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Frances Sheridan (1724-1766)

James Boswell The people in Boswell's life - A-E - F-J - K-O - P-T - U-Z Ancestors FAQ Trivia Bibliography Biography News Multimedia Discussion forum About this site Guide to Abbreviations Other weblinks	Biography Frances Sheridan. (1724-1766) (aka. Frances Chamberlaine) Novelist and playwright. Maiden name Chamberlaine. Daughter of the Rev. Phillip Chamberlayne¹ and Anastasia Wyte (d. 1724). She met Thomas Sheridan in the 1740s and married him in 1747. They had at least two sons, Charles Francis Sheridan and Richard Brinsley Sheridan. She wrote the rather succesful novel The Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph (1761), and the popular play The Discovery (1763). Other works include A Journey to Bath and Nourjahad. Life with James Boswell: According to BiH Boswell had adopted Thomas Sheridan as his mentor in Edinburgh in 1761, where Sheridan had come to give a series of lectures. (Boswell in Holland, p. 50n2). He was first introduced to Frances Sheridan on November 28, 1762 (his first visit to Sheridan during his London stay). On this occasion he found her a woman of very homely looks, but very sensible and very clever, as appear from her Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph. He often visited the Sheridans during the first part of his London stay. On January 18, 1763 Boswell called on the Sheridans to enquire about a prologue he had written for a new play by Mrs. Sheridan. Apparently Mr. Sheridan didn't care much for Boswell's prologue, and a new one had been written by Mrs. Sheridan herself. This caused Boswell to consider not seeing them again, but (resembling a problem he had with James Love) he reconsidered, and decided to keep enjoying their company without caring about their opinions of him. On February 3, 1763 Frances Sheridan's comedy The Discovery opened at Drury Lane, attended by Boswell, Dempster, Erskine and Goldsmith to name a few. External links: Frances Sheridan - at the Literary Encyclopedia Literature: From Questia - the Internet's Largest Library Sheridan, Frances; Cleary, Jean Coates; Köster, Patricia. (1999) Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph. Oxford University Press. (Read it now!) Most (if not all) of Frances Sheridan's writings are available via the Abebooks used books search engine, including (coincidentally) a 1974 reprint by Garland Press, of her The History of Nourjahad together with Boswell's Dorando, A Spanish Tale. Notes: Note 1: Frances' father, Philip Chamberlain (d. 1751), had an MA from Kings College, Cambridge, and was the longtime Curate of St. Nicholas. He had at least 4 sons and 2 daughers, including Frances. Walter (d. 1754) became a reverend as his father, Richard became a surgeon, William became Judge in Jamaica, and Anne married (1746) Rev. John Fish and died in 1754. This article was last updated at March 31 2008 12:02:15 CET Other links of possible interest	Other biographies that refer to Frances Sheridan: Dodsley, James Dodsley, Robert Goldsmith, Oliver Sheridan, Thomas
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Frances Sheridan (1724-1766)

James Boswell The people in Boswell's life - A-E - F-J - K-O - P-T - U-Z Ancestors FAQ Trivia Bibliography Biography News Multimedia Discussion forum About this site Guide to Abbreviations Other weblinks

Biography

Frances Sheridan. (1724-1766) (aka. Frances Chamberlaine)

Novelist and playwright. Maiden name Chamberlaine. Daughter of the Rev. Phillip Chamberlayne¹ and Anastasia Wyte (d. 1724). She met Thomas Sheridan in the 1740s and married him in 1747. They had at least two sons, Charles Francis Sheridan and Richard Brinsley Sheridan.

She wrote the rather succesful novel The Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph (1761), and the popular play The Discovery (1763). Other works include A Journey to Bath and Nourjahad.

Life with James Boswell:

According to BiH Boswell had adopted Thomas Sheridan as his mentor in Edinburgh in 1761, where Sheridan had come to give a series of lectures. (Boswell in Holland, p. 50n2). He was first introduced to Frances Sheridan on November 28, 1762 (his first visit to Sheridan during his London stay). On this occasion he found her a woman of very homely looks, but very sensible and very clever, as appear from her Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph. He often visited the Sheridans during the first part of his London stay.

On January 18, 1763 Boswell called on the Sheridans to enquire about a prologue he had written for a new play by Mrs. Sheridan. Apparently Mr. Sheridan didn't care much for Boswell's prologue, and a new one had been written by Mrs. Sheridan herself. This caused Boswell to consider not seeing them again, but (resembling a problem he had with James Love) he reconsidered, and decided to keep enjoying their company without caring about their opinions of him. On February 3, 1763 Frances Sheridan's comedy The Discovery opened at Drury Lane, attended by Boswell, Dempster, Erskine and Goldsmith to name a few.

External links:

Frances Sheridan - at the Literary Encyclopedia

Literature:

From Questia - the Internet's Largest Library

Sheridan, Frances; Cleary, Jean Coates; Köster, Patricia. (1999) Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph. Oxford University Press. (Read it now!)

Most (if not all) of Frances Sheridan's writings are available via the Abebooks used books search engine, including (coincidentally) a 1974 reprint by Garland Press, of her The History of Nourjahad together with Boswell's Dorando, A Spanish Tale.

Notes:

Note 1: Frances' father, Philip Chamberlain (d. 1751), had an MA from Kings College, Cambridge, and was the longtime Curate of St. Nicholas. He had at least 4 sons and 2 daughers, including Frances. Walter (d. 1754) became a reverend as his father, Richard became a surgeon, William became Judge in Jamaica, and Anne married (1746) Rev. John Fish and died in 1754.

This article was last updated at March 31 2008 12:02:15 CET

Other links of possible interest

Other biographies that refer to Frances Sheridan:

Dodsley, James
Dodsley, Robert
Goldsmith, Oliver
Sheridan, Thomas

© 2004-2008 Thomas Frandzen. Read About this site for further info and disclaimer.

Please mail comments and corrections to webmaster@jamesboswell.info

This URL was last modified: June 01 2008 22:08:34.