Note D — Chapter VI · 1849–1851.
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Daniel O’Connell’s parody referring to Colonel Sibthorp, who was Member for Lincoln, and two other Colonels in Parliament, is too witty to be forgotten:—
“Three Colonels in three distant counties born, Sligo, Armagh, and Lincoln did adorn, The first in matchless impudence surpassed The next in bigotry—in both, the last. The force of nature could no further go: To beard the third, she shaved the other two.”
Colonel Sibthorp was distinguished, in days when shaven chins were all but universal, by an immense beard and moustache.