in london, bonnet concerned himself with church matters, including the relief of huguenot refugees. he was a member of the society for promoting christian knowledge and received a doctorate of civil law from the university of oxford in 1706. bonnet became a fellow of the royal society in 1711, having been proposed by john chamberlayne. he reported extensively to berlin on contemporary parliamentary and financial matters in england. after his brother frédéric's untimely death in 1694, ludwig-friedrich bonnet succeeded him as "resident" in london of brandenburg-prussia.