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Aberfordbury, Lord |
See Hibberd, Sir Ogilvy |
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Adams |
Sam Adams's grandfather. Was in railway shops at Crewe. |
HM, DD |
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Adams |
Sam Adams's father. Chief engineer in HMS Carroway, Adm. Hornby’s
flagship. Killed when he fell under a lorry while intoxicated. |
HM, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, WDIM |
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Adams, Amabel Rose |
b. 1950. Daughter of Sam and Lucy (Marling) Adams. Fair and
blue-eyed. |
DD, HR2, 3S&T |
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Adams, Heather |
b. 1928. Daughter of Sam Adams. First seen as a large, awkward,
red-faced, graceless student at the Hosiers' Girls' Foundation School.
Infatuated with Freddy Belton, but Freddy was definitely not attracted to
red-haired, pimply, lumpish Heather, despite having pulled her out of an
ice-covered pond. Great mathematical ability. Mrs. Belton and Miss Bunting
helped improve her social graces out of all recognition. She won a maths
scholarship to Cambridge, developed into a capable, intelligent, "Lucy
Marlingish" person who helped her father in his business. Married Ted
Pilward, son of Hogglestock brewing magnate. Two children, elder was
Edward Belton Pilward. |
HM, MB, PBO, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, WDIM, ESR, DA, CQ,
3S&T |
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Adams, Hilda |
d. 1919. Sam Adams's mother. Was in service at Hartletop Priory, walked
out with the third footman before she married Mr. Adams, "the worst day's
work she ever did". Three other children died young. |
HM, MB, LAR, OBH, CC, DD |
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Adams, Leslie |
Younger daughter of Sam and Lucy (Marling) Adams. |
3S&T |
|
Adams, Lucy |
See Marling, Lucy |
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Adams, Rose |
1905-1935. First wife of Sam Adams. Died when daughter Heather was
seven years old. |
HM, MB, LAR, OBH, CC, DD |
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Adams, Samuel |
b. 1902. At first appearance he was a widower with daughter Heather. At
first he was definitely "one of the people" and proud of it, and of his
rise from poverty to wealth and power as owner of iron works and rolling
mills at Hogglestock. He was loud, flamboyant, socially inept and
convinced that money can do anything. He improved greatly by association
with county families, especially Mrs. Belton. Married Lucy Marling (almost
as overwhelming a personality as himself), bought the Old Bank House at
Edgewood, had daughters Amabel Rose and Leslie, and son William. Became
solidly conservative and used his money to foil unnecessary "progress" and
liberal inroads. Leased part of Pomfret Towers to use as a central office.
Defeated Sir Robert Fielding as Labour candidate for Parliament, but
became a Conservative and joined Church of England. |
HM, MB, PBO, PE, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, JC, WDIM, ESR, NTL, DA, CQ,
LAA, 3S&T |
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Adams, William |
Son of Sam and Lucy (Marling) Adams. |
CQ, 3S&T |
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Addison |
b. 1940. Student at Beliers Priory School. Stung by wasp and was much
swollen, but enjoyed the fuss. |
LAR, DD |
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Aella, St. |
Saxon swineherd who refused to drive pigs afield at Lent. Pigs died,
Aella was canonized. Slain by bailiff of monastery. |
MB, HR2, ESR |
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Aelthwithric, Bishop |
Bishop of Barchester in Anglo-Saxon days. Went on a pilgrimage to the
Holy Land with all the ready cash and much of the plate. Was never heard
of again. |
HR2 |
|
Agnes |
Elderly aunt of Mrs. Dunsford. Went into a decline and died. |
WDIM |
|
Albert |
Lord Stoke's footman, later butler. Brother of Mrs. Knox's housemaid,
Annie. Cousin of Mrs. Panter of Hatch End. |
DH, ESR, NTL, 3S&T |
|
Alcock, Mrs. |
Cook for the Bonds at Staple Park. |
BL |
|
Alcock, Ruby |
Student at Barchester High, contemporary of Grace Grantly. In the
"unraveling game" the word "mouthwash" made her think of Paradise Lost.
(There was a mouthwash named "Milton.") |
OBH, 3S&T |
|
Alf |
Half-wit who worked as odd man for the George Knoxes. Amiable fellow
who had a way with birds and animals. Illegitimate son of a not-too-bright
mother and a traveling salesman. |
3S&T |
|
Alfie |
Grandson of the Dales' cook. Brother of Wallie. |
MB |
|
Alice |
Miss Barbara Dunsford's great-aunt on her fathers side. Was cured of
consumption on the Riviera but died of scarlet fever the next year. |
DA |
|
Allen, Albert |
Husband of Nannie Allen. A dashing commercial traveler who drank
himself to death in a couple of years. |
GU, DD, CQ |
|
Allen, Nannie |
Formidable retired Nannie to David Leslie and to George Waring. Mother
of Selina Crockett Hopkins. Lived in Ladysmith Cottages, Worsted. Daughter
of a small Barsetshire farmer. Husband Albert died of drink. Also Nannie
to Leslie and Cecil Waring, and was in service at Gatherum Castle when
Lady Cora and Jeff Palliser (Lord Silverbridge) were children. |
MH, GU, LAR, OBH, DD, HR2, JC, CQ, LAA |
|
Amanda |
Former receptionist at Maidenhair, the best Barchester hairdresser.
Worked in regional commissioner's office with "things clamped over
herYears." |
MH |
|
Amber |
Well-broken mare used by Jenkins for children's riding lessons. |
MMS |
|
Anderson, Minor |
Student at Southbridge School. His dreadful cold was helped by
Bronko-Kure. |
PE |
|
Andrew |
Youngest of Helen Keith's grandfather's second family. Married a Miss
Winter (his second wife) whose parents were from Bermuda and who
supposedly had a trace of black blood. |
SH |
|
Andrew, (Uncle) |
d. 1944. Relative of Mrs. Hoare, brother of her Uncle Joe. Lived in
Tregaskis. Left Mrs. Hoare his Indian brasswork. |
HM |
|
Angus |
Keeper for Adm. Christopher Hornby in Scotland. Recited rhymes to the
Pomfret children when they visited. |
|
|
Animals of Barsetshire |
White Porkminster (pig) Cropbacked Cruncher (pig) Norfolk Nobbler (pig)
Lopsided Angora rabbit |
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Annie |
Kitchenmaid to Sam Adams at the Old Bank House |
CC |
|
Annie |
The Villars' second housemaid at Northbridge Rectory. Her footfall made
one think of air-raids. |
NR |
|
Annie |
"Mr. Knox's Annie." Housekeeper for George Knox at Low Rising Manor
House both before and after his marriage to Anne Todd. Sister of Lord
Stoke's footman, Albert. |
HR1, DH, 3S&T, MMS |
|
Antonio |
Son of Rosina, Giles Foster's father's cook-housekeeper in
Italy. |
DA |
|
Apperly, Miss |
Games mistress at Hosiers' Girls' School |
HM |
|
Appleyard |
Landlord of flats where Aubrey and Jessica (Dean) Clover lived. |
WDIM |
|
Arabin, Eleanor Harding |
Character in Trollope. Married John Bold and had son Johnnie. After
Bold's death married Francis Arabin, choosing him over other suitors, Mr.
Slope and Bertie Stanhope. Had two more children, Ellie and Susan. |
CBI |
|
Arabin, Francis, Dean |
Character in Trollope. Fellow of Lazarus College, Vicar of St. Ewold's,
Dean of Barchester Cathedral. Married Eleanor Harding Bold. Children Ellie
and Susan. Put bathrooms into Deanery in 1876. |
CBI, MB, OBH, CC, HR2, CQ, 3S&T |
|
Arbuckle, Imogen |
Student at Barchester High School. Was made to remove her red nail
polish, then painted her nails with blue ink and received a bad conduct
mark. |
OBH |
|
Arbuthnot |
Father of Fred and Effie, son of Col. and Mrs. Arbuthnot. Strong
resemblance between his daughter Effie and Aunt Sissie Brandon; it is
almost certain that his real father was Capt. Frederick Brandon. |
PE |
|
Arbuthnot |
Acquaintance of Mr. Wickham in India in Last War. |
PE |
|
Arbuthnot, Capt. Fred |
d. 1945. Indian Army husband of Peggy, killed in Burma during the war
by a native who stole a gun and went rather mad shooting it. Was in the
462nd. A lover of crowds, gaiety - and women. Same Captain to
whom Miss Brandon left £10,000. Was raised by his grandmother, Mrs. Col.
Arbuthnot, when his parents died young. |
B, PE, CC, HR2 |
|
Arbuthnot, Effie (F.E.) |
b. 1909. Full name Florence Edith. Capable, tall, large-framed woman
with rather harsh features. Sister of the dashing but deceased Capt. Fred
Arbuthnot, sister-in-law of the beautiful Peggy. Fond of birds and
gardening, she was the author of Coot and Hern. In PE she refused a
proposal from Mr. Wickham and accepted one from Col. The Rev. Francis
Edward Crofts, vicar of Southbride. |
PE, OBH, CC, HR2, JC, DA, CQ, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Arbuthnot, Mrs. Col. |
Full name Lily Elliman. Capt. Frederick Brandon had to transfer to
another regiment because he gave her a ring while in India. Aunt Sissie
Brandon described her as silly but pretty, like Lavinia Brandon. Mentioned
by Mr. Wickham in PE, and turns out to be the grandmother of Capt. Fred
Arbuthnot. Fred's father's father was almost certainly Capt. Frederick
Brandon. |
B, PE |
|
Arbuthnot, Peggy |
b. 1919. Widow of dashing and unfaithful Indian Army captain Fred
Arbuthnot. Fair-haired, pretty, not especially bright. Reminded Noel
Merton of Mrs. Brandon as she must have been in her younger days. Father a
retired Indian judge, mother an admiral's daughter; lived in Devonshire.
After attracting numerous suitors, especially Colin Keith, she married
Francis Brandon. Daughter Effie and a pair of twins. |
PE, LAR, OBH, CC, HR2, JC, WDIM, CQ, LAA |
|
Archdeacon's wife |
Daughter of Dean Josiah and Mrs. Crawley |
HM |
|
Archdeacon of Barchester |
From Plumstead. Peaceable, patient man who never lost his temper except
when frost stopped the hunting. Son-in-law of Dean Crawley. Not fond of
foreigners. Never mentioned by name. Father-in-law of Guy Barton. |
CBI, NR, HM, PE, LAR, CC, DD, WDIM, ESR, DA |
|
Archie |
Bishop who was David Leslie's "Uncle Archie." Christened David at
Rushwater. |
LAR |
|
Arden, Rev. Enoch |
Pastor of dissenting church in Hallbury. Believed in direct inspiration
and thought Latin and Greek were works of the devil. Bit of a Communist.
Was given a stern lecture by Sam Adams. |
MB, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2 |
|
Arminger, Robert Graham, Gent. |
Contemporary of William Halliday, Gent. Had extensive property in
Little Misfit. Ancestor of the Grahams. |
ESR |
|
Atkins |
Master in lower school at Southbridge when Tony Morland was a
student. |
MMS |
|
Aurilio, Marco |
Italian peasant with whom Felicia Grant lodged in Calabria. Had killed
five men. |
CBI |
|
Bacon, Mr. |
One-time rival to publishing firm Bungay, but was absorbed by it in a
consolidation in 1887. Publisher of books by Arthur Pendennis, Esq. |
PT |
|
Badger, Miss |
John Leslie's secretary in his London office. |
WS |
|
Bagshaw |
A friend of John Middleton. Accompanied Middleton and Potter on an
"epic" walking tour, the description of which improved with time. |
BL |
|
Baker, Major F.C. |
Secretary of golf club, winner of Military Cross with bar. |
HR2 |
|
Baker, Mrs. |
Ill-tempered old lady with whom Conque, Lady Emily Leslie's French
maid, took her annual holiday. Lived in Folkestone; the holiday consisted
of a day excursion to Boulogne. Housekeeper at Rushwater before Mrs.
Siddon. After Lady Emily's death, Conque went to live with her. |
WS, OBH, ESR |
|
Balder |
Old plumber, the only one who understood the Gatherum Castle
plumbing |
CC |
|
Bangs, Molly |
Heroine of novel written by Mrs. Morland under the pseudonym Esme
Porlock. |
NTL |
|
Banister, Canon |
Vicar of St. Mary's, Rushwater, later Canon of Barchester Cathedral.
Always got eyeglasses tangled in cord. |
WS, CBI, MH, MB, PBO, LAR, ESR |
|
Banister, Mrs. |
Mother of Canon Banister. Had once stayed with Mrs. Merrivale at
Hallbury |
MB |
|
Banks, "Dogger" |
Wickham and Tubby Fewling argued whether or not this fellow
naval man was the one who got entangled with the barmaid at
Southsea. Nickname came from the Battle of the Dogger Banks in the
North Sea. |
JC |
|
Banks, Miss |
Female Latin mistress at Southbridge Preparatory School during the War.
Small and slight, with fair skin and a bad complexion. Masculine in dress
and appearance, very obnoxious and pro-Labour. Knew little about Latin,
preferred a "modernized" pronunciation. Was sacked in PBO, later was in
UNESCO in Paris, where she was sacked by Geoffrey Harvey. |
PBO, PE, LAR, CC, DD |
|
Bantam |
Mother of illegitimate children of John-Arthur Cross's
great-grandfather |
ESR |
|
Banton, Mrs. |
Elderly former patient of Sisters Heath and Ward whose mind
was affected. |
NTL |
|
Barclay |
Capt. Tom Barclay's father, a ferocious old gentleman much like Mr.
Marling. Married Dora Stoke. |
MH |
|
Barclay, Capt. Tom |
Young officer from Yorkshire. Had three sisters. Was great friend of
Lucy Marling, then married her widowed sister Lettice Marling Watson.
Stepchildren Diana and Clare. Lived in Yorkshire after the war and had two
sons. |
MH, GU, LAR, OBH, CC, DD |
|
Barclay, Lettice |
see Marling, Lettice |
|
|
Barclay, Mrs. |
Capt. Tom Barclay's mother. Maiden name Dora Stoke. Mr. Marlin
remembered her as a handsome girl at the Hunt Ball in '97. |
MH |
|
Bare, Col. |
Col. of 462nd Indian Army Rgt. in '93, when Gen. Harry
Waring was attached to them. |
PE |
|
Barker, Jimmy |
Evacuee child who took three bits of bread while another child
complained he ain't got none. |
CBI |
|
Barton |
Ancestor of Bartons of Nutfield. Built Cross Hall in Italy. Possibly
same as below. |
ESR |
|
Barton |
Father of Walter and grandfather of Guy Barton. Architect who
overhauled Boon's Benefit Cottages in Winter Overcotes. |
GU, CQ |
|
Barton, Alice |
Daughter of Walter and Susan Barton of Nutfield Village. Delicate,
timid, romantic and studious, she attended her first house party at
Pomfret Towers and was attracted by the repulsive Julian Rivers, an
"artist," then came to her senses and married big, protective Roddy
Wicklow. Three children: Guy, Alice, Phoebe. |
PT, BL, CBI, MH, HM, MB, PE, OBH, WDIM, ESR, DA, CQ, LAA, 3S&
T, |
|
Barton, Guy |
Son of Walter and Susan Barton. Briefly engaged to Phoebe Rivers in PT.
Later married daughter of the Archdeacon. Was in RAF in the war, then
partner in his father's architecture firm. |
PT, CBI, MH, PE, JC, WDIM, ESR, CQ, LAA |
|
Barton, Mrs. Guy |
Strong-willed and competent daughter of the Archdeacon. Engagement to
Guy Barton is announced in CBI. Her mother was a Rivers. Organized Land
Girls during war. |
PT, B, CBI, MH |
|
Barton, Susan |
Author of historical novels about obscure bastards of Popes and
Cardinals. Lived more in the 16th century than in the present.
