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 best known is The Touchstone of Common Assurances, first published in 1641, though this is said not to have been his own, but taken from a MS. of (q.v.). The date of his death is uncertain.

Admitted 6 April, 1773.

Second son of Thomas Sheridan. He was born at 12, Dorset Street, Dublin, on 30 Oct. 1751. In 1773 he married Miss Linley, the accomplished singer. In 1775 he brought out his first Comedy, The Rivals, and soon after became a partner in Drury Lane Theatre, where his other famous productions appeared in succession. In 1780 he commenced his parliamentary career as member for Stafford, and soon became distinguished as a powerful speaker. The part he played in the trial of Warren Hastings, and generally in the political events of the time in opposition to the Government of Mr. Pitt, is matter of public history. In 1792 his wife died, and three years later he married Miss Ogle, daughter of the Dean of Winchester. He held some political appointments under Lord Rockingham, and on the death of Mr. Pitt became Treasurer to the Navy (1806). He retired from Parliament some time before his death, which occurred 7 July, 1816.

His published works appeared in the following order: Epistles of Aristanætus, from the Greek [published anonymously] (1769); The Rivals, a Comedy {yilb); The Duenna, a Comic Opera (1775); The Critic, a Dramatic Piece (1779); Verses to the Memory of Garrick (1779); Trip to Scarborough, a Comedy [altered from Vanbrugh] (1781); The School for Scandal, a Comedy (1785); Comparative Statement of the Two Bills for the Better Government of British India (1788); Epistle to Right Hon. Henry Dundas (1796); Pizarro, altered from Kotzebue (1799); Speech on the Motion for the Army Establishment (1802); A Collection of Papers, entitled Our King, Our Country, and Our God, and The Tender Mercies of Buonaparte in Egypt (1803); Memoir of his Life (1799). Sheridan's Dramatic Works, edited by Thomas Moore, were published in 1821. Also by Leigh Hunt in 1841, and in Bohn's Standard Library, with Life, by G. G. S., in 1847. His Speeches were published in 1798 in 5 vols., 8vo, and again, with his Life, in 1816, 5 vols., 8vo.

Admitted 29 June, 1670.

Fourth son of Dennis Sheridan of Drumcore, co. Cavan. He was educated at Dublin University. Soon after his entry at the Temple he obtained the lucrative post of Collector of the Customs in Cork. In 1677 he received from his University the honorary degree of D.C.L., and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. Being a Jacobite, he was accused of joining in the "Popish plot " in 1680 and imprisoned, but was liberated the same year. In 1688 he accompanied King James into exile, and acted as his private secretary. The date of his death is unknown.

He was the author of A Discourse on the Rise and Power of Parliaments (1677), and he has left in MS. A History of his Own Times, which is now in the Royal Library at Windsor.

Admitted 18 November, 1695.

Son and heir of William Sherlock, S.T.P., Master of the Temple and Dean of St. Paul's. He was educated at Eton and Cambridge, where lie graduated in 1697, and was famous both as a scholar and athlete. He was ordained in