Benjamin Hoadly (physician)

The son of Benjamin Hoadly, bishop of Winchester, he was born on 10 February 1706 in Broad Street, London.

[1] Hoadly settled in London, and was elected a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians 29 December 1736.

[1] Hoadly was fond of the stage, and was author of The Suspicious Husband, a comedy, which was first acted at Covent Garden Theatre on 12 February 1747.

A farce by Charles Macklin, The Suspicious Husband Criticized, was produced at Drury Lane on 24 March 1747.

[1] Hoadly also wrote a comedy The Tatlers, which was acted at Covent Garden on 29 April 1797 for Joseph George Holman's benefit, but was never printed.