Henry Brinsley Sheridan

Henry Brinsley Sheridan (1820 – 19 April 1906) was an English Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1857 and 1886.

Sheridan was the son of Garrett Sheridan of Cavan, Ireland and his wife Jane Juliana Darnley, daughter of Sir Richard Perrot, Bart. He was educated at Brighton and was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1856. He was a captain of the 6th Cinque Port Artillery Volunteer Corps and a J.P. for Middlesex, Westminster, Kent, and the Liberties of the Cinque Ports.^[1]

Sheridan was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dudley in 1857.^[2] After the general election in February 1874, his election was declared void on 4 May 1874. At the subsequent by-election held on 21 May 1874, he was again returned. He held the seat until 1886.^[2]

Sheridan was a Fellow of Geographical Society and was on the council of the Kent Archaeological Society. He owned property at Litton Cheney in Dorset.^[3]

Sheridan married Elizabeth Frances Wood, daughter of the Rev. John Wood in 1850.^[1]

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External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Henry Brinsley Sheridan