Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Thomas Moore. First Edition. Chandos Leigh's Copy.

Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan Thomas Moore First edition of Thomas Moore's biography of the playwright and politician Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816). An interesting association copy from the family library of the Lords Leigh of Stoneleigh, and carrying notes in the hand of Chandos Leigh, founder of the line. Chandos Leigh (1791-1850), poet and author, was educated by Issac Hunt (father of Leigh Hunt, who was named after his father's pupil) and then at Harrow, where he was a contemporary of Byron. On leaving Oxford he entered the world of liberal politics, becoming a frequent guest at Holland House, where he became acquainted with all the most important figures of that world, including Sheridan himself. The annotations in this copy are of a various character, one (page 711, although unfortunately cropped) relating an anecdote about Sheridan's making some impromptu verses for the Prince of Wales. At another point (page 699) Leigh identifi