Husband Walter, children Guy and Alice. |
PT, CBI, MH, PE, CC, WDIM, ESR, DA, CQ, LAA |
|
Barton, Walter |
Resident of Mellings House in Nutfield on Pomfret Estate. Senior
partner of architecture firm Barton and Wicklow. Wife Susan, children Guy
and Alice. His firm repaired Hiram's Hospital. Author of Minor Domestic
Architecture of East Barsetshire. |
PT, BL, CBI, NR, MH, HM, PE, OBH, WDIM, ESR, DA, CQ, LAA |
|
Basset-Lowke |
Railway construction engineer who designed model trains. |
PE |
|
Bateman |
Former batman of Col. Crofts, later his general factotum. Married
Eileen, barmaid at the Red Lion in Southbridge. |
PE, CC, JC, ESR, CQ, 3S&T |
|
Bateman, Eileen |
See Eileen |
|
|
Beak, Miss |
Employee of the Marleena Domestic Enquiry Bureau. |
GU |
|
Beasley, Commander |
Royal Navy, Ret. Elderly and crotchety resident of Tork Cottage in
Northbridge. No one ever got up nerve to ask about the cottage's name
because he was so cross. While pretending to be a gas case in a drill
during the war, got fed up and went home to write to the Times. Believed
the key to the past and the future was to be found in Cleopatra's Needle,
and explained all occurrences thereby. |
NR, WDIM, DA |
|
Beauxcilsz, Ghismon |
Native of Provence who deserted one woman to seek favors of another.
Later found dead in the Puy de Stryges with mark of cloven hoof on his
chest. |
WDIM |
|
Beckett, Rev. Anselm |
Husband of Tertia Crawley. |
HR2 |
|
Bedale, Lisa |
See Dale, Isabel |
|
|
Beedle |
Elderly stationmaster at Winter Overcotes. Mourned the decline in the
station and the railways brought about by the war. Son Henry spent the war
in a German prison camp. |
GU, LAR, OBH, CC, LAA |
|
Beedle |
Nephew of stationmaster at Winter Overcotes. Worked for the
Pomfrets. |
LAA |
|
Beedle, Henry |
Son of Winter Overcotes stationmaster. Captured before Dunkirk, spent
war in German prison camp. Worked for Sam Adams raising vegetables after
the war. |
GU, OBH |
|
Beedle, Mrs. |
Wife of stationmaster at Winter Overcotes. Worried constantly about son
Henry during his imprisonment by the Germans during the war. Was
nurserymaid at Beliers Priory when George Waring was young. |
GU, OBH |
|
Beeton, Mrs. |
Cook at Rising Castle for Lord Stoke. Had an operation on her leg. Had
a sister in Eastbourne. Same name as writer of a famous cookbook. |
3S&T |
|
Bell |
See Dale, Bell |
|
|
Bell, Tommy |
RAF acquaintance of George and Sylvia Halliday. A bit common. |
PBO |
|
Bellenden, Esme |
Author of a Banned-Book-of-the-Month, Men of Harlech. |
CBI |
|
Bellinger |
Student at Southbridge School. Had pet dormouse. Shergold had to run
him into Barchester when his parents' car broke down. |
PE |
|
Belton |
Fred Belton's grandfather, an excellent amateur photographer. Son of
the Nabob. Repaired the "Garden House" in the 1890's. |
HM, DD, HR2, CQ |
|
Belton |
Sister of the Nabob. Was furious about his French paramour. |
HR2 |
|
Belton, Charles |
Fred Belton's old Uncle Charles. Wore a wig and drank a bottle of port
every night. |
LAR |
|
Belton, Charles Thome |
b. 1922. Younger son of Fred and Lucy Belton of Harefield. First seen
as haphazard, energetic, self-centered, immature. In Army artillery during
war. Married Clarissa Graham after long on-again- off-again engagement in
which Clarissa, unsettled by her grandmother Lady Emily Leslie's death,
behaved badly. They were married on New Year's Day, 1952. Charles taught
at Beliers Priory School, later at. Harefield House School. one son, one
daughter. |
HM, MB, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, JC, WDIM, ESR, DA, CQ,
3S&T |
|
Belton, Clarissa |
See Graham, Clarissa |
|
|
Belton, Elsa |
b. 1918. Pretty daughter of Fred and Lucy Belton. Served in hush-hush
job during war. Married Capt. (later Adm.) Christopher Hornby in 1943.
Rather spoilt. |
HM, MB, PE, LAR, CC, DD, HR2, CQ |
|
Belton, Elsa |
Sister of Fred Belton. |
LAR |
|
Belton, Fred |
Owner of Harefield Park, but family financial problems caused him to
lease it for the duration of the war to the Hosiers' Girls' Foundation
School. Moved to Arcot House in Harefield; missed his old home and the
stately, stable way of life it represented. Married to the former Lucy
Thome. Children Freddie, Elsa, Charles. Gruff but kindly old country
squire. |
HM, PBO, LAR, CC, DD, HR2, JC, ESR, CQ, LAA |
|
Belton, Freddie |
b. 1910. Elder son of Fred and Lucy Belton. Commander in Royal Navy,
worked at Admiralty for much of war and at War Office afterwards. Rose to
Rear Adm. Early in war served in cruiser Barsetshire and destroyer
Gridiron. Was engaged to a WREN who died in an air raid. Married Susan
Dean, lived in Dowlah Cottage in Hallbury. Son Frederick, daughter. |
HM, MB, PE, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, WDIM, CQ |
|
Belton, Frederick |
b. 1948. Son of Freddie and Susan (Dean) Belton. |
DD, HR2 |
|
Belton, Frederick "The Nabob" |
Made the Belton fortune in the Honourable East India Co.
Great-grandfather of Fred Belton, apparently the builder of Harefield
House. Became more than a little eccentric in later years. Built the
"Garden House" for a French woman who was no better than she should be.
Also built almshouses in Harefield. |
HM, LAR, CC, DD, HR2, CQ |
|
Belton, Lucy Thorne |
Wife of Fred Belton of Harefield. Children Freddie, Elsa, Charles.
Descendant of fine old county family (Trollope's Dr. Thorne). Acted as
good influence to wear down the rough edges of Sam Adams. |
HM, MB, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, JC, WDIM, ESR, DA, CQ, LAA,
3S&T |
|
Belton, Mary |
Sister of Fred Belton of Harefield. |
LAR |
|
Belton, Susan |
see Dean, Susan |
|
|
Benny |
Boxing instructor for upper form at Southbridge School. Former great
Army boxer. |
HR1 |
|
Benson |
Common acquaintance of Colin Keith and Robin Dale in North Africa
during war. Collected butterflies and had hair growing out of his
ears. |
PE |
|
Benson, Rev. |
Parson at Southbridge for thirty years around the turn of the century.
Port-drinking, fox-hunting type. |
PE |
|
Bent, Miss |
Friend of the rather terrifyingly masculine Miss Hampton. Resided with
her at Adelina Cottage, Wiple Terrace, Southbridge. Much more feminine and
fussy than her companion, a bit folksy-artsy, scraggly in appearance and
somewhat domestic. |
CBI, GU, MB, PBO, PE, OBH, CC, JC, WDIM, NTL, CQ, 3S&T |
|
Benton |
Col. Passmore's dentist. Made his false teeth and told him he had the
best mouth for fitting he'd ever seen. Wrote article about Passmore's
mouth, though Passmore sometimes had to have his uppers forcibly
extracted. Also Mr. Villars' dentist. |
NR |
|
Berkeley |
Rode to hounds up Nutfield way and lost his false teeth when he jumped
the big fence at Starveacres. Mare stepped on his teeth, went dead lame,
and Old Berkeley tried to swear without a tooth in his head, according to
Mr. Marling. |
MH |
|
Bernardo |
Italian writer. Disagreed with Miss Pemberton's theory that Giacopini
was illegitimate offspring of Cosimo de Strelsa. |
NR |
|
Bert |
Worked in Wheeler's garage. |
B |
|
Bertha |
Housemaid at Pomfret Towers. Her brother used to be the boot and knife
boy. |
DA |
|
Bertha |
Head housemaid at Gatherum Castle when Lady Cora Palliser was a
child. |
JC |
|
Bertha |
Head housemaid at Rushwater in the days of Mr. Henry Leslie. |
PBO, LAR |
|
Bessie |
Under-housemaid at Rushwater. |
WS, PBO, LAR |
|
Betterton,
Lady |
Northbridge resident seen shopping at Scatcherd's. Immensely wealthy,
but always wore the same tailor-made suit. |
NR |
|
Betts, Mrs. |
Member of WVS during war. In clothing exchange. Had a row
with Madame Tomkins. |
PBO |
|
Bevan |
Barchester man on National Health who had waited two years for his new
uppers . |
DD |
|
Bevan, Mrs. |
Lodger at Clematis Cottage. |
BL |
|
Beverly, Fritz |
Young American Naval officer. Common acquaintance of Lee Sumter and Mr.
Wickham. |
LAA |
|
Bill |
One of a group accompanied by Betty Turner to Fish Hill, where they saw
a golden-crested mippet. |
NR |
|
Bill |
Young naval man visiting Adm. Phelps. Had been torpedoed and was on his
way to rejoin his ship along with his friend Tubby Smith-Hetherington. Had
met Rose (Birkett) Fairweather in Las Palombas. Mrs. Birkett gave him
Rose's ocarina to replace the one that was lost with his kit. Was present
when Capt. Vian rescued Altmark prisoners from Ark Royal. |
CBI, JC |
|
Bill |
Drayman for Pilward and Sons, Entire, at Southbridge. |
CBI |
|
Billie |
Artist's model, housekeeper (and etc.!) for Belikoff, who painted
her as a rather nightmarish abstract or surrealist painting
described enthusiastically by Julian Rivers. Deceased. |
PT |
|
Binder, General |
Visited the Spenders and admired Mrs. Spender's method of carrying tea,
sugar, and butter in boxes to help those for whom it was rationed. |
NR |
|
Bingham, Bobby |
For her wedding, gave his niece a corkscrew which played "Drink to Me
Only with Thine Eyes." |
HR2 |
|
Bingham, Hermione |
Daughter of Lady Dorothy "Dodo" Bingham. Twin sister of Rose. Married
Lord Tadcaster of Tadpole Hall. One daughter. |
WS, PBO, LAR, CC, HR2, ESR, DA |
|
Bingham, Lady Dorothy "Dodo" |
d. 1956. Mother of Rose and Hermione (twins). Also had three sons.
Masterful fox-hunting type. Widow at first appearance in WS. Second
daughter of Duke of Towers. Aunt of Lionel Harvest. Distant cousin of the
Leslies. |
WS, PBO, LAR, OBH, HR2, ESR, DA |
|
Bingham, Mr. |
Husband of Lady Dorothy. Died meekly years ago, not missed. Wealthy
businessman. |
PBO, LAR |
|
Bingham, Rose |
Daughter of Lady Dorothy "Dodo" Bingham. Became engaged to David Leslie
in PBO. Children Dorothy and Henry. Sophisticated and intelligent, she
served in Foreign Office during war. Had three brothers in the Army. Quite
capable of curing David of his "bone-selfishness." |
WS, PBO, PE, LAR, OBH, DD, HR2, ESR, DA |
|
Bird, Mrs. |
Chairman of Women's Institute at Worsted. |
AF |
|
Birds of Barsetshire (and elsewhere) |
Broad-Tailed Gallowsbird, or Jack Ketch
Club-Footed Sparrowhawk
Common Flygobbler
Golden-Crested Mippet (Betty Baldpate)
Great
Kitchen Skewer of Australia
Islington Brooder (chicken)
Lesser
Clawhammer
Lesser Clodhopper
Lesser Halfwit
Lesser Gallowsbird
Mippeta Calva Horrida
Mpopo-popo of Mngangaland (small squinty owl
that is featherless most of the year)
Pied Gobblebelly
Red Nitwit
Speckled Tottling (chicken)
Speckled Willesden (chicken)
Splay-Footed Bumblegobbler
Spottletoe
Stengah (Whisky-Soda
Bird) of India
Two-Toes Flygobbler |
|
|
Birkett, Amy |
Wife of William Birkett, headmaster of Southbridge School. "Ma Birky"
to the schoolboys. Daughters Rose and Geraldine. Close friend of Laura
Morland, the novelist. |
HR1, DH, SH, CBI, NR, GU, MB, PBO, PE, LAR, OBH, CC, HR2, JC, WDIM,
3S&T, MMS |
|
Birkett, Geraldine |
Younger daughter of William and Amy Birkett. Attended Barchester High
School. As high school student, fond of the more gruesome aspects of
nursing and medicine. Worked in Barchester Infirmary during war.
Infatuated with Fritz Gissing until she finally saw him in his true
colors. Married Geoffrey Fairweather. Son John. |
HR1, SH, B, CBI, GU, MB, PBO, PE, OBH, CC, DD, JC, NTL, CQ |
|
Birkett, Rose |
Older daughter of William and Amy Birkett. Beautiful but mentally
negligible. Engaged six or more times, including to Philip Winter in SH
until she threw her ring at him at the Keiths'. Always had an oft-
repeated catchword (perfectly foul, meager, dispiriting, shattering, etc.)
In CBI married John Fairweather of the Royal Navy, who could control his
"elegant nitwit" well. Stationed abroad most of the war in Washington, S.
America, Portugal, etc. Returned to England after war and became much more
sensible, often helping others with their problems. Children Henry, Amy,
two others all born 1940-1946. |
HR1, SH, CBI, GU, MB, PBO, PE, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, JC, WDIM, ESR,
NTL, DA, CQ, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Birkett, William (Henry?) |
Headmaster of Southbridge School. Usually called William, but is called
Henry in GU and 3S&T. Had been assistant master and Head of the Prep
School before becoming Headmaster. Retired in 1947 and took the Dower
House at Worsted. |
HR1, SH, CBI, NR, GU, MB, PBO, PE, LAR, OBH, CC, HR2, JC, WDIM, ESR,
DA, CQ, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Bishop's wife |
Unpleasant, inhospitable, snobbish. One son. |
MB, PBO, PE, LAR, OBH, CC, HR2, JC, WDIM, ESR, NTL, DA, LAA, CQ,
3S&T |
|
Bishop of Barchester |
Never mentioned by name. Parsimonious, low-church, unpopular. One son,
said to be "in mission field" but really worked in office at Westminster.
Preached love for Germans, Communists, etc., and was a Liberal. Nicknamed
"Old Gasbag." Worthy successor to Trollope's Bishop Proudie. Never made on
"on-stage" appearance. |
SH, B, BL, CBI, NR, MH, GU, HM, MB, PBO, PE, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, JC,
WDIM, ESR, NTL, DA, CQ, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Bishop of Barchester |
In the 1860's he married one of Squire Gresham's daughters. Apparently
the successor to Bishop Proudie. Great-uncle of Mr. Oriel. Had 15
children. |
HM |
|
Bissell, Elaine |
Wife of Headmaster of Hosiers' Boys' Foundation School. Plump, placid
and efficient. Devoted to her husband, whom she called "Daddy." Childless,
but guardian to mentally defective niece Edna. Former psychology teacher.
A bit Red, but nice, and her views became more conservative with
time. |
CBI, PBO, PE, CC, 3S&T |
|
Bissell, Mr. |
Head of Hosiers' Boys' Foundation School, which was evacuated during
war from London to Southbridge. Lean, middle-sized man, well-meaning but
quick to feel slighted, since the Hosiers' boys were socially inferior to
the Southbridgians. Had Communist leanings at first appearance. Devoted to
his wife Elaine, whom he called "Mother," although they had no children.
Improved through constant association with the Birketts, became quite
likable although gauche. |
CBI, PBO, PE, CC, JC, 3S&T |
|
Black, Miss |
Employee of Messrs. Gaiters Bookshop. Spoke disparagingly
about the quality of books read by the Bishop and Bishopess. |
NTL |
|
Blackett, Mrs. |
Person who, according to Lady Emily Leslie, will be delighted with
changes that Sally (Wicklow) Foster made in the Towers. |
OBH |
|
Blackstone |
Master at Prep School attended by Oliver Marling and Ludovic Lufton.
