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Sarah Curtis (1676–1743), wife of 
William Gibson, pp. 53, 251, James Clark, 2004. By her the bishop had five children, all sons, two still-born, and Samuel,
Benjamin Hoadly
Benjamin Hoadly (14 November 1676 – 17 April 1761) was an English clergyman, who was successively Bishop of Bangor, of Hereford, of Salisbury, and finally of Winchester. He is best known as the initiator of the Bangorian Controversy.
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, was a British portrait painter.
Life
Sarah Curtis was born in 1676 and before her marriage she gained a reputation as a portrait painter. She was a pupil ofMary Beale
Mary Beale (; 26 March 1633 8 October 1699) was an English portrait painter. She was part of a small band of female professional artists working in London. Beale became the main financial provider for her family through her professional work ...
, and among her sitters were William Whiston
William Whiston (9 December 166722 August 1752) was an English theologian, historian, natural philosopher, and mathematician, a leading figure in the popularisation of the ideas of Isaac Newton. He is now probably best known for helping to inst ...
, Gilbert Burnet
Gilbert Burnet (18 September 1643 – 17 March 1715) was a Scottish philosopher and historian, and Bishop of Salisbury. He was fluent in Dutch, French, Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. Burnet was highly respected as a cleric, a preacher, an academic, ...
, and her husband. Her portrait of Burnet was engraved by William Faithorne the Younger. The picture of her husband, which was, 'as is believed, touched up by Hogarth’, is in the National Portrait Gallery.
Curtis married one of her sitters, Benjamin Hoadly, her second husband, at St. James's, Piccadilly, on 30 May 1701. ''Enlightenment prelate: Benjamin Hoadly, 1676-1761''William Gibson, pp. 53, 251, James Clark, 2004. By her the bishop had five children, all sons, two still-born, and Samuel,
Benjamin
Benjamin ( he, ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right") blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the last of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's thir ...
, and John
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
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, afterwards the editor of his works. She died in 1743. The bishop's second marriage (23 July 1745) was with Mary, daughter and coheiress of Dr. John Newey, dean of Chichester
The Dean of Chichester is the dean of Chichester Cathedral in Sussex, England.
Bishop Ralph is credited with the foundation of the current cathedral after the original structure built by Stigand was largely destroyed by fire in 1114.
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.
Legacy
Hoadly has several paintings in National collections in the United Kingdom, besides the one in the National Portrait Gallery.References
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