Commons 1790-1820

b. 10 Oct. 1767, o.s. of Robert, 4th Earl of Harborough, by 2nd w. Jane, da. of William Reeve of Melton Mowbray. educ. Harrow 1780; Clare, Camb. 1786. m. 4 July 1791, Eleanor, da. and coh. of Col. the Hon. John Monckton of Fineshade Abbey, Northants. 1s. 6da. suc. fa. as 5th Earl of Harborough 21 Apr. 1799.

b. Sept. (bap. Dublin 4 Nov.) 1751, 2nd surv. s. of Thomas Sheridan, actor-manager and rhetorician, of Dublin by Frances, da. of Ven. Philip Chamberlaine, DD, of Dublin, archdeacon of Glendalough. educ. Samuel Whyte’s sch. Dublin 1758-9; Harrow 1762-8; by Lewis Ker 1769; by Mr Adams at Waltham 1772-3; M. Temple 1773. m. (1) 13 Apr. 1773, Elizabeth Ann (d. 28 June 1792), da. of Thomas Linley, dir. of Bath concerts, 1s. 1da. d.v.p.;This daughter, Mary, was believed to be Ld. Edward Fitzgerald’s Glenbervie Diaries, ii. 23. Sheridan had an illegitimate daughter, by a governess, known as Fanny Mortimer. (2) 27 Apr. 1795, Esther Jane, da. of Very Rev. Newton Ogle, dean of Winchester, 1s.; 1da. illegit.

b. 20 Sept. 1759, 3rd but o. surv. s. of Rev. George Shaw, rector of Womersley, Yorks. by Mary, da. of Edward Green of Hindley, Yorks. educ. by Mr Brooke, Leeds; Trinity Coll. Camb. 1775, BA 1780, fellow 1782, MA 1783; L. Inn 1776, called 1787. m. 3 Sept. 1789, Helena, da. and h. of John Lefevre, distiller and banker, of Heckfield and Old Ford, Mdx., 3s. suc. fa. 1779; took additional name of Lefevre by royal lic. 8 Aug. 1789.

b. 1739, 1st s. of Sir Michael Stewart, 3rd Bt., of Blackhall by Helen, da. of Sir John Houston, 3rd Bt., of Houston, niece of Sir John Shaw, 3rd Bt., of Greenock. m. 11 May 1786, Frances, da. of Robert Colhoun of St. Kitts, sis. of William MacDowall Colhoun, wid. of Sir James Maxwell, 6th Bt., of Pollok, Renfrew, s.p. suc. gt.-uncle in the Greenock estates 1752 and took additional name of Shaw; fa. as 4th Bt. 20 Oct. 1796.