Had tufts of hair inYears. Later a Rural Dean in Lancashire. |
DD |
|
Bluebell |
Cow owned by the Leslies at Rushwater. |
PBO, DD |
|
Blumenfeld, Nat |
American musical producer for whose last production Denis Stonor did
music and lyrics. |
LAR, CC, 3S&T |
|
Blundello |
Jeweler's firm; Mr. Hooker went to Lady Graham once a year to check her
jewelry |
NTL |
|
Bob |
Letter carrier in Edgewood. Last name probably Goble. |
|
|
Boccafiume, Cardinal |
Descendant of the Borgias. Wrote to Mrs. Barton about her book. |
PT, LAA |
|
Bodger, |
"Old Bodger" from Starveacre Hatches. Like his father before him, a
ratcatcher on the Pomfret estates. Recommended by Mr. Belton to Sam Adams.
Killed 15,000 rats. |
HM, MB, OBH, WDIM |
|
Bodger |
Cook for the Millers at St. Ewold's. |
HR2 |
|
Bodger |
Percy Bodger's father, best well cleaner in the county. Dead at the
time of OBH. |
OBH |
|
Bodger, Percy ("Purse") |
Grandson of "Old Bodger," the ratcatcher at Pomfret Towers. Helped
excavate the well at the Old Rectory at Hallbury, then cleaned out Sam
Adams's well at the Old Bank House. |
MB, OBH, CC, 3S&T |
|
Bohun, Thomas |
Canon of Barchester 1657-65. Metaphysical (and somewhat off-color)
poet. Oliver Marling wrote a book about him. Died in the Great Plague,
leaving money to found cottages of Boon's Benefit in Winter
Overcotes. |
MH, GU, LAR, CC, DD, HR2, ESR, DA, 3S&T |
|
Bolikoff |
Artist and Russian expatriate admired by Julian Rivers and despised by
everyone else. |
PT |
|
Bolton, Earl of |
Miss Bunting, who apparently had a low opinion of him, made sure no one
confused him with her former employer, the Marquess of Bolton. "He wore
leather boots and cambric underwear" quoth Oliver Marling (W.S. Gilbert's
Bab Ballads, "The Periwinkle Girl.") |
MH, OBH, CC |
|
Bolton, Lady Iris |
Daughter of Marquess and Marchioness of Bolton, former pupil of Miss
Bunting. |
MH, MB |
|
Bolton, Lady Phyllis |
Sister of Lady Iris Bolton, former pupil of Miss Bunting. |
MH, MB |
|
Bolton, Marquess and Marchioness of |
Former employers of Miss Bunting. |
MH, MB |
|
Bompard |
Mentioned by Harold Downing as an advocate of certain methods of
pronunciation of 12th-century French in Provençal dialect. |
NR |
|
Boncassen, Isabel |
Beautiful American heiress. Married Lady Cora Palliser's grandfather,
Lord Silverbridge (son of the Duke of Omnium). Principle character in
Trollope's The Duke's Children. She was accepted only reluctantly
by the Duke. |
HR1, CC, DD, JC |
|
Bond |
Elder son of C.W. and Daphne Bond. Attended Priory School, where
it was thought he was coming down with whooping cough (or pretending
to. |
HR2 |
|
Bond, Aethelstane |
Son of Jedediah Bond. Entered House of Lords after expensive, but on
the whole honorable, election. At the front of the field in
philanthropy. |
BL, ESR |
|
Bond, Alured |
d. 1952. 2nd Lord Bond. Resident of Staple Park near
Worsted. Wife Lucasta, son C. W. Strongly opposed Sir Ogilvy Hibberd's
purchase of Pooker's Piece in BL. Small, round, with white mustache. Fond
of Gilbert and Sullivan. A bit overshadowed by his masterful wife. During
the war he gave Staple Park to a boys' school and lived at the White
House. Traced ancestry back to King Alfred with a "gap of only 30
generations." Surprisingly, a Liberal. Dead by time of WDIM. |
AF, BL, MH, GU, MB, PE, LAR, OBH, DD, WDIM, ESR, DA, 3S&T |
|
Bond, Cedric Weyland (C.W.) |
Son of Lord and Lady Bond of Staple Park. Attended Hacker's public
school. In AF was fond of Betty Dean, but this was ruined by "excessive
parental enthusiasm." Became engaged to Daphne Stonor in BL. Lived in the
White House next to Laverings after the war. Two sons. |
AF, BL, LAR, OBH, WDIM, ESR, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Bond, Ethelwulf (1st Lord) |
Son of Jedediah Bond, father of Alured. Carefully married money and
received a peerage in 1907. |
BL, ESR |
|
Bond, Ivanhoe |
Son of Jedediah Bond. M.P. from one of Lord Pomfret's rotten
boroughs. |
BL, ESR |
|
Bond, Jedediah |
Lord Alured Bond's grandfather (or great-grandfather by some accounts).
A Yorkshire woolen manufacturer who made the family fortune by working his
men harder and paying them less than anyone else in South Riding. Shot
three ringleaders of gang of machine-breakers, dragged two more into
counting-house by their collars and beat them until they were bruised and
bleeding. Jumped 15 feet into yard, rescued the injured child of one of
the workers, galloped to the doctor, and paid for the treatment. Sons
Ivanhoe, Aethelstane and Ethelwulf. Proud of Saxon ancestry. |
BL, ESR |
|
Bond, Lucasta |
Wife of Lord Alured Bond of Staple Park. "Benevolent Tyrant."
Half-sister of Lord Stoke. An organizer and go-getter for causes she
believed in. In ESR lived in Bath, then in 3S&T moved to Cheltenham to
live with Old Lady Norton. |
AF, BL, MH, GU, MB, LAR, DD, HR2, WDIM, ESR, NTL |
|
Bones |
Family in Nutfield. Children Alf and Jimmy. Father a butcher. |
PT |
|
Bonescu, Gradka |
Unattractive and lumpish Mixo-Lydian. Acted as cook-housekeeper to
Fieldings at Hall's End in Hallbury. Father was a university professor.
Alternately cringing and arrogant. Studied to pass English exam. Miss
Bunting achieved an amazing transformation and earned Gradka's undying
gratitude by helping her become a competent and self-assured person
(compared to the rest of her countrymen.) Disliked her fellow-Mixo-Lydian
refugees. Returned to Mixo-Lydia to found the Bunting College of English,
later was Mixo-Lydian ambassador. |
MB, PBO, LAR, CC, DD, WDIM, DA, CQ, 3S&T |
|
Bonky |
Nickname of friend of Henry Grantly. Waiting for call-up papers for
armed forces, just as Henry was. |
OBH |
|
Bostock |
Of Bostock and Plummer of Barchester, drapers. Got London fashions just
as they went out of date. The Bishop's wife and Miss Pettinger shopped
there. |
OBH, CC, HR2, JC, CQ |
|
Bostock, Mr. |
Vicar at Rushwater after Canon Banister. Didn't understand cows
properly. Later a Canon. |
PBO, LAR, OBH, DD, ESR, DA |
|
Boulle, Jean-Claude |
b. 1918. Skinny, spotty 16-year-old son of Prof. and Mme. Boulle in WS.
Boy scout and ardent French Royalist. The display of Royalist support the
children planned for Martin Leslie's birthday party backfired and fell
flat. |
WS, LAR, DD |
|
Boulle, M. Henri |
French professor whose family leased the Vicarage at Rushwater for the
summer in WS. Gave Martin Leslie French lessons. |
WS, LAR, DD |
|
Boulle, Mme. Madeleine |
Wife of Prof. Henri Boulle. Children Pierre, Ursule,
Jean-Claude. |
WS, LAR, DD |
|
Boulle, Pierre |
b. 1909. Frenchman, son of Prof. Henri Boulle. Tutored Martin Leslie in
French. Had French Royalist sympathies. Fell in love with Lady Agnes
Graham, "rescued" her daughter Edith from fishpond. Was confused with
Jules Duval in PBO. In French Mixo-Lydian embassy in DA, mentioned as
Maitre Boulle, professor at Academie Francaise in 3S&T. |
WS, PBO, LAR, DD, DA, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Boulle, Ursule |
b. 1916. Short, stout 18-year-old daughter of Prof. and Mme. Boulle in
WS. Devoted French Royalist. Developed schoolgirl crush on the repellent
Joan Stevenson. |
WS, PBO, LAR, DD |
|
Bowen |
Mentioned as Master of Paul's College who resigned just after Mr.
Tebben went down. Lived somewhere in the West. Married his housekeeper
after his wife died. "An able man, but no disciplinarian." |
AF |
|
Bradford |
Elderly Southbridge Jr. Classics master, replaced (briefly) by Colin
Keith. |
SH |
|
Bramble |
Pony belonging to the Leslies at Rushwater. |
PBO |
|
Brandon |
Cedric Brandon's uncle. Lived at Putney. Possible dark horse to inherit
Aunt Sissie Brandon's estate. |
B |
|
Brandon |
Miss Amelia Brandon's and Capt. Fred Brandon's father. Wealthy jute
merchant. Built Brandon Abbey. |
B |
|
Brandon, Amelia ("Sissie") |
1858-1938. Aunt of Henry Brandon (deceased husband of Lavinia). Resided
at Brandon Abbey, an architectural monstrosity. Very wealthy, headstrong
and irascible spinster, whose only emotional attachment was to her
brother, Capt. Frederick Brandon, killed by a pig in India many years
before. Vacillated about whether to leave her fortune to Hilary Grant or
Francis Brandon. After her death in B, her fortune went to charity, except
for £10,000 left to Capt. Frederick Arbuthnot, whose father was almost
certainly the son of Capt. Frederick Brandon as the result of a liaison
with Mrs. Col. Arbuthnot. |
B, CBI, MH, MB, PE, CC, HR2 |
|
Brandon Capt. Frederick |
Miss Amelia Brandon's brother. Killed by a pig in India in Jubilee
Year. Scapegrace who got into trouble over Mrs. Col. Arbuthnot and had to
exchange into another regiment. Mrs. Col. Arbuthnot's son (father of Fred
and Effie Arbuthnot) was almost certainly Capt. Brandon's illegitimate
son. He gave the colonel's wife a diamond bracelet. |
B, PE |
|
Brandon, Cedric |
Relative of the Brandons. His uncle lived at Putney. |
B |
|
Brandon, Delia |
b. 1920. Daughter of Lavinia Brandon. 18 at first appearance in B.
Became engaged to Hilary Grant in B. Son Freddie, daughter Felicia. Worked
in Barchester Infirmary during war. Competent and a bit overpowering, much
like Octavia (Crawley) Needham and Geraldine Birkett Fairweather.
Fascinated by nursing. |
B, CBI, NR, MH, GU, HM, PBO, PE, OBH, CC, HR2 |
|
Brandon, Florence Edith ("Effie") |
b. 1947. Daughter of Francis and Peggy (Arbuthnot) Brandon |
CC, HR2, WDIM |
|
Brandon, Francis Oliver |
b. 1915. Son of Lavinia Brandon. 23 at first appearance in B. Became
engaged to Peggy Arbuthnot in PE. Although charming, could be selfish and
self-centered. Had tendency to flirt with pretty women. Hurt both his
mother and wife before getting his comeuppance from Lady Cora Palliser.
Much of his bullying of his wife occurred when his business underwent a
financial crisis. Three daughters, Effie and twins. |
B, CBI, PE, LAR,, OBH, CC, HR2, JC, WDIM, CQ |
|
Brandon, Henry |
1880-1920. Colorless deceased husband of Lavinia Brandon. Died of
pneumonia at Cannes. |
B, PE, CC, HR2, DA |
|
Brandon, Lavinia Oliver |
1891-1961. Attractive and languid widow, in early middle-age at first
appearance in B. Son Francis, daughter Delia. Absent-minded, inattentive,
apt to say anything that came into her mind. Originally lived at Stories
in Pomfret Madrigal (used as a nursery school for evacuees during war.)
One gathers that Mrs. Brandon, along with Mrs. Morland, is something of a
self-portrait of Mrs. Thirkell as she saw herself. Expert at looking
languidly beautiful and falling asleep at inappropriate moments, and at
rejecting unwanted suitors. Beautiful hands, graced by a diamond given to
her by Aunt Sissie Brandon because she was just the sort of woman Fred
Brandon would have liked. Became engaged to Bishop William Joram in CC,
moved to the Cathedral Close on their marriage. |
B, CBI, MH, GU, HM, PBO, PE, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, JC, WDIM, DA, CQ,
LAA, 3S&T |
|
Brandon, Peggy |
See Arbuthnot, Peggy |
|
|
Braque |
One of the "neo-phallic" school of painting. |
LAR |
|
Bremer, Frederika |
Swedish writer of children's stories. |
LAR, HR2 |
|
Brentwood, Jim |
Friend of Wickham on the Australian station. From Garoopna. |
HR2 |
|
Briskit |
The Hallidays' pony. |
PBO |
|
Bronson-Hewbury |
Grandfather of Mrs. Bob Perry. Had a place in Berkshire. |
HR2 |
|
Bronwen, Wendy |
Friend and admirer of Miss Dunsford, acquired in Mentone on her visit
to the Riviera. Called Wendy by Miss Dunsford. |
DA |
|
Brother Diothennic |
Monk at St. Aella's monastery who was the only source for the story
about Bishop Aethwithric. |
HR2 |
|
Brown |
Father of Sid Brown and Brown the garageman at High Rising. |
LAA |
|
Brown |
Haig Brown's father. Named his son after the General under whom he
served in WWI. |
JC |
|
Brown, Abner |
Dairyman whose cows grazed on one of the school fields at Southbridge.
