# Arthur Sibbold Waldron — World’s End character guide

> Arthur Sibbold Waldron in World’s End by Richard Jefferies.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Arthur, old Sibbold, Sibbold, Arthur Sibbold, Waldron, Arthur Sibbold Waldron, this Sibbold, Art, Sibbold Waldron

**First appearance:** 0000-book-i-facts

## Who they are

A man who buried his true name and history so thoroughly that his own descendants inherited a fortune they never knew was theirs.

## Relationships

### [Violet Waldron](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/characters/violet_waldron)

_family_

Arthur Sibbold Waldron is Violet's father or close male relative, indicated by shared surname and protective interactions.

### [James Sibbold](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/characters/james_sibbold)

_family_

Arthur and James Sibbold are brothers or father and son, sharing the Sibbold surname.

### [Aymer Malet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/characters/aymer_malet)

_rivalry_

Arthur disapproves of Aymer's involvement with Violet, creating a tense dynamic.

### [Theodore Marese](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/characters/theodore_marese)

_rivalry_

Arthur opposes Theodore's romantic pursuit of Violet, viewing him as an unsuitable match.

### [Violet Waldron](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/characters/violet_waldron)

_family_

Arthur Sibbold Waldron is Violet's father or close male relative, indicated by shared surname and protective interactions.

### [Theodore Marese](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/characters/theodore_marese)

_rivalry_

Arthur opposes Theodore's romantic pursuit of Violet, viewing him as an unsuitable match.

### [Aymer Malet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/characters/aymer_malet)

_rivalry_

Arthur disapproves of Aymer's involvement with Violet, creating a tense dynamic.

### [James Sibbold](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/characters/james_sibbold)

_family_

Arthur and James Sibbold are brothers or father and son, sharing the Sibbold surname.

### [Violet Waldron](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/characters/violet_waldron)

_family_

Arthur Sibbold Waldron is Violet's father or close male relative, indicated by shared surname and protective interactions.

## In the story

### [Book I: Facts](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/book-i-facts)

Old Sibbold, whose miserly reign and death create the conditions for the inheritance dispute.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/ii)

Eldest son of old Sibbold, chafes under his father's miserly treatment, sides with the squatters, and learns basket-making and gypsy traditions.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/ii)

Old Sibbold, the miserly owner of Wick, detested by the village and his sons, claims the Lea and persecutes the squatters.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/iii)

Accuses his father old Sibbold of murdering the basket-maker, refuses blood money, and leaves home, never to return.

### [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/x)

His possible marriage and descendants are a key legal threat to the Baskette succession, as analyzed in Aurelian's papers.

### [The Tangled Web of Inheritance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/xi)

Old Sibbold's eldest son who disappeared after his father's death, leaving the estate to his younger brother James.

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/xii)

Noted as singular that no one presented themselves as his descendant.

### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/xv)

Deceased; his heirs pose a superior claim to the estate, threatening Marese's plans.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/world_s_end_se/chapters/vi)

The original heir who changed his name to Waldron and married into the Waldron family.

## Links

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