Editing Nathaniel Lardner (section)

== Life ==
Lardner was born in [[Hawkhurst]], [[Kent]] in 1684. He was the elder son of Richard Lardner (1653–1740), an independent minister, and of a daughter of Nathaniel Collyer or Collier, a Southwark tradesman. His sister Elizabeth married [[Daniel Neal]], who studied with Lardner in [[Utrecht (city)|Utrecht]].

After studying for the [[Presbyterian]] ministry in [[London]], and also at [[Utrecht]] and [[Leiden]], he took license as a preacher in 1709, but was not successful. In 1713, he entered the family of Lady Treby, widow of [[George Treby (judge)|Sir George Treby]], as tutor and domestic chaplain, where he remained until 1721. In 1724 he was appointed to deliver the Tuesday evening lecture in the Presbyterian chapel, Old Jewry, London, and in 1729 he became assistant minister to the Presbyterian congregation in Crutched Friars. He geraduated with a degree of DD from [[Marischal College]] in Aberdeen in 1743. He died in Hawkhurst on 24 July 1768.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}