Richard Brinsley Sheridan (politician)
Richard Brinsley Sheridan (bapt. 26 May 1806[1] – 2 May 1888) was an English Whig 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]
- Edith Marcia Caroline Sheridan (11 Aug 1836 - 9 Apr 1876) married Francis John Thynne, son of Lord John Thynne. They had four sons, and three daughters.
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan (11 Dec 1838 - 17 Mar 1868) unmarried
- Francis John Rogers Sheridan (6 May 1842 - 10 July 1877) unmarried
- Helena Charlotte Sheridan (1845 - 7 Mar 1893) unmarried
- Algernon Thomas Brinsley Sheridan (11 June 1845 - 14 Mar 1931) married Mary Lothrop Motley, daughter of John Lothrop Motley. They had five sons, and two daughters.
- Charles William Frederick Sheridan (26 Mar 1847 - 18 Jan 1896) unmarried
- Thomas Constantine Henry Kier Sheridan (3 May 1851 - 21 Mar 1931) unmarried
- James Colquhoun Grant Sheridan (23 Jan 1857 - 14 Aug 1865) unmarried
- Florence Sarah Wilhelmine Sheridan (d. 24 Feb 1909) married Augustus Bampfylde, 2nd Baron Poltimore. They had three sons, and two daughters.
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
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