Humphrey Sibthorp (3 October 1744 – 25 April 1815) was a British

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politician who sat in the

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in two periods between 1777 and 1806. Sibthorp was the eldest surviving son of the botanist Humphry Sibthorp and his first wife Sarah Waldo, daughter of Isaac Waldo of Streatham, Surrey. He was educated at

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in 1755 and

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in 1756. In 1758 he matriculated at

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on 24 May and was awarded BA in 1762 and MA in 1766. He entered Lincoln's Inn in 1766 and was called to the bar in 1770. s:Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Sibthorpe, Humphrey (2) At the 1774 general election, Sibthorp stood for Parliament at

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and

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, and was bottom of the poll in both constituencies. He was elected as a

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(MP) for

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at a by-election on 3 May 1777, after the death of

Charles Amcotts Charles Amcotts (1729–1777), was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1754 and 1777. Early life Amcotts was the son of Vincent Amcotts and his wife Elizabeth Quincey, daughter of John Quincey of Aslackby, Lincolnshi ...

MP. He was re-elected in 1780, but was defeated at the 1784 general election. Sibthorp was elected as a

(MP) for Lincoln at a by-election on 9 April 1800, after the death of George Rawdon MP. He was re-elected in 1802, but declined to stand 1806 general election, because of ill-health. Sibthorp's sons include

Charles Sibthorp Charles de Laet Waldo Sibthorp (14 February 1783 – 14 December 1855), popularly known as Colonel Sibthorp, was a widely caricatured British Ultra-Tory politician in the early 19th century. He sat as a Member of Parliament for Lincoln from 1826 ...

, an MP notorious for his

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views, and Richard Sibthorp, an Anglican priest who gained notoriety for his conversion to Roman Catholicism.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sibthorp, Humphrey 1744 births 1815 deaths People educated at Harrow School People educated at Westminster School, London Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford Members of Lincoln's Inn Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1774–1780 British MPs 1780–1784 British MPs 1796–1800 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1801–1802 UK MPs 1802–1806 Politics of Lincoln, England Tory MPs (pre-1834)