SHERIDAN, FRANCOIS, wife of Thomas Sheridan, was born in Ireland about the year 1724, but descended from a good English family which had removed thither. Her maiden name was Chamberlaine, and she was granddaughter of Sir Oliver Chamberlaine. The first literary performance by which she distinguished herself was a little pamphlet at the time of a violent party dispute relative to the theatre, in which Sheridan had newly embarked his fortune. So well-timed a work exciting the attention of Sheridan, he sought out his fair patroness, to whom he was soon afterwards married. She was a person of the most amiable character in every relation of life, with the most engaging manners. After lingering some years in a very weak state of health, she died at Blois, in France, in the year 1766. Her Sidney Biddulph attained to great popularity, and her Nourjahad delighted all readers of romance.