Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Irish
Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan (30 October 1751 - 7 July 1816) was an Irish playwright, poet and Member of the British House of Commons. - AsNotedIn
Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan (30 October 1751 - 7 July 1816) was an Irish playwright, poet and Member of the British House of Commons. - AsNotedIn
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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. | Groom | 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--------". | Groom | Marriage of Elizabeth Ann Linley and Richard Brinsley Sheridan | ||||
1772/05/04 | Sheridan and Mathews plan to duel for Elizabeth's honour in Hyde Park, but Mr M objects to the observation of an officer. Mathews eventually lost a duel with swords by candle light at a room in the Castle Tavern (demo), Henrietta St, Covent Garden. | Groom | Hyde Park | London | Marriage of Elizabeth Ann Linley and Richard Brinsley Sheridan | ||
1772/07/01 | At their second duel, Thomas Mathews seriously injures Richard Sheridan with 3 or 4 sword wounds to his breast and side, fought at Kingsdown 4 miles from Bath, England. | Groom | Marriage of Elizabeth Ann Linley and Richard Brinsley Sheridan | ||||
1773/04/13 | Elizabeth Ann Linley marries Richard Brinsley Sheridan in Marylebone Church, London, England. | Groom | Church Of St Mary, Marylebone | London | Marriage of Elizabeth Ann Linley and Richard Brinsley Sheridan | ||
1776/00/00 | Richard Brinsley Sheridan, his father-in-law and another partner, buy half interest in the Drury Lane theatre. They purchased the other half in 1778. | Owner | Theatre Royal, Drury Lane | London | |||
1795/00/00 | Home of dramatist and statesman Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751 - 1816) from 1795 to 1802. | Home | John Burgoyne House | London | |||
1816/07/07 | Richard Brinsley Sheridan dies at home in London, England. | Died | Richard B Sheridan House | London | |||
1816/08/00 | Richard B Sheridan is buried in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey. Pallbearers included William Howley, the Bishop of London and the William Russell, 8th Duke of Bedford. | In Memoriam | Westminster Abbey, London | London |
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