Martin Madan (politician)

Colonel Martin Madan (1700–1756) 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.

Family

Martin Madan was married to Judith Madan (née Cowper) the English poet who called him Lysander in a poem entitled "To Lysander" composed on 3 October 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.

Madan died at Bath 4 March 1756.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
John Harvey-Thursby
and Robert Neale		 Member of Parliament for Wootton Basset
1742–1747
With: Robert Neale (1742–1747)		 Succeeded by
John Probyn
and Thomas Estcourt Cresswell
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References
  • William Prideaux Courtney (1910), Dodsley's Collection of Poetry
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