Richard Brinsley Sheridan (politician)
Life
He was born in London, the eldest son of Thomas Sheridan, colonial treasurer in the Cape of Good Hope and the novelist Caroline Henrietta Callander of Craig forth and the grandson of his namesake, the playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan. After his father died in 1817, his mother moved to London with her seven children.[2]
He served as High Sheriff of Dorset in 1838.[3] He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Shaftesbury from 1845 to 1852 and for Dorchester from 1852 until he retired in 1868 and also Deputy Lieutenant for Dorset. He was a Liberal in favour of extending the right to vote.[4] He eloped with and subsequently married Marcia Maria Grant, the daughter of Sir John Colquhoun Grant[5] on 18 May 1835, and they had three daughters and six sons,[6] including Thomas Algernon Brinsley Sheridan, another Deputy Lieutenant of Dorset.
References
- London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
- MacConghail, Maire, 'Sheridan family', The Blackwell Companion to Modern Irish Culture, p. 534. ISBN 978-0-631-16525-5
- "No. 19586". The London Gazette. 1 February 1838. p. 232.
- Stenton, Michael (1976) Who's Who of British Members of Parliament Volume 1, p. 349
- Dalton, Charles (1904). The Waterloo roll call. With biographical notes and anecdotes. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. pp. 23–24.
- Burke's Landed Gentry (1886), seventh edition
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Lord Howard of Effingham |
Member of Parliament for Shaftesbury 1845 – 1852 |
Succeeded by Henry Berkeley Portman |
| Preceded by George Dawson-Damer Henry Sturt |
Member of Parliament for Dorchester 1852 – 1868 With: George Dawson-Damer to 1856 Charles Napier Sturt from 1856 |
Succeeded by Charles Napier Sturt |