Nephew of Joe Brown, landlord of the Red Lion. |
CBI |
|
Brown, Emie |
Son of Haig Brown. Got head stuck in discarded saucepan. |
JC |
|
Brown, Farmer |
Farmer near Skeynes from whom Pucken could get manure for the
Middletons' garden, though it was a poor second to Lord Stoke's
manure. |
BL |
|
Brown, Farmer |
Of Northbridge. Owner of Parsley Island where Swan and Tony
Morland camped and where a rain-soaked picnic helped to begin the
breakup of Philip Winter and Rose Birkett. |
SH |
|
Brown, Fred |
Mrs. Spender's uncle, whom she was sure the Rev. Villars knew because
he (ViIlars) had been head of Coppin's School in Somerset. It turned out
that Fred went to Harberton Grammar School in Yorkshire. |
NR |
|
Brown, Haig |
Northbridge police constable, nephew of Mr. Brown of the Red Lion in
Southbridge. Two sons, one of whom was Ernie. |
JC, NTL, CQ, 3S&T |
|
Brown, Henry |
Cousin of Mr. Brown the garageman and Sid Brown of High Rising. Lived
in Low Rising, rented canal boats owned by Mr. Brown of the garage. Tony
Morland used a bike his mother leased from Henry and returned it in poor
condition. |
DH |
|
Brown, Joe |
Landlord of the Red Lion at Southbridge, also owned a taxi. Once
attended Old Sewerworks Road School in London. |
CBI, GU, PBO, PE, JC, NTL, 3S&T |
|
Brown, Judge |
American whose views on peanut cartel were quoted by Woolcott Von
Dryden (Betty Dean's husband). |
LAR |
|
Brown, Lady |
Lived at Les Monettes, where she gave a Russian dancer carte
blancheto gamble at Monte Carlo. He lost everything, including his
gold anklet. |
NR |
|
Brown, Lily |
Daughter of Old Brown, Rushwater gardener. Married Ted Poulter. |
PBO, OBH, DA |
|
Brown, Mrs. Haig |
Wife of Northbridge police constable. Two sons (one was
Ernie). Washed and cleaned house for Admiral and Mrs. Phelps. |
CQ |
|
Brown, Miss |
Elderly fitter in Bostock and Plummer's dressmaking
establishment. |
CC |
|
Brown, Mr. |
Garageman at High Rising. Extracted Adrian Coates's car from the
ditch. |
HR |
|
Brown, Mrs. |
Mother of Sid Brown and Brown the garageman. Wouldn't use her false
teeth because of Biblical injunctions against graven images. |
PBO, DD |
|
Brown, Old |
d. 1944. Head gardener for the Leslies at Rushwater. |
WS, PBO |
|
Brown, Sid |
Worked for railroad as Stationmaster at Stoke Dry. |
HR1, LAA, MMS |
|
Browne |
Father of Dowager Duchess of Towers. Got a second in Latin at Balliol
in Jowett's time. Put a piglet dressed in a barmaid's nightgown in the
Master's waste-paper basket. |
LAA |
|
Browne, Simon |
Brother of Dowager Duchess of Towers. An archbishop. |
LAA |
|
Browning, Dr. |
Doctor for whom Daphne Stonor worked until he "most selfishly
died." |
BL |
|
Brownscu, Gradko "Gogo" |
Mixo-Lydian refugee. Had title of Prodshk Browncu. Managed to live in
considerable but unhygienic luxury. Yellow-faced and melancholy with beret
and sheepskin coat. If possible, the Brownscus were even more selfish,
disagreeable and ungrateful than their compatriots. According to them,
everything was better in Mixo-Lydia. After the war they ran a school for
peasant-weaving, folk-dancing, etc., at Bathwater Cold in the
Cotswolds. |
CBI, GU, HM, MB, DD, CQ |
|
Brownscu, Mme. |
Head of Mixo-Lydian refugees, wife (??) of Gradko. Real title was
Prodshka Brownscu. Small, wiry woman with frizzled dark hair and
leopardskin coat. Even more selfish, ungrateful and disagreeable than her
husband, if possible, The Brownscus represented the explanation for
English resentment against the worst of the East European refugees who
stayed in England after the war. |
CBI, GU, HM, MB, DD, JC, CQ |
|
Brunel |
Built or designed RR viaduct across valley of the river Woolram
at Stale Park. |
BL |
|
Brynhild |
Acquaintance of George Halliday. Everyone called him Dicky. |
ESR |
|
Bubb |
Maker of the best safes according to Lord Stoke. |
NTL |
|
Buchell, Sir George |
His dog chased Hilda Plane's sister's chickens and a dozen pullets died
of fright, but he paid up like a gentleman. |
MH |
|
Buck, Dr. |
Physician in Harefield area, called into army. |
HM |
|
Buckley, Tom |
Pal of Wickham's on Baroona on the Australian station. Was fined for
not recording his vote. |
HR2 |
|
Buckston, Dr. |
Skin specialist much admired by Dr. Gus Perry. |
HM |
|
Budge |
Councilor of Barchester. Owned the Gas Works. On committee which helped
elect Sam Adams as M.P. Wife called him "Pops." Had five married
children. |
HR2 |
|
Bulls and cows of Barsetshire |
Rushwater Churchill Rushwater Cowslip (champion milker) Rushwater
Primrose Rushwater Randolph Rushwater Ranelagh Rushwater Ranger Rushwater
Ratcatcher Rushwater Robert Rushwater Romany Rushwater Romper Staple
Jupiter |
|
|
Bunce |
d. 1957. "Old Bunce," the ferryman at Northbridge. Claimed the war
would start in the fall because he knew the signs. Daughters Effie and
Ruby. Foul-mouthed domestic tyrant, suspected of beating his daughters
(who probably deserved it.) Probably meant to be a descendant of
Trollope's Bunce, senior bedesman in Hiram's Hospital, though Old Bunce
represents all the negative traits of the "lower orders," unlike
Trollope's Bunce. |
SH, CBI, NR, MB, PE, OBH, JC, WDIM, DA, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Bunce, Effie |
Came by the day to do for Miss Pemberton in Northbridge. Worked at
Master's Dairy near Hallbury in MB. Had several illegitimate children by
unknown fathers. |
SH, NR, MB, OBH, WDIM, NTL, DA, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Bunce, Gary |
Youngster who attended High Rising tea in honor of birth of Gwendolyn
Sally Harcourt. |
LAA |
|
Bunce, George |
Ne'er-do-well and expert card cheat in Barsetshire Regiment. |
OBH |
|
Bunce, Hovis |
The fourth (and youngest) of Effie Bunce's illegitimate brood,
popularly supposed to be the result of a bus excursion to the coast
of one day's duration. |
NTL |
|
Bunce, Mrs. |
Wife of "Young Bunce," the Keiths' cowman. Came in to "do for"
Mr. Wickham. |
OBH |
|
Bunce, Mrs. |
Wife of "Old Bunce" the ferryman, but in reality never married him,
Died of excessive quantities of gin. |
SH, NR, MB, PE, WDIM, LAA, |
|
Bunce, Ruby |
Like her sister Effie, she was slovenly but hard-working, amoral,
haphazard, and near illiterate. Had several illegitimate offspring by
unknown fathers. |
SH, NR, WDIM, NTL, DA, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Bunce, Sid |
Mrs. Dunsford's gardener in Northbridge. Head of the Wolf Cubs. |
WDIM |
|
Bunce, Young |
Son of "Old Bunce." He was 63 and was hit with a mattock by Hibberd for
digging a grave in "Hibberd's churchyard" while Hibberd was delirious with
flu. Cowman for the Mertons at Northbridge. |
SH, NR, OBH, WDIM, 3S&T, |
|
Bungay, Mr. |
Rival publisher to Mr. Johns. Partner of Hobb. |
PT, LAR, OBH |
|
Bunn |
Fishmonger in Barchester. |
OBH |
|
Bunting, Miss Maude "Bunny" |
Governess to the Best People in Barsetshire for over forty years. Her
pupils included David Leslie, Lord Henry Palliser, Mrs. Marling's brothers
and their children, Anne Fielding, and Heather Adams. First seen at
Marling Hall as governess to Lettice (Marling) Watson's children.
Governess to Anne Fielding during war. Had recurring dream that she
lectured Hitler about killing her pupils, and always awakened just as he
was about to reply. She believed that if she could just keep from waking
until he answered, then the war would end. One day she didn't wake up ...
she died as the war ended. As a result of her tutoring, the Fieldings'
Mixo-Lydian maid Gradka returned to her country to found schools. Miss
Bunting became patron saint of Mixo-Lydian education. Gentle but
firm. |
MH, MB, PBO, OBH, CC, DD, CO, 3S&T |
|
Bunyan |
Father of C.A. (Fife) Fortescue, 1st Baron
Alberfylde. |
BL |
|
Burden |
Elderly waiter at the White Hart in Barchester. Had bad leg but refused
to have it X-rayed because it wasn't decent that young ladies take the
X-ray pictures. Overheard much county gossip but kept it to
himself. |
LAR, OBH, HR2, JC, ESR, DA, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Burden, Mrs. |
Wife of Burden the waiter. Described as "long-suffering." |
3S&T |
|
Butters, Jimmy |
Friend of Charles Belton. Became engaged to a girl he met at a
dance. |
CC |
|
Cabron, Madame |
Ghismon Beauxcilsz sought her favors after deserting the Dame
Aiguesdouces. |
WDIM |
|
Camargon, Reynauf |
Medieval Provençal poet of whom Harold Downing wrote a
biography. |
NR |
|
Cameron, Alistair |
Partner of John Middleton in his architectural firm. Read the classics
for pleasure, wrote reviews on them. Did most of the work of the firm.
Prejudiced against women because his "blood had been curdled by two aunts
and a governess early in life." In BL, after brief engagement to Daphne
Stonor, became engaged to Daphne's step-mother Lillian. |
BL, MH, 3S&T |
|
Cameron, Mr. |
Alistair Cameron's father. Served in same regiment as Col. Stonor. He
and his wife both died while Alistair was in school. |
BL |
|
Cameron, Mrs. |
Lady photographer who took portrait of old Lord Mickleham (may have
been Alistair Cameron's mother.) |
LAA |
|
Campo, Cash |
Band leader of the Symposium Boys, who recorded "I'm All of a Muddle,
When I Cuddle, Cuddle, Cuddle," "Kiss, Kiss, Kiss and You Won't Go Amiss,"
etc. |
B, PBO, PE, CC |
|
Capes, Lady Alice |
Wife of Lord Capes of Capes Castle. Lived mostly in the South of
France. |
WS |
|
Capes, Lord |
Rude resident of Capes Castle. |
WS |
|
Capet, Jehan le |
See le Capet, Jehan |
|
|
Carlo |
Lady Edith Pomfret's dog, given to her by Guido Strelsa. Died of
overeating. |
OBH |
|
Carmichael, Miss |
Head of St. Bathos (C. of E.) school, evacuated from London. |
CBI |
|
Carruthers |
Member of Lord Bond's club. Said he cleaned his paintings with soap and
water. Former Undersecretay for India. |
BL |
|
Carson |
Vicar of Nutfield. Married a widow from the Midlands |
B, PE |
|
Carter |
Chauffeur to the Bartons |
PT |
|
Carter, Angela |
b. 1940. Daughter of Everard and Kate (Keith) Carter. Aged 2 in
GU. |
GU, PBO, PE, OBH, CC, JC, WDIM, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Carter, Archdeacon |
Great-uncle of Everard. Wife Lady Sibyl. They were both Egyptologists
and "both mad." |
SH |
|
Carter, Everard |
b. 1909?. Southbridge School History master and Housemaster who
succeeded Mr. Birkett as Headmaster. Became engaged to Kate Keith in SH.
Cambridge man. Retired by time of 3S&T. Lived at Northbridge Rectory
after retirement |
SH, B, CBI, GU, MB, PBO, PE, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, JC, WDIM, ESR, NTL,
DA, CQ, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Carter, Kate |
See Keith, Kate |
|
|
Carter, Lady Sibyl |
1802-?. Widow of Archdeacon Carter. Her father was governor of an
Indian province. |
SH |
|
Carter, Mrs. |
Everard's mother. Had a house near the sea like all proper
grandmothers. Lived in Devon |
PE, OBH |
|
Carter, Mrs. |
John-Arthur Crosse's sister. Lived in Manor House at Hatch End. Her
husband was related to Everard Carter. One boy (elder), one girl. |
NTL, DA |
|
Carter, Noel |
b. 1945. Son of Everard and Kate (Keith) Carter. Just born in
MB. |
MB |
|
Carter, Philip |
b. 1942. Son of Everard and Kate (Keith) Carter. Just born in
GU. |
GU, PBO, PE, OBH, JC, WDIM, LAA |
|
Carter, Richard A., Esq. |
A relation of Everard Carter. Married John-Arthur Crosse's
eldest sister. Two children, boy elder and girl. |
NTL |
|
Carter, Robert Philip "Bobbie" |
b. 1938. Son of Everard and Kate (Keith) Carter. Aged 1 in CBI. |
CBI, GU, PBO, PE, OBH, CC, JC, WDIM, LAA |
|
Carter, Thomas |
Mary Grantly's father. Lord Stoke remembered seeing him ride to hounds,
at which pastime he got a chill and died. A farmer. |
OBH, DD |
|
Carton |
Worked in costing department of Amalgamated Vedge offices at
Pomfret Towers. |
DA |
|
Carton, Madeleine |
See Sparling, Madeleine |
|
|
Carton, Mrs. |
Sidney Carton's old mother in Bognor. |
HM, MB |
|
Carton, Sidney |
Middle-aged former Oxford don when first encountered in HM. Tall and
untidy with receding hairline and spectacles. Amateur genealogist who knew
all county relationships and histories. Resident of Assaye House in
Harefield. Married Madeleine Sparling, Headmistress of Hosiers' Girls'
School. |
HM, MB, PBO, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, CQ, 3S&T |
|
Carver |
Son of Victoria Norton's sister. Mrs. Marling confused him with
Geoffrey Harvey. |
MH |
|
Catt |
Lord Stoke's bootmaker in Bond Street, called "Puss-in-Boots." |
3S&T |
|
Caxton |
Gamekeeper for Old Lord Pomfret. Father of the Hallidays' estate car
enter. A man of few words, too frequently repeated. |
PBO, ESR |
|
Caxton |
Estate carpenter for the Hallidays at Hatch End. Wore a square paper
carpenter's hat. |
PBO, ESR, NTL, DA |
|
Caxton, Mrs. |
b. 1884. Housekeeper at Pomfret Towers. Probably wife of gamekeeper,
mother of Hallidays' estate carpenter. |
PT, ESR |
|
Chaffinch |
Gardener (?) for Admiral Palliser at Hallbury House. |
MB |
|
Champion, Peter |
Worked in office for Barsetshire Regiment. Was a male nurse in private
life, and helped with Northbridge flu epidemic. |
NR |
|
Chapman, Bert |
Illegitimate son of Bob Chapman and "Mrs." Chapman. Served in Merchant
Navy. During war, found himself a mess waiter in same regiment as his
father. Reported missing in Far East, but ran away with native girl while
stationed there. Sent Mrs. Chapman a postcard evey Christmas. |
NR, WDIM |
|
Chapman, Bob |
Mrs. Chapman's "husband." Ran away and left her with a son, Bert.
During war he and Bert were mess waiters in the same regiment. |
NR |
|
Chapman, Mrs. Bob |
"Mrs." by courtesy. Cook for the Villarses at Northbridge Rectory. Son
Bert was originally in the Merchant Navy. Effie Bunce's aunt. |
NR, WDIM |
|
Charles |
Footman for the Bonds at Staple Park. |
BL |
|
Charles |
Underfootman at Pomfret Towers. Used to carry children upstairs to
nursery when Agnes (Leslie) Graham was a girl. Entertained children by
singing comic songs, playing the Jew's-harp, and pretending to fall
downstairs. |
PT, ESR |
|
Chiendent, Mme. |
Barchester High School French mistress. Rather ferocious. |
LAA |
|
Chiffinch, Nurse |
Known as "Squiffy" to her nursing friends, Sisters Heath and Ward.
