John Hadley [SEP] date of death
John Hadley
John Hadley (16 April 1682 – 14 February 1744) was an English mathematician, and laid claim to the invention of the octant, two years after Thomas Godfrey claimed the same.
Biography.
He was born in Bloomsbury, London the eldest son of George Hadley of Enfield Chase near East Barnet, Hertfordshire and his wife Katherine FitzJames. His younger brother George Hadley became a noted meteorologist.
In 1717 John became a member (and later vice-president) of the Royal Society of London.
George Luttrell
George Luttrell (September 1560 – April 1629) was an English politician from Dunster Castle in Somerset. In 1582 and 1584 he sat in the House of Commons of England as a Member of Parliament (MP) for his family's pocket borough of Minehead.
He was the oldest son of Thomas Luttrell of Dunster Castle. His mother Margaret was a daughter of Christopher Hadley of Withycombe. His younger brother was John Luttrell.
He married twice: Firstly, on 25 Sep 1580 to Joan Stukley, the