Sibthorpe

Captain Sibthorpe then asked Mr. Howley to allow him to take that responsibility upon himself, but he still refused, saying that as an important trust had been reposed in him, he would retain that trust, and allow no firing until their lives were imperilled.

The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines John O'Rourke

Captain Sibthorpe now told Mr. Howley that he would withdraw his men from the town, unless they were permitted to fire.

The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines John O'Rourke

Meantime Captain Sibthorpe, the officer in command of the detachment of the 1st Royal Dragoons that had gone to Kilmacthomas in the morning, finding the number of people there assembled less than he had anticipated -- only five hundred or so -- and being aware that a much larger body was expected at Dungarvan, asked permission from the magistrates to return to that town.

The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines John O'Rourke

Things began to look so critical, that Captain Sibthorpe asked permission from Mr. Howley to order his men to fire, but that gentleman refused the permission.

The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines John O'Rourke

If it were not for her dear bleeding country, she would have had thirty-six, like the Misses Sibthorpe.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864 Various

Sibthorpe ordered his dragoons to ride them down, and drive them off, which they did.

The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines John O'Rourke

As a specimen of his capability, he begs to subjoin two conundrums by Colonel Sibthorpe.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, July 17, 1841 Various

Am I to take Sibthorpe off your hands too, Mrs. Lunn?

Overruled George Bernard Shaw 1903

Sibthorpe, stayed to the last, not expressing remorse like Shaw, but glorying in the unaccommodating temper he showed and in the delay which he produced.

Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 George Otto Trevelyan 1883

Revolution, which had been dinned into the ears of the country by every Tory orator from Peel to Sibthorpe, at last had produced their effect on the royal imagination.

Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 George Otto Trevelyan 1883