First seen in PT caring for those ill of influenza. Drove Julian Rivers to
distraction by being motherly. Later was nurse to Mrs. Keith and Lady
Emily Leslie. Was at Cottage Hospital in MB. Shared apartment with Sisters
Heath and Ward, and they planned to open a nursing home for wealthy
patients needing unnecessary care. |
DH, PT, CBI, MH, GU, HM, MB, PBO, CC, DD, HR2, WDIM, ESR, NTL, DA, CQ,
LAA, 3S&T MB |
|
Chimes |
Gardener for Dr. Dale at the Rectory, Hallbury. |
|
|
Chips |
Sally Wicklow's fox terrier. |
PT |
|
Chives |
Jobbing gardener for the Arbuthnots at Southbridge. Had wife and large
number of handsome, troublesome daughters. Worked at Pomfret Towers as a
lad. Ex-corporal in Barsetshires, but no foreign service due to stomach
ailment. Not very bright. Also sexton of Southbridge. Became gardener for
Col. The Rev. Crofts. |
PE, LAA |
|
Chives, Mrs. |
Wife of Southbridge sexton and jobbing gardener. Took most of his wages
and spent them at the Red Lion. |
PE |
|
Chloe |
Sally Wicklow's lurcher |
PT |
|
Choyce |
Rev. Choyce's father. Spent most of his time as an invalid in
Italy. |
ESR |
|
Choyce, Rev. Mr. Herbert |
Old friend of Mr. Leonard Halliday, who presented him with the living
at Hatch End in 1933. Had been working in a Liverpool parish. Engaged to
Miss Merriman in NTL, married her in DA. |
PBO, ESR, NTL, DA, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Churchill, Winston Spencer |
Mentioned in admiring terms in almost every book. He made a cameo
appearance at the Conservative Rally at Stale Park in LAR. |
LAR, DA, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Clamp, Mr. |
Head of a family from Southport with whom the Budges spent time fishing
in Scotland. |
HR2 |
|
Clifford, Mr. |
Village schoolmaster at Northbridge. |
NR, WDIM |
|
Clover, Aubrey |
Actor-writer-producer for London stage. Wounded at Dunkirk -"shrapnel
in tummy." Name was really Caleb Lover, but his writing of "C. Lover" was
so often mistaken for Clover that he changed it. Playwright ofOut Goes
She, Three for a Letter, etc. Married Jessica Dean, had
daughter Sarah Siddons. Rather protean type who could be almost any
character without seeming to have much personality of his own. |
PE, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, WDIM, ESR, NTL, CQ, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Clover, Jessica |
See Dean, Jessica |
|
|
Clover, Sarah Siddons |
b. 1949. Daughter of Aubrey and Jessica (Dean) Clover. |
CC, WDIM, ESR, 3S&T |
|
Cloves, Mr. |
"Only a shooting man" who was unwillingly forced by Lord Pomfret to
talk to Hermione Rivers at dinner. |
PT |
|
Coates, Adrian |
Publisher of Laura Morland's books. Lived in London and had some
"Jewish blood." Proposed to Mrs. Morland under the influence of a motor
wreck and George Knox's punch, was refused (to his relief), later married
Knox's daughter Sibyl. |
HR1, DH, PT, B, CBI, NR, MH, MB, PBO, LAR, CC, DD, HR2, JC, WDIM, ESR,
LAA, 3S&T, MMS |
|
Coates, Laura |
b. 1934. Eldest daughter of Adrian and Sibyl (Knox) Coates |
DH, CBI, MMS |
|
Coates, Sibyl |
See Knox, Sibyl |
|
|
Cobbold |
Bailiff and cowman for Duke of Omnium |
CC |
|
Cockle |
Fishmonger at Winter Overcotes |
GU |
|
Codman, Hake |
Glamora Tudor's leading man in "Moslem Love." |
JC |
|
Collerton, Mrs. |
Wife of Commodore Collerton. As a youngster Tubby Fewling was
infatuated with her, despite the fact that she was twice his age and had a
large family. |
JC |
|
Collis |
Baby Collis at nursery school evacuated to Stories at Pomfret Madrigal.
Not very well, but improved remarkably. |
PE |
|
Concord, Sherman |
American beau of Edith Graham. |
DA |
|
Conque, Amalie (“Conk") |
Lady Emily Leslie's maid. Spoke little English despite 30-year
residence in England. Combined devotion, incompetence and rudeness. After
Lady Emily's death she went to live with Old Mrs. Baker at Folkestone. Was
born in Vache-et-Etable. |
WS, MH, PBO, LAR, OBH, ESR, DA |
|
Copper |
Nickname for Charles Belton's red-haired friend Bobby. Had a motorcycle
and brought Charles home on it for embarkation leave. Was one of the
ground staff at the aerodrome. A bit lower-class with unpleasant broken
teeth. |
HM |
|
Copper, Mrs. |
Northbridge resident. |
NR |
|
Cornstalk, Mr. |
Riveter in Barley St., Barchester, who could mend teacups.
Deceased. |
PBO |
|
Coverdale, Gerry |
Race driver who lent David and Rose Leslie his race car so that they
could get to Rushwater reunion on time, also to go to Lady Emily Leslie's
funeral. |
LAR, OBH |
|
Cowman, Hilda |
Old school chum of Miss Holly and Mrs. Watson at Fairlawns. Got a job
in a factory and looked down on Mrs. Watson because she was
married. |
MB |
|
Cowshay, Bob |
Brother of Miss Cowshay. Married with one undisciplined son. Apparently
a carpenter. |
CC |
|
Cowshay, Miss |
Former clerk in cashier's office at Pilchard's. Later worked with
Geoffrey Harvey in Regional Commissioners Office, then in costing
deptartment at Sam Adams's Hogglestock works, and finally as Sam's
secretary at Pomfret Towers. |
MH, OBH, CC, DA, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Cox |
Possibly a local fruiterer, since Robin Morland asked for Cox’s orange
pippins to give to a pony |
3S&T |
|
Cox, Mrs. |
Formerly a “cook in good families." Leased bedroom and sitting room to
Mrs. Smith, aunt of Millie Poulter (Millie was the daily at the Harvey's
where Mrs. Smith used to live.) |
MH, MB, LAR, CC, HR2 |
|
Coxon |
Ran garage (garridge) in Worsted. Also had taxi service.Father of
Geoff. |
GU, LAR, HR2 |
|
Coxon, Miss |
Young V.A.D. in Barchester Hospital. Fainted at Corporal Hoggett's
apparent disfigurement. |
DO |
|
Coxon. Geoff |
b. 1929. One of Marigold Smith's many boyfriends. Went into Navy.
Married Marigold in 1950. |
LAR, DD, HR2 |
|
Crackman, Bert |
Engineer who drove the train "GatherumCastle" but was thought poorly of
because he took little care of the engine. |
LAR |
|
Crackman, Sidney |
Guard on train traveling on Worsted Line. |
GU, LAR |
|
Crammer |
Was vegetable gardener at Beliers Priory for the Warings. Went back to
help his father on the farm and was replaced by ex-Sgt. Hopkins. |
LAIR |
|
Crawford |
Dean of Lazarus College, Oxford. Bit of a nut about Russia. |
CBI |
|
Crawley |
Son of Dean Josiah Crawley. A Rural Dean. Father of Jane,
Grace, and a son. Wife was a mild invalid who enjoyed poor
health. |
DA |
|
Crawley |
Brother of Grace and Jane, grandson of Dean Josiah Crawley. Father was
a rural Dean. Farms near Chaldicotes. |
DA |
|
Crawley |
Son of Dean Crawley. University Professor |
HR2 |
|
Crawley |
Eldest son of Dean Crawley. Had a cure of souls in a mining
district. |
WDIM |
|
Crawley |
b. 1903. Dean Crawley’s eldest daughter (could be Secunda). At age l5
was in love with George Waring when he was killed in WWI. |
LAR |
|
Crawley |
Son of Dean Crawley. A schoolmaster (possibly the same as the
University Professor). |
HR2 |
|
Crawley, Bob |
Son of Josiah Crawley of Hogglestock in Trollope’s novels. Godson of
Dean Francis Arabin, who sent him to Marlborough to prepare for Cambridge.
Went to Australia and did well in wool. Uncle or great uncle of Dean
Crawley of Barchester. |
HR2 |
|
Crawley, Grace |
b. 1937. Fair-haired granddaughter of Dean Crawley. Married John-Arthur
Crosse. |
DA, 3S&T |
|
Crawley, Grace |
Daughter of Josiah Crawley, Rector of Hogglestock in Trollope novels
Last Chronicle of Barset and Framley Parsonage. Married
Henry Grantly, son of the Archdeacon. Grandmother of Rev. Septimus Grantly
of Edgewood. |
CBI, OBH, DD, HR2, DA |
|
Crawley, Jane |
b. 1938. Dark-haired granddaughter of Dean Crawley. With sister Grace,
named after the two daughters of the Josiah Crawley of Trollope's novels.
Married George Halliday. |
DA, 3S&T |
|
Crawley, Josiah |
Canon, Dean of Barchester. First seen as a friend of Lady Pomfret in
PT. Eight children, 17 grandchildren in PE. Had shared digs with George
Knox at Oxford. Once blackballed Sir Ogilvy Hibberd for Polyanthus Club.
Grandson of Josiah Crawley, curate of Hogglestock in Trollope's novels.
Opposed Bishop's parsimony and low-church, Liberal views. |
DH, SH, PT, B, CBI, NR, MH, GU, HM, MB, PBO, PE, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2,
JC, WDIM, ESR, DA, CQ, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Crawley, Josiah |
Grandfather of Dean of Barchester, most prominent in Trollope's
Framley Parsonage and Last Chronicle of Barset. Moody,
unhappy, ascetic, conscientious, hard-working curate of Hogglestock.
Vindicated of stealing a cheque in Last Chronicle. Son Bob, daughters
Grace and Jane, wife Mary. Later Vicar of St. Ewold's. |
SH, CBI, HM, LAR, OBH, DD, HR2, JC, DA, CQ, LAA, |
|
Crawley, Mary |
Wife of Josiah Crawley, curate of Hogglestock in Trollope's novels.
Helped husband and children cope with poverty and a hard life. Courageous
and self-sacrificing. |
DA, CQ |
|
Crawley, Mrs. |
Wife of Josiah Crawley, Dean of Barchester. Gave lavish teas to county
families, subtly underscoring the miserliness of the Bishop and Bishopess
at the Palace. Two sons, six daughters, including Secunda, Tertia,
Octavia. |
SH, BL, CBI, NR, MH, GU, HM, MB, PBO, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, JC, WDIM,
NTL, DA, CQ, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Crawley, Octavia |
Youngest daughter of Dean Crawley. Competent, managing, hard-working.
Interested in nursing. Married Rev. Tommy Needham and was a conscientious
clergyman's wife. Numerous children. |
CBI, NR, MH, GU, HM, PBO, PE, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, WDIM, ESR, DA,
LAA, 3S&T |
|
Crawley, Secunda |
Second child of Dean Crawley. Married the editor of a church
magazine. |
HR2 |
|
Crawley, Septimus Arabin |
One of Dean Crawley's grandsons. |
CQ |
|
Crawley, Tertia |
Third daughter of Dean Crawley. Married Rev. Anselm Beckett. |
HR2 |
|
Cripps, Mrs. |
Keeps Noel Merton's chambers in London. |
GU |
|
Crockett, Selina (Allen) |
Plump daughter of Lady Waring's old Nannie Allen. Came to help at
Beliers Priory during war. Nearer 50 than 40, tender-hearted, attractive
widow of Blackheath greengrocer. Grey-streaked, curly hair (hairpins kept
falling out like Laura Morland's) and liquid eyes. Cried about almost
anything. Turned down proposals from Pvt. Jenks and advances from Jasper
Margett, married Sgt. Hopkins. They ran greengrocer's in Northbridge.
Later sold greengrocer's, returned to Sir Harry Waring; Selina acted as
cook for Priory School. |
GU, LAR, DD, HR2, JC, CQ |
|
Crofts, Col. Francis Edward |
Tall, middle-aged man with blue eyes, shaggy eyebrows, mustache and
beard. Served many years in the Indian Army, then retired. A widower with
two sons in Indian army. Took orders and became Vicar of Southbridge.
Married Miss Effie Arbuthnot. |
PE, OBH, CC, JC, ESR, NTL, DA, CQ, 3S&T |
|
Crofts, Effie |
See Arbuthnot, Effie (F.E.) |
|
|
Croke, Abner |
American novelist whose books were published by Mr. Johns. Johns wooed
him away from competitors by a dinner at which he acted as a sympathetic
listener to Mr. Croke's interminable conversation. |
PT |
|
Crosse |
John-Arthur Crosse's great-grandfather - "a bit of a lad" with numerous
illegitimate children named Bantam in the Potteries. |
ESR |
|
Crosse, John-Arthur |
b. 1923. Son of Lord Crosse of Crosse Hall. In Barsetshire Yeomanry
during war. Bank manager after war. Fond of Edith Graham in ESR, but
married Grace Crawley. |
ESR, NTL, DA, CQ, 3S&T |
|
Crosse, Lady |
Wife of Lord Crosse, mother of John-Arthur. Recently deceased
in ESR, much missed by her loving husband. |
ESR |
|
Crosse, Lord John Morton |
Father of John-Arthur and two daughters. [Name originally was spelled
"Cross" but "e" was added by Mrs. Thirkell because there was a real Lord
Cross.] 3rd Baron, lived at Crosse Hall (which was mentioned in
Trollope though the family wasn't). Lady Emily Leslie remembered him as a
small boy in kilts and curls who fell in love with her when she was a
young married woman. |
ESR, NTL, DA, CQ, 3S&T |
|
Crowder, Miss |
Lived at Glycerine Cottage, Northbridge, with Miss Hopgood. They were
maiden ladies who were convinced they were spiritually French, so went to
the Riviera each year and mystified the natives with their
language. |
NR, WDIM, DA |
|
Crummles |
Brewer from Huntingdonshire. A Barchester expression was "dead as old
Crummles." |
ESR |
|
Crump |
Builder from Allington who did improvements on the cathedral. |
DD |
|
Cruncher |
Old man at Hacker's Corner who had been dying for 15 months, and
constantly called in Martin Leslie to hear his last words, thinking Martin
was his grandfather Henry Leslie. Drank a quart of cider and said he'd
beat the sexton yet. Could remember as a boy hearing about the Frenchies
being whipped by the Proosians in 1870. |
PBO, LAR, DD |
|
Cumberboard, Gen. "Pinky" |
While in London, Peggy Arbuthnot had lunch with him and they viewed a
show of dreadful stuff all made of plastic. |
PE |
|
Curwen |
Chauffeur for the Brandons. Worked in Aero engine works during war,
owned garage afterwards. |
B, PE, CC |
|
Curwen, Mrs. |
Wife of Brandons' chauffeur. In ripe middle-age she took to cigarettes,
lipstick, and cheap permanent waves. |
PE |
|
Cutbush, Mrs. |
Member of gardening and landscaping firm of Cutbush and Sepal. |
OBH |
|
Cutsam, Constant |
American who married Evie Merrivale. |
MB |
|
Cutt |
Lord Stoke's Savile Row tailor. |
3S&T |
|
d'Aiguesdouces, Dame |
Deserted by Ghisman Beaucilsz for another woman. |
WDIM |
|
Dahlia, Miss |
Hairdresser at Maison Tozier. |
JC |
|
Daisy |
Cow belonging to Mr. Masters of Hallbury. In MB "had just dropped a
fine bull calf." |
MB |
|
Dale |
b. 1957. Son of Robin and Anne (Fielding) Dale. |
DA |
|
Dale |
d. 1939. Father of Isabel Dale from Allington. Married Priscilla
Gresham. |
CC |
|
Dale |
Isabel Dale's grandfather, son of Bernard Dale. |
CC |
|
Dale, Bell |
Isabel Dale's father's aunt. |
CC |
|
Dale, Bernard |
Isabel Dale's great-grandfather. Married niece of Miss Dunstable, who
inherited a fortune. In Trollope's Small House at Allington and
Last Chronicle of Barset. |
CC |
|
Dale, Christopher |
Isabel Dale's uncle at Allington. A farmer. |
CC |
|
Dale, Dora Maud |
b. 1949. Younger twin daughter of Robin and Anne (Fielding)
Dale. |
CC, WDIM, DA, LAA |
|
Dale, Dr. |
1863-1945. Rector of Hallbury. Married late in life, had son Robin.
Writing work on Haggai. Lived much in the past with the memory of his
beloved wife, who died when Robin was a small boy. He drifted away and
rejioined her in PBO. |
MB, PBO, PE, LAR, OBH, CC, ESR, DA |
|
Dale, Emily |
See Dunstable, Emily |
|
|
Dale, Isabel |
b. 1920. Underling to Eleanor Grantly at Red Cross Library. Cousin to
Robin Dale. From Allington. Resigned her Red Cross post in CC. Tall,
fair-haired, blue-eyed with oval face. Was engaged to a man (John) who was
killed in Italy, later married Lord Silverbridge. Son Gerald (1950),
second son in 1952. Under pseudonym Lisa Bedale, wrote detective novels
featuring Gerry Marsden. |
OBH, DD, H R2, JC, WDIM, ESR, DA, CQ, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Dale, Lily |
Great-aunt of Robin Dale. One of the Allington Dales. Aunt of Rev.
