Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, (1751-1816), dramatist and politician

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Surname:	Sheridan
Forenames:	Richard Brinsley
Gender:	Male
Date:	1751-1816
Places:	Dublin, County Dublin
Biography:	ODNB link for Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751-1816), dramatist and politician
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P143401 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P26016 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	corresp, literary MSS and papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 24228, 24246, 25906-26036, 29764, 35118, 39900-39901, 42720-42723, 58274-77, 63641; RP696, 730, 2032, 3437(i); M/442; Eg MSS 1975-1976	See Index of English literary MSS vol 3 1700-1800
2	1782-1812: corresp and papers	Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service: William Salt Library	S MS 343	NRA 8254 Salt's See HMC Papers of British politicians 1782-1900, 1989
3	1788-1812: notes and memoranda	Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, National Art Library	Forster Collection	NRA 38887 Forster
4	family corresp and notes for speeches	Harvard University: Houghton Library	MS Eng 1142, bMS Eng 1276	NRA 20129 Harvard Univ MSS See HMC Private papers of British diplomats 1782-1900, 1985
5	1781-1812: corresp and papers rel to Prince of Wales (42 items)	Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library		NRA 18661 Osborn coll
6	papers rel to Drury Lane	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 25906-26036, 29709-11
7	corresp and papers rel to Drury Lane	Harvard University: Houghton Library		See NUC MS 84-1946-47
8	letters and misc papers	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Eng lett c 214
9	1773: notebooks	Trinity College Dublin	MSS 3720-3721	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
10	MS of The School for Scandal (copy)	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Don d 174	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
11	1771-1806: corresp (56 items)	Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)	D1071B/E1	NRA 5700 Blackwood
12	1772-1812: letters and literary MSS	Cambridge University: King's College Archive Centre	LEF	NRA 23006
13	papers rel to Drury Lane	Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, Theatre and Performance Archives		See ex inf Mr D W Stonor
14	misc family papers	Dorset History Centre	D/SHE	NRA 7917
15	1772-1802: letters (13)	National Library of Ireland	Ms 3901	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
16	1794-1813: letters to William Adam	Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland	NRAS1454	NRA 9954 Adam
17	1806-9: letters to Blackwoods	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS 4001	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
18	1782-89: corresp with Edmund Burke	Sheffield City Archives	WWM	NRA 1083 Wentworth Woodhouse See Copeland & Smith, Corresp of Burke, 1955
19	letters to Mrs Mehitabel Stratford Canning	Bath Record Office: Local Studies	MSS	NRA 25737 Bath Ref Lib
20	1802-11: letters (12) to Thomas and Mrs Creevey	Northumberland Archives		See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
21	1811-14: letters to JW Croker and Lord Lonsdale	Cumbria Archive Centre, Carlisle	D/Lons/L1/2/27	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
22	1791: letters (17), mostly to John Gotobed	The London Archives: City of London	E/BER/CG/E8/9/3	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
23	1796-1815: corresp with Lord and Lady Holland	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 51635, 51641	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
24	1795-96: corresp with Samuel Ireland	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 30348	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
25	c1806-15: letters to Col John McMahon	Royal Archives		See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
26	c1788-94: letters to JW Payne	Royal Archives		See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
27	1777-1807: corresp with Richard Peake	National Library of Ireland		See Annual Return 1996
28	1796-1810: letters from Hecca Sheridan	Unknown location		NRA 4402 Sheridan
29	corresp with Georgiana, Lady Spencer and literary papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections		See Archives no 73 1985 p51
30	letters to the Prince of Wales	Royal Archives		See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
31	c1806-15: letters and verses (20) to Samuel Whitbread	Bedfordshire Archives	W	NRA 1123 Whitbread
32	c1802-10: misc letters, mainly to Richard Wilson	Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, Theatre and Performance Archives	RP 1980/103	NRA 42617 Sheridan
33	misc papers	Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)	D1071	NRA 5700 Blackwood
34	papers	Princeton University Library		See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
35	papers	Huntington Library		See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
36	papers	Folger Shakespeare Library		See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
37	1788-95: working notes rel to impeachment of Warren Hastings (copies)	British Library, Manuscript Collections	RP 730
38	1808: letter to Mr Hay	University of Bristol: Theatre Collection	2018/027	See Annual Return 2018

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3	Linley, Mary, (1758-1787), vocalist	sister-in-law/brother-in-law	Family
4	Sheridan, Elizabeth Ann, (1754-1792), vocalist	wife/husband	Family