![]() Laughing, she says that that sounds more like something he would say. Sybil hesitates and replies that she is flattered, knowing that this is not the answer he was hoping for, Branson tells her that 'flattered' is a word posh people use when they are about to say 'no'. He knows that she is too far above him, but believes that the world is changing as a result of the war and if her family did disown her, they would come around, but until then he would devote every waking minute to her happiness. He asks her to bet on him, determined that he will make something of himself. It's cost me all I've got to say these things." Tom BransonBranson decides he has one chance to tell her he loves her, before she leaves to train as a nurse, to tell her how he feels. It is things like this that Branson has always admired as it shows her spirit and determination. Sybil is to become a nurse, but before that she wants to learn some basic skills, like cooking. Knowing Lord Grantham is a member of this "oppressive class" and not wanting to offend her, he hastily makes amends by saying her father is a good man and a decent employer.īy November 1916 Branson is still at Downton and his love for Sybil is again confirmed when he attentively watches her baking with Mrs Patmore and Daisy Mason. Branson tells her it is not just women's rights and Irish freedom, but chiefly the gap between the aristocracy and the poor he would want to change if he did go into politics. Since there are no politically enthusiastic members of her family with whom she could talk openly, she turns to Branson. Branson is very political, and once he discovered that Sybil is too, he sets out to increase her interest.īy May 1914, Sybil seems to have become more involved with politics. He immediately becomes curious about Lord Grantham’s youngest daughter, Lady Sybil, when he overhears her mother, Lady Grantham, talking about her needing a new dress and implying that she has an interest in rights for women. He tells Robert Crawley that he will miss Ireland but not his previous job. Tom Branson arrives at Downton in May 1913 as the chauffeur, replacing Taylor, who left to open a tea shop. It is revealed that Lucy is pregnant and she later gives birth to a baby boy. In 1927, he met his future wife, Lucy Smith and subsequently married her in a lavish ceremony held at their new home, which Lucy will inherit from her natural mother, Maud Bagshaw. He is also brother-in-law to Matthew Crawley, Mary Talbot, Edith Pelham, Henry Talbot, and Herbert Pelham and through them he has two nephews, George Crawley and Peter Pelham, and two nieces, Marigold (last name could be Crawley/Gregson/Drewe) and Caroline Talbot. Through his marriage he became the son-in-law of Robert Crawley and his wife, Cora. ![]() It is clear that even years later, he never truly recovered from Sybil’s death. He is the husband of the late Lady Sybil Branson, with whom he had one child, a daughter, Sybbie, whom he named after his wife. He is an Irish socialist and a member of the Branson family. Thomas "Tom" Branson, (born possibly between September 1884 and September 1885 - canon evidence is unclear ), is the former chauffeur and the current estate manager for Downton Abbey. " The one thing you will never understand about Tom is that he's not a snob! He's less interested in all that than anyone else under this roof!" - Lady Grantham to her husband about their son-in-law. ![]()
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