John Hoadly
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The Most Reverend John Hoadly |
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| Archbishop of Armagh, Primate of All Ireland | |
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| See | Armagh |
| Installed | 1742 |
| Term ended | 1746 |
| Predecessor | Hugh Boulter |
| Successor | George Stone |
| Other posts |
Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin Archbishop of Dublin |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
27 September 1678 Tottenham, Middlesex |
| Died | 19 July 1746 (aged 67) Rathfarnham |
| Nationality | English |
| Denomination | Church of Ireland |
| Alma mater | St Catharine's College, Cambridge |
John Hoadly (1678–1746) was an Anglican divine in the Church of Ireland. He served as Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin (1727 to 1730), as Archbishop of Dublin (1730 to 1742), and as Archbishop of Armagh from 1742 until his death.
He was born at Tottenham, Middlesex, 27 September 1678, and was younger brother of Benjamin Hoadly. He was a member of St. Catharine's Hall, Cambridge (B.A. 1697), and in September 1700 was appointed under-master of Norwich grammar school, of which his father was head-master. After passing some years there he became chaplain to Bishop Gilbert Burnet, who gave him the rectory of St. Edmund's, Salisbury, and made him successively prebendary (21 February 1705–6), archdeacon (6 November 1710), and chancellor (16 April 1713) of Salisbury. The author of a pamphlet The Salisbury Quarrel Ended of 1710, relating to local conflicts, attributed to Hoadly's influence the High Church party's troubles with Burnet. He was also attacked for his friendship with Thomas Chubb.
In 1717 Lord King, as chief justice of the common pleas, presented Hoadly to the rectory of Ockham, Surrey; and in 1727 he was consecrated bishop of Leighlin and Ferns. William Whiston protested because he thought Hoadly ignorant. In July 1729 a vacancy occurred in the archbishopric of Dublin, Hugh Boulter wrote to Sir Robert Walpole in support; and Hoadly was translated to Dublin in January 1730. As archbishop of Dublin he built the residence of Tallaght at a cost of £2,500.
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