Lady Grantham wanted the family to visit Lady Sybil and Tom in Ireland. Lord Grantham then commented that he "wondered why she didn't ask to come for Christmas."Īfter the Servant's Ball, Lady Grantham told Lord Grantham she had written back to Lady Sybil. In the letter, she asked her parents to keep the news a secret from her sisters.
Soon after their marriage, Lady Sybil wrote to her family that she was pregnant, much to Lady Grantham's delight and shock. Only Lady Sybil's sisters attended the wedding, as her mother was recovering from her illness, and her father and grandmother chose not to attend the wedding. Lady Sybil and Tom move to Dublin, Ireland, and later married. Her grandmother and father planned to minimize the scandal of "the Lady and the Chauffeur" by giving Tom a made-up backstory. After threatening to disinherit her, Robert eventually gave them his blessing. She swore to her family that she would not give Tom up. She and Tom announced their relationship and plans to get married and move to Ireland, much to her family's shock and dismay. Her sisters Mary and Edith and the then-housemaid Anna track her down on her way to elope at Gretna Green and she returned to Downton with them. She later told him that she couldn't give him an answer until the war was over.Īfter the war, she decides to run away with Branson. He told her that he was staying because of her and tried to convince her to run away with him. In 1918 Sybil talked to Tom and asked him how he could be content being a chauffeur at Downton. Tom and Sybil became a lot closer during the war, largely because of their political interests and when Tom was called up by the war office Sybil was worried and very relieved when he was rejected by the Army because of a heart murmur. She was very stubborn and determined with anything she wanted, not caring of what could her family think of marrying with Tom, who at that point was the family's chauffer, and was prepared to leave her world and have a very different live that she used to have. Patmore to teach her some cooking lessons. She wanted to find a purpose in life and feel useful, therefore she decided to train herself to cook and being capable of treating wounded, even asking to Mrs. Sybil was also a fierce defender of women rights, believing they should have the same oportunities as men, and that times were changing for everyone. Sybil always treated others with kindness and respect, even when she was not obliged to do so. Sybil was very compassionate, helping the servant Gwen with her dream to become a secretary. She did not believe in social expectations and treated the staff as her equals. Sybil was described by Mrs Hughes as "the sweetest spirit under this roof." Sweet tempered, caring, and politically ambitious, Sybil was liked by everyone, despite her differences in beliefs and interests. Kieran Branson (brother-in-law) Affiliation Isobel Grey (third cousin-in-law once removed by Isobel's first marriage) Matthew Crawley (fourth cousin/brother-in-law) † Reginald Crawley (third cousin once removed) † Marmaduke Painswick (paternal uncle by marriage) † Isidore Levinson (maternal grandfather) † Victoria Rachel Cora Aldridge (paternal second cousin once removed) Maud Bagshaw (paternal second cousin once removed) Hugh MacClare (paternal first cousin-in-law once removed)Ītticus Aldridge (paternal second cousin-in-law) Susan MacClare (paternal first cousin once removed)
Cousin Freddie (cousin maternal or paternal)
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