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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.〔( Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1886 )〕 Sheridan was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dudley in 1857. He was unopposed at the election. He subsequently won contested elections in 1859 and 1865. In 1868 he was elected unopposed. 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 won the seat again in 1880 and 1885. He finally lost the seat in 1886, 〔 beaten at the election by Brooke Robinson. 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.〔(Litton Cheney Village Website )〕 Sheridan married Elizabeth Frances Wood, daughter of the Rev. John Wood in 1850.〔 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Henry Brinsley Sheridan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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