Frances Sheridan [née Chamberlaine]

(1724-1766)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Sheridan, Frances Chamberlaine, 1724-1766 NRA: Sheridan Frances (1724-1766) nee Chamberlaine Novelist and Dramatist DNB: Sheridan [née Chamberlaine], Frances (1724-1766), novelist and playwright LBT ID: FrSheri1766 VIAF ID: 34502726 LOC ID: n82113984	B/BAP: 1724 DIED: 1766-09-26
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Irish playwright and novelist, wife of the actor Thomas Sheridan (1719-1788); she was the author of Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph (1761) and an oriental tale, The History of Nourjahad (1767).
REFERENCES TO Frances Sheridan [née Chamberlaine]: Alicia Le Fanu to Lady Morgan, 19 February 1817 in Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863) Found 1: ¶ 4 William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch X. 1816-1820 Found 2: ¶ 33 ¶ 34 Morgan, Lady (Sydney), 1783-1859, Lady Morgan’s Memoirs: Autobiography, Diaries and Correspondence. Second Edition, Revised 2 vols (London: Wm. H. Allen & Co., 1863) Chapter V Clayden, Peter William, 1827-1902, Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Chapter VII. 1816-1818. Found 1: ¶ 9