Isaac Maddox

Isaac Maddox (1697-1759) was an English cleric and theologian. He was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge, ordained in the Anglican Church and held a number of offices including Prebend of Bury (1730-1743), Dean of Wells (1733-1736), Bishop of St. Asaph. Named Bishop of Worcester in 1743, he held that office until his death in 1759.

Maddox was a member of the Royal Society. Several of his letters and sermons survive, promoting improvement of public hospitals and criticising alcohol abuse.

Family life

Maddox was the son of another Isaac Maddox, who was the brother of Sir Benjamin Maddox.Fact|date=September 2008

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In 1731, Maddox eloped with Elizabeth Price, the niece of Edward Waddington, bishop of Chichester. [Carlyle, Edward Irving. ws| in Dictionary of National Biography] when he was then chaplain to the Bishop of Winchester. [Noble, Mark " [http://www.archive.org/stream/biographicalhist03nobluoft A biographical history of England, from the Revolution to the end of George i's reign; a continuation of the rev. J. Granger's work] " iii. 92;]

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