Richard Brinsley Sheridan (politician)
Richard Brinsley Sheridan (c. 1806, London – 2 May 1888) was an English Whig politician.
Life
He was 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 travelled to live in London with her seven children.[1]
He served as High Sheriff of Dorset in 1838.[2] 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.[3] He eloped with and subsequently married Marcia Maria Grant, the daughter of Sir John Colquhoun Grant[4] on 18 May 1835, and they had three daughters and six sons,[5] including Thomas Algernon Brinsley Sheridan, another Deputy Lieutenant of Dorset.
References
- ↑ MacConghail, Maire, 'Sheridan family', The Blackwell Companion to Modern Irish Culture, p. 534. ISBN 978-0-631-16525-5
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 19586. p. 232. 1 February 1838. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
- ↑ Stenton, Michael (1976) Who's Who of British Members of Parliament Volume 1, p. 349
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- ↑ 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 | Member of Parliament for Shaftesbury 1845 – 1852 |
Succeeded by Henry Berkeley Portman |
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Dorchester 1852 – 1868 With: George Dawson-Damer to 1856 Charles Napier Sturt from 1856 |
Succeeded by Charles Napier Sturt |
- 1888 deaths
- Deputy Lieutenants of Dorset
- Whig (British political party) MPs
- Liberal Party (UK) MPs
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- UK MPs 1841–47
- UK MPs 1847–52
- UK MPs 1852–57
- UK MPs 1857–59
- UK MPs 1859–65
- UK MPs 1865–68
- 1806 births
- Year of birth uncertain
- High Sheriffs of Dorset
