of which appeared anonymously; m. 21 Dec 1751 Jane, dau. of Sir Bernard Hale, Baron of the Exchequer (I); d. 2 May 1790. DNB.
MADAN, MARTIN, son of Spencer Madan (KS 1806, qv); b. 18 Feb 1838; adm. 19 Jun 1851 (G); left 1852; a land agent at Lichfield, Staffs.; JP Staffordshire 1869; d. unm. 20 Jan 1903.
MADAN, NIGEL, son of Spencer Madan (KS 1806, qv); b. 21 Nov 1840; adm. Jan 1854 (G); QS 1855; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1859, adm. pens. 10 Jun 1859; BA 1863; MA 1866; ordained deacon 1864, priest 1865 (both Lichfield); Curate, Ashbourne, Derbs. 1864-6; Vicar of Polesworth, Warwicks., 1866-81; Rector of West Hallam, Derbs. 1881-99; Vicar of Doveridge, Derbs. 1899-1907; Rector of Plumptre, Notts., 1907-12; Hon. Canon Southwell 1894; Busby Trustee 19 May 1908; m. 1 Feb 1883 Elizabeth Henrietta, youngest dau. of Hon. and Very Rev. Henry Edward John Howard DD, Dean of Lichfield; d. 6 Aug 1915.
MADAN, SPENCER, eldest son of Spencer Madan (adm. 1738, qv), and his first wife; b. 25 Aug 1758; adm. 20 Mar 1770; KS 1771; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1776, adm. pens. 5 Jun 1776, scholar 18 Apr 1777, matr. Mich. 1776; Sir W. Browne’s medal for Epigrams 1778; MA (check) 1779; Seatonian Prize 1782; DD 1809; adm. Middle Temple 12 Apr 1776; ordained deacon 23 Jun 1782, priest 10 Nov 1782 (both Peterborough); Curate, Wrotham, Kent 1782-3; Rector of Great Bradley, Suffolk 1783; Prebendary of Lichfield 1785-6, Treasurer 1787-1809; Rector of Ibstock, Leics., from 1786; Rector of St. Philip’s, Birmingham 1787-1809; Chaplain in Ordinary to George III, George IV and William IV 1787 (still 1831); Prebendary of Peterborough 22 Jan 1800; Rector of Thorpe Constantine, Staffs. 1809-24; author, translation of Grotius’s De Veritate, 1782, and A Letter to Dr Priestley, 1790; m. 5 Jan 1791 Henrietta, dau. of William Inge (adm. 1748/9, qv); d. 9 Oct 1836. DNB.
MADAN, SPENCER, eldest son of Spencer Madan (adm. 1770, qv); b. 6 Oct 1791; adm. 13 Apr 1803; KS 1806; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1810, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 8 Jun 1810, Canoneer Student; 1st cl. Mathematics 1813; BA 1814; MA 1816; tutor to the younger sons of Charles, 4th Duke of Richmond, and as such present at the Duchess of Richmond’s ball at Brussels 15 Jun 1815 (Notes and Queries, 11th Series, xii, 1, 21); ordained; Curate, Nether Seale, Leics. 1816-24; Prebendary of Lichfield from 4 Dec 1817; Vicar of Batheaston, Somerset, from 3 Oct 1824; Vicar of Twerton, Somerset 6 Oct 1825; m. 26 Jul 1825 Louisa Elizabeth, sister of Sir William Nigel Gresley, Bart. (qv); d. 27 Aug 1851.
MADAN, SPENCER, son of Spencer Madan (KS 1806, qv); b. 21 Oct 1832; adm. 25 Sep 1845 (G); QS 1847; left 1851; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 12 Jun 1851; BA 1857; MA 1858; Rector of Standon, Staffs., from 1862; m. 19 May 1863 Fanny, eldest dau. of Rev. Joseph Salt, Rector of Standon, Staffs.; d. 23 Dec 1869.
MADAN, SPENCER, brother of Martin Madan (adm. 1736, qv); b.; adm. (aged 8) Apr 1738 (Guyneham's); KS 1742; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1746, adm. pens. 30 May 1746, scholar 22 May 1747, matr. 1747; 3rd Wrangler 1749; BA 1749/50; MA 1753; DD 1766; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1752, Major Fellow 28 Jul 1753; adm. Inner Temple 9 Jul 1747; ordained deacon (London) 24 Dec 1752, priest (Durham) 23 Sep 1753; Vicar of Bossall, Yorks., 9 Oct 1754-67; Rector of Haxey, Lincs., 1761 – still 1767 (disp. to hold with West Halton); Rector of West Halton, Lincs., 1767 – still 1794 (disp. to hold with Bp Peterborough); Chaplain in Ordinary to George III c. 1762-87; Prebendary of Peterborough 3 May 1770 – Mar 1794; Rector of Ashbury, Berks., 1776; Rector of Great Bradley, Suffolk 1783-6; Rector of Castor, Northants, from 1794; consecrated Bishop of Bristol 3 Jun 1792; translated to Peterborough 7 Mar 1794; m. 1st, 8 Apr 1756 Lady Charlotte Cornwallis, second dau. of Charles Cornwallis, 1st Earl Cornwallis; m. 2nd, 15 Jul 1796 Mary, dau. of William Vyse, Lichfield, Staffs.; d. 8 Nov 1813. DNB.
MADAN, WILLIAM, son of Spencer Madan (adm. 1770, qv); b. 17 Apr 1793; adm. 20 Apr 1804; KS 1807; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1811, matr. 28 May 1811, Westminster Student; 1st cl. Classics and 1st cl. Mathematics 1814; BA 1814; MA 1817; ordained; Vicar of Polesworth, Warwicks., from 30 Sep 1819; d. 17 Apr 1824.