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Colonel Sibthorp
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'''Charles de Laet Waldo Sibthorp''' (
February 14,
1783–
December 14,
1855), popularly known as "Colonel Sibthorp", was a widely caricatured
United Kingdom British Tory politician in the early 19th century. He sat as a
Member of Parliament for
Lincoln, England Lincoln from
1826 to
1855 (with one brief break).
Sibthorp was born into a Lincoln
gentry family, and joined the army while in his teens. He fought in the
Napoleonic Wars, and continued in the service until
1822, when he succeeded to the family estates. He married Maria Tottenham in
1812; they had four children.
During Sibthorp's three decades in
Parliament, he became renowned, along with
Robert Inglis Sir Robert Inglis, as one of its most reactionary members. He stoutly opposed
Catholic Emancipation,
Emancipation of the Jews in England Jewish Emancipation, the repeal of the
Corn Laws, the
Reform Act 1832 Reform Act of 1832, and the 1851
Great Exhibition. His political views, his bluntness in expressing them, and his eccentricities made him the target of outrage in ''
The Economist'' and witticisms in ''
Punch magazine Punch''.
Sibthorp died at his home in
London, and was succeeded as MP by his son, Gervaise.
References
* Lee, Sidney, ed. ''Dictionary of National Biography'', vol. 18, "Sibthorp, Charles de Laet Waldo". London : Smith Elder, 1909.
* Dodds, John W. ''The Age of Paradox : A Biography of England, 1841-1851''. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood, 1970 [1952].
Category:1783 births Sibthorp, Charles
Category:1855 deaths Sibthorp, Charles
Category:British MPs Sibthorp, Charles
