Henry Brinsley Sheridan (1820 – 19 April 1906) was an English Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1857 and 1886, representing Dudley.
He was also a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, a magistrate, and a captain of the 6th Cinque Port Artillery Volunteer Corps.
Northcote had fallen out politically with Lord Ward, the owner of Dudley Castle and influential local landowner.
[7] Sheridan was unopposed at the election[8] as both Radical and Tory factions in the town combined to support him in order to lessen the local political influence of Lord Ward.
[10] Around the time that his parliamentary career was coming to an end, it was reported that he had expended the sum of £24,000 in order to "consolidate the Liberal interests of the town".
[15] In 1869, Sheridan was listed as being part of the Chapter of the Venerable English Langue of the Sovereign and Illustrious Order Of St John Of Jerusalem.