Grantly. Engaged to "some man" (Adolphus Crosbie) but broke it off and
lived to be over 80, spurning the love of her childhood friend Johnnie
Eames. Took care of her mother and old Squire Dale, as recounted in
Trollop's The Small House at Allington. One of the best-remembered
Trollop's heroines. |
MB, LAR |
|
Dale, Mrs. |
1893-1925. Married the rather elderly Rev. Dale, Rector of Hallbury,
thirty years her senior. Efficiently ran the village for him. Died when
son Robin was 5 or 6. Wealthy. |
MB, CC |
|
Dale, Priscilla (Gresham) |
d. 1949. Isabel Dale's mother. A "horrid lump of selfishness," a
hypochondriacal invalid. Died in CC. Her money came from Mary Thorne-Frank
Gresham fortune. Left her house to Robin Dale (where he started a prep
school) and money to Isabel. |
CC, WDIM |
|
Dale, Roberta Fielding |
b. 1949. Older twin daughter of Robin and Anne (Fielding) Dale. |
CC, WDIM, DA, LAA |
|
Dale, Robin |
b. 1919. Son of Dr. Dale, Rector of Hallbury. Lost a foot at Anzio
after going through N. Africa and Sicily. Was Jr. Classics master at
Southbridge. After his injury he started a prep school for small boys at
Hallbury. Married Anne Fielding, returned to teach at Southbridge where he
was Jr. Housemaster. Left to start a prep school at Allington. |
MB, PBO, LAR, OBH, CC, HR2, WDIM, ESR, DA, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Damper, Dr. J. J. |
Honorary Canon of Barchester. Former Head of Southbridge School
(1849-56). Author of several hymns including the Duke of Omnium's
favorite, "Each morn we humbly bow the face. Before the coming of Thy
Grace." Also author of the Southbridge School Carmen. Wrote travel book
Peregrinations in Palestine. |
SH, CBI, PE |
|
Danby, Rev. |
Vicar of Southbridge. |
CBI, NR |
|
Dandridge, Amber |
Barchester High School student. Refused swimming colors by Miss
Pettinger for cheeking Miss Moore in the bookroom. |
SH |
|
Dandridge, Cynthia |
Captain of tennis at Barchester High School. |
MB |
|
Daphne |
Lily Langtry's calf. Daphne Stonor and C. W. Bond attended her birth on
the night they became engaged. |
BL |
|
Dashwood, Mrs. |
Her children were never allowed barley kernels by their
Nanny because they were heating to the blood. |
WS |
|
Davida and Davidette |
Twins at Hacker's Corner. Named after David Leslie. |
PBO, LAR |
|
Davies, Dr. |
Female doctor at Worsted. |
GU |
|
Day, Mr. |
Was in Loyal Barsetshire Regiment during war. |
GU |
|
de Baruelh, Peire |
Author of 12th-century tenso on two troubadours' argument as to the
relative merits of moles on their ladies' cheek and bosom. |
PE |
|
Dean |
Twin sons of Frank and Rachel Dean. Served in same Naval squadron
during war. |
AF, PE, LAR, OBH, HR2 |
|
Dean |
b. 1940. Student at Beliers Priory School. Son of Laurence and Margaret
(Tebben) Dean. Had the good fortune to have a nosebleed in church and so
be taken home. |
LAR, DD, JC |
|
Dean |
A grandson of Frank and Rachel Dean. Messed up pillowslips at
Southbridge School by putting motor oil on hair. |
CQ |
|
Dean |
Another grandson of Frank and Rachel Dean. Also put motor oil on hair,
raising Matron's ire by getting it on pillowslips. |
CQ |
|
Dean, Betty |
b. 1917. Second daughter of Frank and Rachel Dean. 18 at first
appearance in AF. Scholarship to Oxford, took first in Greats, did
post-graduate work at Bryn Mawr. Fond of C. W. Bond, but their
relationship was "spoiled by excessive parental enthusiasm." Matured from
self-important, obnoxious, ostentatiously agnostic teen who psychoanalyzed
everyone and had the usual schoolgirl crushes on educated women, to a
competent if masterful type. Worked for the Red Cross during war. Married
wealthy American Woolcott Van Dryven. Three children. |
AF, BL, GU, PE, LAR, HR2, WDIM, LAA |
|
Dean, Frank |
b. 1874. Head of engineering firm. Resided at Manor House, Worsted.
Wife Rachel, children Laurence, Helen, Betty, Susan, a pair of twins,
Gerald, Robin and Jessica. |
AF, GU, PE, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, JC, WDIM, ESR, CQ, LAA,
3S&T |
|
Dean, Gerald |
Son of Frank and Rachel Dean. In Army in India during war, stayed in
Army afterwards. |
AF, GU, PE, LAR, HR2 |
|
Dean, Helen |
Eldest daughter of Frank and Rachel Dean. "Demon driver" of fast cars.
Married middle-aged Oxford don Charles Fanshawe. Three children, including
Rachel. |
AF, HM, PE, LAR, OBH, HR2, JC, ESR, CQ, 3S&T, |
|
Dean, Jessica |
b. 1925? 1932? Youngest daughter of Frank and Rachel Dean, Child of 3
or 4 at first appearance in AF, but was an actress in PE; confused
chronology unless she was a stage veteran at 16. Collected salvage and
learned jujitsu during war. Married producer-writer Aubrey Clover, who
wrote sophisticated small cast plays for her with his music and lyrics.
Had daughter Sarah Siddons. Clever, voluble, sympathetic with shy people
like Ludo Lufton. Interfered in people's lives for their own good. |
AF, BL, GU, PE, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, JC, WDIM, ESR, NTL, DA, CQ, LAA,
3S&T |
|
Dean, Laurence |
Eldest son of Frank and Rachel Dean. Became engaged to Margaret Tebben
in AF. Did liaison work with Poles during war. Later became partner in
father's engineering firm. |
AF, BL, GU, PE, LAR, HR2, JC, WDIM |
|
Dean, Rachel |
Wife of Frank Dean of Worsted. Sister of Mrs. Palmer. Languid and
attractive; like Mrs. Morland and Mrs. Brandon, enchanting to younger men.
Used the excuse of "having a heart" to avoid unpleasant tasks. Ran land
army for area during war. |
AF, GU, PE, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, WDIM, ESR, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Dean, Robin |
Youngest son of Frank and Rachel Dean. Student at Southbridge in Tony
Morland's form. Graduated from OCTU during war. Married with twins by
1946. A farmer after war. |
AF, GU, LAR, OBH, HR2 |
|
Dean, Susan |
b. 1919. 3rd daughter of Frank and Rachel Dean. Sixteen at
first appearance in AF. Worked with prisoners of war at Oxford during war.
Red Cross Librarian for Barchester after war. At one time fond of Colin
Keith, but became engaged to Freddie Belton in LAR. |
AF, GU, PE, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, JC, WDIM, CQ |
|
Dean, Young Kitty |
Cat belonging to Dean family at Worsted. Friend of Gunnar, cat
belonging to Tebben family. Left with the Birketts at the Dower
House. |
AF, LAIR |
|
Deanna |
Maid to Leslies at Rushwater. Was once injured by dropping a pot of tea
on her foot. Walked out with Ted Higdon for ten years. |
CBI |
|
deCourcy, George |
Was in prison for money matters. Sir Robert Graham once feared this man
would propose to Agnes Leslie before he did. |
ESR |
|
deCourcy, Lady |
Aunt of Tommy Greaves. Was hard up and occasionally had to let her
villa on the Riviera. Mother of George deCourcy |
NR, LAR, ESR, DA, LAA |
|
deCourcy, Lord |
"Old" Lord deCourcy. Called "Lord deCurse-Ye" because of fiery
language. (Hard to tell which of these deCourcys correspond to
Trollope's. |
LAA |
|
deCourcy, Rev. the Hon. George |
Vicar of St. Ewold's who prevented a neo-gothic restoration of the
Vicarage. Could be the George deCourcy mentioned in Trollope. |
HR2 |
|
deCourcy, Rev. the Hon. Reginald |
Hallbury Rector who suppressed Guy Fawkes Day prayers in 1830's. |
MB |
|
deGaulle |
Conque's French poodle, which had mange. |
LAIR |
|
deMalacord, Galfrides |
12th-century Bishop of Barchcester, who resembled the present
one. |
HR2 |
|
Dempsey, Gen. |
Commanded the battalion in which Tony Morland fought. |
MB |
|
deValois, Jehanne |
Mistress of Jehan le Capet. |
B |
|
Dibble, Mr. |
Member of gardening and landscape firm (Potter and Dibble) recommended
by Lady Norton. |
OBH |
|
Dingle, Gladys |
Eileen's (of the Red Lion) married sister, who took in three evacuees
from London. Cleaning woman at cottages at Wiple Terrace. Had alcoholic
husband. |
CBI, 3S&T |
|
Dingle, Mrs. |
Daily woman in Southbridge who obliged 3 times a week at Editha
Cottage. Eileen the barmaid's aunt. (Possibly intended to be the same as
one mentioned as Eileen's sister. |
PE |
|
Dixon, Mrs. |
Lived at Starveacres, reputed to be a witch who would magic a fox away
if she didn't get five shillings on Michaelmas Day. |
PT, WDIM |
|
Dodder |
Well-known Law Lord. |
WDIM |
|
Doddington, Bubb |
Lord Stoke remembered the name but hadn't a ghost of an idea
who the feller was. |
NTL |
|
Doker, Crab |
Glamora Tudor's leading man in "Too Close for Love." |
|
|
Don |
Paymaster Lt. at Gibraltar. Engaged to Peggy Merrivale. Thirtytwo years
old with three married sisters. |
MB |
|
Donald |
School friend of Robin Morland. Had a horse which Robin liked to
ride. |
3S&T |
|
Donald |
Friend of Tom Grantly. Lucy Marling bought a tractor from him. Was
moving to Canada. |
OBH |
|
Doppelganger, Lincoln Fish |
Graduate of Porter Univ. in Porterville, TX. Sponsored a series of
lectures at his alma mater after making a fortune during war. |
WDIM |
|
Doris |
Maid to Mrs. Turner at The Hollies, Northbridge. |
NR |
|
Dorothy |
Girl who did daily work for John-Arthur Crosse at Old Manor House. Had
brothers Jim and Harry. Probably a Vidler or a Panter. |
ESR |
|
Dorrie |
Evacuee child at Northbridge who told another the "nasty
something" on her plate was kidneys. |
CBI |
|
Downing, Harold |
b. 1886. Writer on Provenç:al literature of Medieval Period. Rented
room from Ianthe Pemberton in Northbridge, and was practically imprisoned
by her possessiveness. Was compiling anthology of 12th-century Provençal
lyrics, had written life of poet Reynault Camargou. Almost married Poppy
Turner in NR, did so thirteen years later in WDIM. |
NR, PBO, PE, CC, HR2, JC, WDIM, DA, 3S&T |
|
Drake, Miss |
Teacher of evacuee children who stayed with the Keiths for a while. She
and Miss Potter, the other teacher, "did nothing but walk in the garden
with arms around each other's waists and call each other Draky and Potts."
Communists. |
CBI |
|
Driver, Miss |
Senior teacher of the children's nursery school billeted on
Mrs. Brandon at Stories during the war. |
CBI |
|
Dubois, M. |
Tony Morland's French master at Southbridge School. |
DH |
|
Duchaux, Mlle. |
Old governess of Frances and Geoffrey Harvey. Hated all "foreigners"
(anyone not French). Aunt of Jules Duval. Joined a the's-dansant
scheme but argued with the Countess who ran it, so joined the Corps
Féminin and became a corporal. |
MH |
|
Dudden |
Apparently an elderly local peasant at Hallbury, because Lord
Stoke thought Percy Bodger might be one of his boys. |
MB |
|
Dudley, Matron Poppy |
Matron at Southbridge School, aunt of George Empson the wireless
expert. Frequently at odds with Mr. Ferris, the Housemaster. |
HR1, DH, SH, CBI, GU, MB, PBO, PE, CC, HR2, JC, ESR, NTL, CQ, 3S&T,
MMS |
|
Dumbello, Lady |
Present Lady Hartletop of Hartletop Priory. |
DD |
|
Dumbello, Lord |
b. 1946. Baby son of present Lord Hartletop. Shared Henry and Dorothy
Leslie's nursery on a visit to Hartletop. |
LAR, DD, HR2 |
|
Dumbello, Lord Gustavus |
Character from Trollope's Small House at Allington, Framley
Parsonage, Last Chronicle of Barset. Married Griselda Grantly,
later became Lord Hartletop. |
CBI, OBH, HR2 |
|
Dumka |
Mixo-Lydian maid of Mrs. Carter (John-Arthur Crosse's sister) at Manor
House, Hatch End. |
NTL, DA |
|
Dunsford, Barbara |
Lived with widowed mother in Hovis House at Northbridge. Daughter of
Gen. Dunsford. Helped with spotting duties on church tower on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays. |
NR, PE, WDIM, DA, CQ, LAA |
|
Dunsford, Gen. |
Deceased resident of Northbridge. Interested in Norse legends. |
NR, PE, DA |
|
Dunsford, Mrs. |
Along with her daughter, helped with spotting duties on church tower,
but only on Mondays. Typical country widow of middle class family.
Distantly related to the Hallidays. |
NR, PE, WDIM, DA, CQ |
|
Dunstable, Emily |
Wife of Bernard Dale. Inherited a fortune from her aunt, Miss
Dunstable. Friend of Lily Dale in Trollop's Last Chronicle of
Barset. Cousin of the Thornes. |
CC |
|
Dunstable, Martha |
Character in Trollope's Framley Parsonage, Dr. Thorne,
and Last Chronicle of Barset. Daughter of wealthy man who made
fortune selling Ointment of Lebanon. Married Dr. Thorne. |
HM, CC |
|
Dusta, Nukkle |
Native trooper of Col. Crofts at Sukj Behar in 1921. Had horrible
squint. |
PE |
|
Dutton, Lt. |
Young officer of Barsetshires billeted on Villarses at Northbridge. In
private life was a leftist intellectual don. Was sent back to depot by
Col. Passmore because of his habit of asking uncomfortable and ironic
questions. |
NR |
|
Duval, Eugene |
see Capet, Jehan le |
|
|
Duval, Jules |
Nephew of Mlle. Duchaux. In Free-French Army. Had tea at Marling Hall.
Yellow-faced with unpleasant white fangs. Accompanied by two French
Africans. Great contempt for everything English. Confused with Pierre
Boulle in PBO. |
MH, PBO |
|
Duval, Mme. Mlle. Marie-Claire and Mme. Henri |
Members of Free-French family who spent Christmas with Misses Hopgood
and Crowder at Northbridge. |
NR |
|
Eddy |
b. 1917. Employee of Scatcherd and Tozier, caterers. |
DA |
|
Edie |
See Pover, Alice Edith (Edie) |
|
|
Edie |
Maid to Rose Fairweather. |
|
|
Edith |
Mrs. Morland's Aunt Edith in London. |
CC |
|
Edna |
Mentally defective niece of Mr. Bissell. Accompanied the Bissells when
they were evacuated to Southbridge. Both parents were also mentally
defective. Mrs. Bissell was remarkably patient in working with her using
modern psychological principles. Finally had to be placed in Ada Clotworth
Mental Home. |
CBI, PE |
|
Edward |
Handyman at Southbridge School. Became butler there when Simnet
left. |
HR1, DH, CBI, GU, PE, CC, JC, NTL, CQ |
|
Edwards, Miss |
Lady Bond's secretary. Daphne Stonor substituted for her when she was
away. |
BL |
|
Egouts, Vidarne de |
Provençal resident of Middle Ages. Made his wife eat her lover's heart,
according to novel by Prof. Gawky, though according to Miss Pemberton it
was his lungs and liver. |
NR, WDIM |
|
Eileen |
Part of kitchen staff for Sam Adams at Old Bank House. |
CC |
|
Eileen (later Bateman) |
Barmaid at Red Lion in Southbridge. A dazzling blonde. Niece (or
possibly sister) of Mrs. Dingle. Married Col. Crofts' factotum and former
batman, Bateman. Her sister Florrie married Simnet. |
CBI, GU, PE, CC, JC, NTL, CQ |
|
Ellangowan, Lady |
Raven-haired lady who was carried off in a decline at age 25. Her
portrait hung in Arcot House, Harefield. |
HM, HR2 |
|
Ellangowan, Lady Catriona |
Wife of Lord Ellangowan of Aberdeathly Castle, Scotland. Capt.
