Background
Sheridan was the son of Garrett Sheridan of Cavan, Ireland and his wife Jane Juliana Darnley, daughter of Sir Richard Perrot, Baronet.
Sheridan was the son of Garrett Sheridan of Cavan, Ireland and his wife Jane Juliana Darnley, daughter of Sir Richard Perrot, Baronet.
He was educated at Brighton and was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1856.
He was a captain of the 6th Cinque Portuguese Artillery Volunteer Corps and a Justice of the Peace for Middlesex, Westminster, Kent, and the Liberties of the Cinque Ports. He was unopposed at the election. In 1868 he was elected unopposed.
After the general election in February 1874, his election was declared void on 4 May 1874.
At the subsequent by-election held on 21 May 1874, he was again returned. He finally lost the seat in 1886, beaten at the election by Brooke Robinson.
Sheridan was a Fellow of Geographical Society and was on the council of the Kent Archaeological Society. He owned property at Litton Cheney in Dorset.
Sheridan married Elizabeth Frances Wood, daughter of the Review
John Wood in 1850.
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Sheridan was elected as the Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Dudley in 1857.