Elizabeth Ann Sheridan (nee Linley) was the daughter of composer Thomas Linley and his wife Mary Johnson. She was also the wife of playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan and a notable soprano singer. - AsNotedIn
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| 1770/00/00 | Near the end of 1770, Elizabeth Linley is betrothed to an elderly and wealthy Wiltshire landowner, Walter Long. The engagement will be broken by 1771. | Bride | Marriage of Elizabeth Ann Linley and Richard Brinsley Sheridan | ||||
| 1771/06/26 | Samuel Foote's comedy dramatizing Elizabeth Linley's story, "The Maid of Bath", opens a 24 night run at the Haymarket Theatre, London. | Bride | The Haymarket Theatre (Theatre Royal) | London | Marriage of Elizabeth Ann Linley and Richard Brinsley Sheridan | ||
| 1772/03/18 | Richard Sheridan picks up Elizabeth Linley at home so they can elope to France. In France, Ms Linley takes refuge in a convent. | Bride | Linley House | Bath | Marriage of Elizabeth Ann Linley and Richard Brinsley Sheridan | ||
| 1772/04/09 | Thomas Mathews, a married man and Elizabeth Linley suitor, places an advertisement in the Bath Chronicle insulting Sheridan for "his scandalous Method of running away from this Place by insinuations.... as a L--- and S--------". | Bride | Marriage of Elizabeth Ann Linley and Richard Brinsley Sheridan | ||||
| 1773/04/13 | Elizabeth Ann Linley marries Richard Brinsley Sheridan in Marylebone Church, London, England. | Bride | Church Of St Mary, Marylebone | London | Marriage of Elizabeth Ann Linley and Richard Brinsley Sheridan | ||
| 1775/00/00 | Joshua Reynolds exhibits No 232 "A lady, in the character of S Caecilia" at the Royal Academy, London. | Subject | Mrs Richard Brinsley Sheridan as Saint Cecilia | Royal Academy Including Burlington House And Galleries And Royal Academy Schools Buildings | London | ||
| 1785/00/00 | Gainsborough paints "Mrs Richard Brinsley Sheridan" between between 1785 and 1787. | Subject | Mrs Richard Brinsley Sheridan | ||||
| 1792/06/28 | Elizabeth Ann Sheridan dies of tuberculosis. | Died | |||||
| 1792/07/07 | Elizabeth Ann Sheridan is buried in Wells Cathedral. | In Memoriam | Cathedral Church Of St Andrew | Wells Cathedral |
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