Christopher Hornby almost married her. |
HM, OBH, DD, HR2 |
|
Ellangowan, Lord |
Scottish peer, related to Christopher Hornby. Wife Catriona. Laird of
Aberdeathly Castle. |
HM |
|
Ellangowan- Hornby, Mrs. Adm. |
Widow of Adm. Hornby, daughter of old Lord Ellangowan whose portrait
hung in Arcot House. Died in Harefield, making Arcot House available for
the Beltons to move into. |
HM, CQ |
|
Elphin, Lady Gwendolyn |
Acquaintance of Duchess of Omnium. |
DD |
|
Elphin, Marigold |
Daughter of Lady Gwendolyn. Known as "Boodle." |
DD |
|
Elson, Lord |
Everard Carter wrote a book about him. Miss Thorne of Ullathorne
thought he should be Prime Minister in Trollope's Barchester
Towers. |
PE |
|
Elton, A. P. |
A contemporary of Gilbert Tebben and Charles Fanshawe at Oxford. Had
something to do with the Budget. His oldest son was "in a very poor
way." |
AF |
|
Elton, F.P. |
Brother of A.P. Married a Majorcan peasant who dominated him. Was
planning a critical edition of Pindar, but "obviously drinks and seems
sadly broken." |
AF |
|
Emma |
Aunt of Snow, the Southbridge carpenter. Deceased, "just sort of faded
away." |
JC |
|
Emma |
Geoff and John Fairweather's Aunt Emma who left her money to John when
she died. |
CBI |
|
Empson, George |
Southbridge School Matron Poppy Dudley's nephew. Normally a wireless
operator and electrician on luxury liners to New York, he wired Editha
Cottage for the Arbuthnots, with a running commentary on old wiring and
proper method for rewiring that almost drove them crazy. His ship was RMS
Vomitorium. Torpedoed twice during war. |
HR1, SH, CBI, GU, PE, CC, HR2, JC, NTL, CQ, 3S&T |
|
Empson, Marconi Sparks |
Son of George Empson. |
|
|
Ethyl |
Parlormaid for Middletons |
BL |
|
Ethyl |
Upper housemaid at Stories. Parlormaid in PE. |
B, PE |
|
Ewold, St. |
Caused sacred grove of Druid's Oak on Balder's Knob to be cut down, and
nothing has grown there since. Legend says he played cards with the Devil
using cards marked with crosses to burn the Devil's fingers. |
PBO, ESR, CQ |
|
Evans |
Sam Adams' production manager at Hogglestock Rolling Mills. |
LAR, CC |
|
Everleen |
Bill Marling's children's second nurse. Came from an orphanage. |
MH, CC |
|
Fairfax-Raven |
Friend of John Villars. Hurt his foot parachuting. |
NR |
|
Fairfield |
Member of firm Johns and Fairfield, publishers of George Knox's
books. |
HR1, PT, CBI, MH, LAR, HR2, JC, CQ |
|
Fairweather, A.L. |
Opponent in boxing finals at Southbridge School. |
HR |
|
Fairweather, Amy |
Daughter of John and Rose (Birkett) Fairweather. |
GU, CQ |
|
Fairweather, Geoffrey |
Elder brother of John. Sister Edith married Robert Keith. Contemporary
of Tony Morland at Southbridge. Not brilliant, but good athlete, captain
of boxing. School nickname "Fairy." Married Geraldine Birkett, had son
John. Became a Colonel in the Barsetshire Regt. during war. |
DH, SH, CBI, GU, PBO, PE, JC, CQ |
|
Fairweather, Geraldine |
See Birkett, Geraldine |
|
|
Fairweather, Henry |
b. 1940. Son of John and Rose (Birkett) Fairweather. Had one brother,
not named. |
GU, DA, CQ |
|
Fairweather, John |
Younger brother of Geoffrey. Attended Southbridge School where he was
opponent of Smith-Hetherington in HR1. Became a Lt. in Royal Navy. Married
Rose Birkett, had common sense she lacked and was able to control her
idiocies and tolerate her pouting. Later was Naval Attache at Las
Palombas, was stationed in Washington during war. Captain by time of CC.
two sons, two daughters. |
MB, PBO, PE, CC, HR2, JC, WDIM, ESR, NTL, DA, CQ, LAA |
|
Fairweather, John |
Son of Geoffrey and Geraldine (Birkett) Fairweather |
GU, PE |
|
Fairweather, Mary |
d. 1946. Mother of Edith Keith, Geoffrey and John Fairweather. Spoiled
her grandchildren. Died in PE. |
SH, PE |
|
Fairweather, Mary |
b. 1947. Daughter of John and Rose (Birkett) Fairweather. |
DA, CQ |
|
Fairweather, Mrs. |
Mother (or possibly grandmother) of John and Geoff Fairweather. Said to
have spoiled her children shockingly. |
PE |
|
Fairweather, Rose |
See Birkett, Rose |
|
|
Fanny, Aunt |
Deceased aunt of Mrs. Hoare, had lived in Derbyshire. Left Mrs. Hoare a
Sheraton table. Sister of Aunt Patience. |
HM |
|
Fanshawe, Charles |
Don at Paul's College, Oxford, self-proclaimed "despiser of women,"
something of a character. Honorary "Uncle" of Dean children at Worsted,
former tutor of Winifred Tebben. In late 40's when first introduced in AF.
Married much younger Helen Dean, after believing he was too old for her.
Three children, including Rachel. Later became Dean of Paul's. Was
remembered for climbing around entire outside of college without touching
round when he was an undergraduate. |
AF, CBI, HM, LAR, OBH, CC, HR2, JC, ESR, DA, CQ, 3S&T |
|
Fanshawe, Helen |
See Dean, Helen |
|
|
Fanshawe, Rachel |
b. 1938. Daughter of Charles and Helen (Dean) Fanshawe. |
PE |
|
Faraday-Home, Miss |
Representative of female contingent of "irrepressible youth" at house
party in PT. Squealed and made unintelligent and featherbrained remarks at
slightest provocation. Along with Peter and Micky, responsible for many
pranks and much liveliness. |
PT |
|
Farker, Derrick |
Mrs. Poppy Turner's youngest evacuee child. |
NR |
|
Farquhar, Gerry |
Friend of Henry Grantly in the Barsetshire Regt. Wrote to tell Henry
they were probably being posted to the Far East. |
OBH |
|
Featherstone- haugh |
1920-1939. Captain of Rowing at Southbridge School in '37, went into
Nigerian police. Killed when Lancashire was torpedoed and sunk.
Contemporary of Tony Morland, Swan and Hacker. Very shy. Enamoured of
Matron when in Junior form. Special prize for Greek was named for his
uncle. |
SH, CBI, PBO, ESR |
|
Feeder, Mr. |
Master at Southbridge School, lived in Louisa Cottage, Wiple Terrace.
Drove everyone crazy with his wireless. |
PE, OBH, CC, JC, ESR, NTL, DA, CQ, 3S&T |
|
Feeder, Mrs. |
b. 1892. Mother of Mr. Feeder. Came to live near him in Editha Cottage.
Tall, gaunt widow. Had learned to drink to please her husband, who had
gastric trouble and couldn't drink but enjoyed watching her. |
PE, OBH, CC, JC, NTL, CQ, 3S&T |
|
Feilding, Miss |
Teacher in charge of evacuated nursery school at Stories. |
PE |
|
Ferdinand, Isabella |
One of Hosiers' Girls' School students at Harefield Park. A natural
rebel with strong dramatic leanings, played leading roles in drama
productions and minor mischief. |
HM, MB |
|
Ferguson |
Chauffeur for the Bonds at Staple Park. |
BL |
|
Ferris, Mr. |
Assistant Maths master at Southbridge School, son of a country doctor.
Tony Morland's housemaster and scoutmaster, constantly at odds with
Matron. Later became one of H.M.'s Inspectors of Secondary Schools. |
HR1, DH, CBI |
|
Fewling, Father George"Tubby" |
Former Naval chaplain (Commander), son of a successful merchant.
Anglo-Catholic priest in Northbridge. Rector of St. Sycorax and head of
boy scouts. Later became Vicar of Greshamsbury and Honorary Canon of
Barchester. Fond of Margot Phelps but she married Donald Macfadyen, the
large-scale market gardener. After Macfadyen's death he married
her. |
NR, PE, CC, DD, HR2, JC, WDIM, DA, CQ, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Fielding, Anne |
b. 1928. Daughter of Sir Robert and Lady Fielding (Dora). Rather
delicate, shy, and studious. When well enough she attended Barchester High
School, but, tutored by Miss Bunting she became an enthusiastic and
omnivorous reader of history, English literature, and Latin. Married Robin
Dale, Housemaster at Southbridge School, had twins Roberta Fielding and
Dora Maud, and a son |
MB, PBO, PE, LAR, OBH, CC, HR2, WDIM, ESR, DA, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Fielding, Lady Dora |
b. 1900. Wife of Sir Robert. Very intelligent and competent, on all
sorts of committees during war. |
MB, PBO, PE, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, JC, WDIM, ESR, DA, LAA,
3S&T |
|
Fielding, Sir Robert |
b. 1887. Chancellor of Diocese of Barchester. Had house in Cathedral
Close and one at Hall's End in Hallbury. Was defeated by Sam Adams for
seat in Parliament. |
MB, PBO, PE, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, JC, WDIM, ESR, DA, LAA,
3S&T |
|
Filgrave |
Dentist in Barchester. |
NR |
|
Fillgrave, Sir Abel |
Well-known surgeon whom Delia Brandon wanted to see operate.
Undoubtedly a descendant of Dr. Fillgrave in the Trollope novels, esp.
Dr. Thorne. |
CBI, GU, HM |
|
Finch |
Uncle of odd-job man at Pomfret Towers. One of worst poachers in county
, but would only poach on Lord Pomfret's land. |
PT, WDIM |
|
Finch |
Servant at Pomfret Towers. Formerly boot-and-knife boy, then odd-job
man. |
PT, WDIM |
|
Finch |
Father of odd-job man at Pomfret Towers. Figured in an amusing story of
a folding fire escape. |
PT |
|
Finlay |
Boy at Coppins's School. Pinched some toffee from Holden and got into
an awful row. |
NR |
|
Finn, Phineas |
From the Trollope Palliser novels. Of Irish ancestry, he won a seat in
Parliament but had to resign after fighting a duel. Later returned and
held various government posts. Was tried for and acquitted of the murder
of a Mr. Bonteen. Married twice, once to a childhood sweetheart, once to
Mme. Goesler. |
|
|
Fitchett, Sid |
Son of Northbridge grocer. Worked with Trowel the Builder. Caught with
Effie Bunce in the air-raid shelter. Possible father of one of her
numerous illegitimate offspring. |
NR, PE |
|
Fitchett |
Grocer and Coals in Northbridge. |
NR, PE |
|
Fitzgorman, Dobby |
Once was formally engaged to Lady Elaine, daughter of Duke of Towers,
despite being a liberal and being suspected of having shot a fox. Broke
his neck in a steeplechase. (Called Fitzgibbon in DA). |
DA, LAA |
|
Flanagan, Spike |
Movie actor in "Peter Ibbetson" or "Trilby." |
CQ |
|
Fletcher, Eva |
Gloria Fletcher's Aunt Eva. Cook for Lord and Lady Silverbridge at The
Lodge. |
DD |
|
Fletcher, Gloria |
Parlormaid to Lord and Lady Silverbridge, because she couldn't say no
to her Aunt Eva. Very low-class and painfully shy. |
DD |
|
Flo |
Sister of "Mrs. Knox's Annie." Half-witted maid of all work at High
Rising. |
HR |
|
Flora |
Excessively plump 12-year-old brown spaniel belonging to John
Middleton. Preferred to obey anyone rather than her master. |
BL |
|
Florence |
Sir Robert Graham's wealthy aunt. Was expected to leave him her
fortune. |
OBH |
|
Flossie |
Mrs. Phipps's cat, whose kitten replaced one belonging to Matron that
Private Jenks shot. Great mouser. |
GU |
|
Floyd, Miss |
Maths mistress at Barchester High School. |
OBH |
|
Follanbee |
Costarred with Glamora Tudor in "Love in a Bath." |
NTL |
|
Forbrick, Prof. |
Author of work on Greek plays and chorus. |
AF |
|
Ford, Dr. James. |
Kindly, garrulous and gossipy old G.P. at High Rising. Proposed to Anne
Todd and was refused in HR1. Proposed to Sylvia Gould in DH, married her
20 years later after she had a broken engagement in GU. Could be very
brusque to those he disliked. |
HR1, DH, B, CBI, GU, MB, PE, OBH, CC, DD, JC, WDIM, ESR, NTL, DA, CQ,
LAA, 3S&T, MMS |
|
Fortescue, Mrs. C. Augustus (Fifi) |
Only child and heiress of Bunyan, 1st Baron Alberfylde. Her
residence, The Cedars in Muswell Hill, was sold to Sir Ogilvy Hibberd on
her death. |
BL |
|
Fosbury, Capt. |
Came to tea in India at Mrs. Arbuthnot's, of whom he was enamoured.
Found Maj. Hopkins there, too, as a rival. They tried to sit each other
out until Peggy had to ask them both to leave. |
PE |
|
Fosgrave, Abel |
Friend of Lord Bond. "Had a very good taste in wine and named his first
daughter Septima." |
BL |
|
Foster |
Parlormaid at Northbridge Rectory. Tyrannical and disapproving. |
NR, PE, WDIM |
|
Foster, Dolly |
Wife of old Lord Mickleham (probably explains how he was
related to the Pomfrets). Wealthy Victorian heiress. |
LAA |
|
Foster family |
See Pomfret, Earls of |
|
|
Foster, Edith, Lady Pomfret |
d. 1938. Wife of 7th Earl, Old Lord Pomfret. Mother of Lord
Mellings, who was killed in border skirmish in India. Nee Thorne. Once
beloved of Lord Stoke. Invalid, living mostly abroad. Died before
BL. |
PT, BL, CBI, MH, HM, MB, PBO, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, JC, WDIM, DA, LAA,
3S&T |
|
Foster, Giles (Gillie) |
8th Earl of Pomfret. Cousin to 7th Earl, and his
heir since there were no nearer relations. Became Lord Pomfret in CBI.
Married Sally Wicklow. Originally employed by a firm of picture dealers.
Mother dead, father died in PT. Though not physically strong, worked to
excess for his county, watched over with constant concern by his Sally.
Became Lord Lieutenant of Barsetshire. Children Ludovic Lord Mellings,
Emily and Giles. |
PE, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, JC, WDIM, ESR, NTL, DA, CQ, LAA,
3S&T |
|
Foster, Giles, Lord, 7th Earl |
d. 1940. Old Lord Pomfret. Resided at Pomfret Towers. Fabled for
rudeness, boring dinners, and efforts to prevent modernization of the
surrounding countryside. Brother of Lady Emily Leslie and Lady Agnes
Foster. Married Edith Thorne. Author of A Landowner in Five Reins.
