Brampton Gurdon (lecturer)
Brampton Gurdon (c. 1672 in Letton, Norfolk – 20 November 1741) was an English clergyman and academic, Boyle lecturer in 1721.[1] His older brother was Thornhagh Gurdon (1663 – November 1733), the English antiquarian.Gurdon was admitted at the age of 15 to Caius College, Cambridge, in 1687, and graduated B.A.His Boyle lectures were published as The Pretended Difficulties in Natural or Reveal'd Religion no Excuse for Infidelity.[3] Gurdon was a favourite of Lord Chancellor Macclesfield, who made him his chaplain and gave him the rectory of Stapleford Abbotts, Essex, 17 March 1719 – 1720, a living he resigned 3 November 1724.