Thomas Sheridan (soldier)
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Thomas Sheridan was the only son of the Irish playwright and poet Richard Brinsley Sheridan and the soprano Elizabeth Ann Linley, although his father had at least one other son from a second marriage.
Thomas Sheridan as a baby in The Sheridan Family painted by Benjamin West c. 1776 although Kalinsky considers it would be around 1778 as Tom seems to be approximately three years old; she also feels it is a poor depiction of his mother but qualifies this by stating West typically was not successful at reproducing women's portraits.
Caroline Norton
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Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton, Lady Stirling-Maxwell was an active English social reformer and author. She left her husband, who was accused by many of coercive behaviour, in 1836. Her husband then
Thomas Sheridan (soldier)
…Sheriff of Dorset in 1838 and pursued a political career. The couple's daughters included Helen Blackwood, Baroness Dufferin and Claneboye; the feminist Caroline Norton; and Georgiana Seymour, Duchess of Somerset. Sheridan unsuccessfully tried for a political career, firstly being involved in political shenanigans with…
Caroline Norton, by Sir George Hayter in 1832
Watercolour sketch of Caroline Norton by Emma Fergusson 1860, National Portrait Gallery of Scotland
Portrait engraving of Caroline Norton from the frontispiece of one of her books
Caroline Norton, detail of a portrait by Frank Stone, c. 1845