Bought Pooker's Piece to keep Sir Ogilvy Hibberd from building on it. Died
in May, 1940, in CBO, with the names of his dead wife and son on his
lips. |
PT, B, BL, CBI, NR, MH, GU, MB, PBO, PE, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, JC,
WDIM, ESR, NTL, DA, CQ, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Foster, Lady Agnes |
Daughter of Giles and Sally Foster. Disappeared from books, so was
possibly Emily called by wrong (middle?) name. |
PE, DD |
|
Foster, Lady Agnes |
Sister of Old Lord Pomfret and Lady Emily Leslie. Died young. Was
engaged to an officer in the Detrimentals who was killed on the NW
frontier in the same skirmish as Lord Mellings. Did watercolor "Sweet
Mistress Purr" of a tortoise-shell cat in a lace bonnet. Ludovic, Lord
Mellings, said she was dotty, and, after her father broke off her
engagement to a Palliser, she took up curates and church
embroidery. |
NTL |
|
Foster, Lady Emily |
b. 1940. Daughter of Giles and Sally Foster. Strong, graceful and
athletic like her mother, headstrong like Old Lord Pomfret. Wanted to go
into raising vegetables; assumption is that she got job with Adams at
Amalgamated Vedge. Attended Barchester High School. |
MH, HM, MB, PE, LAR, OBH, DD, JC, WDIM, ESR, DA, LAA,
3S&T |
|
Foster, Ludovic Neville Eustace Guido (Lord Mellings) |
b. 1938. Son of Giles and Sally Foster. Shy and frail like his father,
with same painful conscientiousness, sense of honor and duty. Oxford,
Sandhurst and Guards Regt. Brought out of much of his shyness by
friendship with Jessica Dean. Married Lavinia Merton in final Thirkell
book. |
BL, MH, HM, MB, PE, LAR, CC, DD, JC, WDIM, ESR, NTL, DA, CQ,
LAA |
|
Foster, Major |
d. 193?. Father of Giles, 8th Earl of Pomfret. One gathers
he was something of a wastrel. Lived much of his life in Italy. |
PT, MH, OBH, DD, WDIM, ESR, DA, CQ, LAA |
|
Foster, Mrs. |
Resident of The Cedars at Marling. Was dead by the time of DD. Oliver
and Maria Marlin moved there. |
DD |
|
Foster, Mrs. |
Hallbury resident with sister in Torquay whose house was considered for
Heather Adams. |
MB |
|
Foster, The Hon. Giles |
b. 1942. Younger son of Giles and Sally (Wicklow) Foster. Strong,
graceful, athletic, and an excellent horseman like his mother. Trained to
be an estate agent with his uncle Roddy Wicklow. |
BL, HM, MB, PE, LAR, OBH, DD, JC, WDIM, ESR, DA, LAA,3S&T |
|
Fothergill |
Duke of Omnium's estate agent. |
MB |
|
Fothergill, Mr. |
Deceased husband of the Hallidays' elderly and feeble cook,
who described him as "a poor piece of work." |
DA |
|
Fothergill, Mrs. |
Elderly and feeble cook for the Hallidays at Hatch End. Age and legs
prevented her from doing much work, but she was ably assisted by Hubback.
Came to Hallidays in 1911 along with Caxton. |
PBO, ESR, DA |
|
Fowkes, Gen. |
Nurse Chiffinch once nursed his wife in the New Forest. |
DH |
|
Foxham |
Baker at Skeynes. |
BL |
|
Foxy |
Mounted fox-tail with which Tony Morland was blooded. He
slept with this and Neddy. |
HR |
|
Framley Challenger |
Golden cocker spaniel belonging to Maria Lufton. |
DD |
|
Francoise |
Very fashionable little French girl who visited the Goulds at High
Rising Vicarage. Tony Morland was enamoured of her until she calls him a
"clumsy English " while skating. |
MMS |
|
Franklin |
Maternal grandmother for whom Duchess of Towers was named. From
Franklinsville, GA. |
LAA |
|
Fred |
Marling Hall estate carpenter. He must have replaced Govern. Has son
Joe. |
LAR |
|
Fred |
Cousin of Caxton, Hallidays' estate carpenter. Lived at Nutfield. Had
fever when twentyfour years old, grew 1½ inch and all his hair fell out.
Possibly same as Marlin Hall estate carpenter. |
PBO |
|
Fred |
Lord Stoke's uncle, who left Lord Stoke's father some Chinese
Chippendales, though all his money went to his illegitimate children: a
boy on the Stock Exchange, a girl who married a feller in India. |
BL |
|
Freda |
Daughter of Major of Henry Grantly's regiment in Far East. Her mother
thought (wrongly) that Hen would like her. |
HR |
|
Freddy |
Son of a friend of Verena Villars. Was being promoted. Had sister
Rosemary, lived in Norfolk. His father, Freddy Sr.,had just gotten over
influenza |
NR |
|
Fredegond |
Aunt of Elaine and Gwendolyn Harcourt. Smoked cigars and bred
ponies. |
LAA |
|
Freeman |
Under-keeper at Pomfret Towers, foxy face and wart on nose. Married a
Wheeler whose brother cleaned the Pomfret Towers chimneys. |
MB |
|
Freeman |
Old parlourmaid to Pallisers at Hallbury House. |
MB |
|
Freeman |
Verger of Hallbury. Brother of the Pallisers' parlourmaid. In Home
Guard. Wrote for Barchester Chronicle. Son of under-keeper at Pomfret
Towers. |
MB |
|
Freeman, Ernie |
Drove the bread van in Hallbury. Admired Greta Tory. A bit
"red." |
MB, LAR, CQ |
|
Freeman, Jennifer |
Spoiled only child of Verger Freeman of Hallbury. Had teeth that stuck
out. Weekly boarder at Barchester High School, where she played lacrosse
and had teeth straightened. |
MB |
|
Freeman, Mrs. (Wheeler) |
Mr. Freeman of Hallbury's 90-year-old mother. Active in body but weak
in mind. Sister of Old Wheeler the chimney cleaner. |
MB |
|
Freeman, Mrs. |
Wife of Hallbury verger, mother of Jennifer. Frequently begged
off war working parties until the conscientious example of Mrs.
Watson and Jane Gresham caused her to turn over a new leaf. |
MB |
|
Freemantle, Rory |
Apparently a women's rights advocate, mentioned by Miss Bent. |
CBI |
|
Frobisher |
2d Lt. In the Old Scrapiron destroyer with Father Fewling. He referred
to a kitchen boy as a galley slave. |
NR |
|
Frodsham-Foster |
Member of the Dining Society with Sir Robert Graham. Wrote a book about
Titus Andronicus. |
ESR |
|
Froggy |
d. 1944. Young man whom Lady Cora Palliser might have married, but he
was killed at Arnhem. Poor younger son of an Earl. Broke both legs in air
jump, then was shot. A bon viveur who was in love with every chorus girl
and barmaid in London. |
CC, DD, HR2 |
|
Fyffe-Thompson |
Nephew of Prof. Fyffe-Thompson. Passed his school certificate at age
14. |
NR |
|
Fyffe-Thompson, Ivy |
Sister of Prof. Fyffe-Thompson. Was at school with Poppy
Turner, who remembered her as an "odious girl in a blue serge suit
and red flannel blouse with white spots." (One assumes the blouse,
not Ivy, was spotted.) Popular and good at hockey. |
NR |
|
Fyffe-Thompson, Prof. |
Provencal scholar derided by Harold Downing in his book. |
NR |
|
Gable |
One of three evacuee children taken in by Gladys Dingle. Brother Gary,
sister Greta. |
CBI |
|
Gadson |
Piano tuner from Beechwood who was 1/8 tone too high in C according to
Aubrey Clover's accompanist._ |
WDIM |
|
Gaiters |
Owned shop in Harefield High Street. |
CQ |
|
Gale, Nurse |
Stout, pleasant middle-aged nurse to Noel Winter (son of Philip and
Leslie Winter). Former employee of the nursery school that was evacuated
to Stories. |
LAR, DD |
|
Garagon, Numa (M. Bontemps) |
12th-century Provencal poet to whom Miss Pemberton attributed
authorship of The Andalhou. An ardent Filibriste, maire of small
commune near Lille. |
NR, CC, WDIM |
|
Gary |
One of 3 evacuee children taken in by Gladys Dingle. |
CBI |
|
Gaston |
Jessica Dean's hairdresser. |
LAR |
|
Gawky, Prof. |
Female Provençal scholar who wrote historical novel, Gaily the
Troubadour, about the Vidame des Egouts. Had communist views. |
NR, WDIM |
|
Gellius, Aulus |
Latin writer about whom Percy Hacker exchanged venomous
and erudite correspondence. |
JC |
|
George |
Old George who did vegetables for Cottage Hospital in Hallbury. |
MB |
|
George |
Deceased uncle of the Marlings. Collected French snuffboxes. |
WDIM |
|
George |
Soldier in Convalescent Home in Beliers Priory who liked Mrs. Morland's
books. |
GU |
|
George |
Mrs. Spender's gruff and disagreeable uncle. Was Mixo-Lydian
consul. |
NR |
|
George |
Assistant to Snow, the Southbridge School carpenter. A bit wantin'.
Formerly with Pilward's Brewery. |
JC |
|
George |
Cat belonging to the Leslies. When David Leslie was a child
he used to put George inside the large nursery doll's house. |
WS |
|
Giacopini, Giacopone, detto II Giacopinaccio |
Creator of two altar-pieces not seen since 1474, on which Ianthe
Pemberton was writing a monograph. Thought by Miss Pemberton to be the
illegitimate son of Cosimo de Strelsa and Violante, a nun. |
NR |
|
Gibbon |
Chameleon belonging to Percy Hacker of Southbridge School. Name was
changed from Greta Garbo. |
SH, GU, PE |
|
Gibbs |
Residents of Northbridge who took in evacuee children because all of
theirs died young. |
NR |
|
Gissing |
Naturalized German family, called Gissing in Knopf (American) edition
of CBI and Warbury in Hamish Hamilton (British) edition. Briefly mentioned
as Warbury in both editions of PE. |
|
|
Gissing, Fritz |
Son of Oscar and Gloria Gissing. Film producer. Wrote The Lion Turns
Tail for the Anti-Imperialist Book Club. Twentyfour years old at
beginning of war. Blond, slim, and rather effeminate. Did
embroidery |
CBI |
|
Gissing, Gloria |
Mother of Fritz, wife of Oscar. Unpopular in Southbridge. |
CBI |
|
Gissing, Oscar |
Had position in production with Dante-Technifilms. Whole family
suspected by locals in Southbridge to be spies. Supposedly changed name
from Van Geissing after WWI. All left for America, to everyone's
relief. |
CBI |
|
Giulia |
Old Lady Pomfret's King Charles Spaniel. |
PT, DA |
|
Gladys |
Niece of Mrs. Phipps of the Worsted Post Office. |
BL |
|
Gladys |
Nurserymaid to Francis and Delia Brandon when they were
children. |
B |
|
Gladys (Hoare) |
Married daughter of Mrs. Hoare of Harefield. Lived in Australia, had
four daughters. |
HM |
|
Glamora |
Kitchenmaid for the Mertons. |
LAA |
|
Glass |
Known as "Eye" or "Monocle" Glass because he was an artist who painted
people's eyes to put in lockets, one of which was owned by Mrs.
Ellangowan-Hornby and given by her nephew to Mrs. Hoare. |
HM |
|
Glazebury |
Deceased landlord of the Stoke Arms. |
BL |
|
Glendower, Evan |
Minor lyric writer interviewed on BBC. All long hair and legs too short
for his body, with an inferiority complex. |
NR |
|
Gobbett, Hash |
Costar with Glamora Tudor in "Burning Flesh," "Mayflower Madness,"
etc. |
PBO, PE, LAR |
|
Goble |
"Young Goble," son of Edgewood Post Mistress. Good at auto
repair. |
HR1 |
|
Goble |
Bailiff and pigman for Grahams at Holdings. Raised White Porkminsters.
Had son in the Air Force. |
LAR, OBH, CC, DD, ESR, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Goble |
Did the writing in the book of plans for Harefield House. |
CQ |
|
Goble, Mrs. |
Ran Edgewood Post Office. Fat and good-natured. Had daughter
Sarah. |
OBH, DD |
|
Goblin, Prof. |
A Russian who tried to claim discovery of the star Porter Sidus for
himself. |
NR |
|
Godwin |
Porter at Hallbury Station. |
MB |
|
Goesler, Mme. Max |
Referred to in a letter as one whom Duke of Omnium had visited
frequently to displeasure of Lady Hartletop. Married Phineas Finn. In
Trollope's Palliser novels. |
HR |
|
Gooch |
Milkman in Rushwater Village. |
WS |
|
Gorman, Jennifer |
Student with Grace Grantly at Barchester High School. Wanted her hair
permed. Seen later as a nice young employee of Mrs. Tomkins' dressmaking
establishment. |
OBH, DD, HR2, LAA |
|
Gorwulf |
Person of local importance who lived at Gorwulfsteadings and had a
Pollett for a serf in Middle Ages. |
BL |
|
Gould, Dora |
b. 1920. Frequently argued with Tony Morland and invented the imaginary
land of Dorland in reply to Tony's land of Morland. |
DH, LAA, 3S&T MS |
|
Gould, Mrs. |
Wife of Vicar of High Rising. Patient, competent and tactful with her
often testy husband. |
DH, LAA, 3S&T, MMS |
|
Gould, Rose |
b. 1922. Admired Tony Morland. Great horsewoman. |
DH, LAA, 3S&T, MMS |
|
Gould, Ruth |
Ran a chicken farm with the-friend-that-I-live-with. |
DH, 3S&T |
|
Gould, Sylvia |
b. 1910? Worked at Adams' Pomfret Towers operation. Refused Dr. Ford's
proposal in DH, but married him thirty years later in 3S&T. Was once
games mistress at a Swiss girls' school. |
DH, LAA,
3S&T |
|
Gould, The Rev. Mr. |
Vicar of High Rising. Daughters Rose, Dora, Sylvia, and Ruth. Strict,
impatient, old-fashioned and High Church. |
DH, NTL, LAA, 3S&T, MMS |
|
Govern, James |
Marling Hall estate carpenter. Weather-beaten face with a long nose.
Widower, stayed with his niece, the postmistress. Married Hilda Plane, the
Harveys' old nurse who was later their maid. |
MH |
|
Govern, Mr. |
Ironmonger in Hallbury. |
MB |
|
Grabshaw, Johnnie |
Flew David and Rose Leslie over from Paris to be at Rushwater
Reunion. |
LAR |
|
Grace |
Lucy Marling's Aunt Grace. Lived in London. |
LAR |
|
Grace |
Second housemaid to Brandons at Stories. |
B |
|
Gracie |
Evacuee child at Northbridge who got a bigger bit of rabbit stew
at the communal kitchen as reported by another child. |
CBI |
|
Gradka |
Unwed mother of the Mixo-Lydian national hero Gradko. |
DD |
|
Gradko |
Legendary Mixo-Lydian hero of epic Gradkonski. |
HM, MB, DD |
|
Graham |
Grandfather of Sir Robert Graham. Had lots of illegitimate
children, surnamed Ragham (anagram of Graham). |
ESR |
|
Graham, Clarissa |
b. 1931. Second daughter of Sir Robert and Lady Agnes (Leslie) Graham.
Neat, precise, and delicate-appearing. Marked resemblance to grandmother,
Lady Emily Leslie. Dark cloudy hair, dark eyes, fair skin. Educated at
Cambridge, then confused about what to do with herself. Greatly affected
by Lady Emily's death, she behaved badly, with precocious condescension,
to her fiancé Charles Belton and others. Married Charles on New Year's
Day, 1952. one son, one daughter. |
WS, BL, MH, MB, PBO, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, JC, WDIM, ESR, NTL, DA, CQ,
LAA, 3S&T |
|
Graham, Edith |
b. 1937. Spoiled youngest daughter of Sir Robert and Lady Agnes
(Leslie) Graham. As a child she recited poems which she invented. Admired
by John-Arthur Crosse and George Halliday, but they both later married
other girls. Married William Harcourt. One child, Gwendolyn Sally. |
WS, BL, MH, GU, HM, MB, PBO, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, JC, WDIM, ESR, NTL,
DA, CQ, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Graham, Emily (Emmy) |
b. 1927. Eldest daughter of Sir Robert and Lady Agnes (Leslie) Graham.
Strong, boyish, and boisterous. Five years old in WS. Fair hair, blue
eyes. Cow-minded, in PBO she was breeding bulls with cousin Martin Leslie
at Rushwater. Married Tom Grantly. Children James and Agnes. |
WS, BL, MH, MB, PBO, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, JC, WDIM, ESR, NTL, DA,
LAA, 3S&T |
|
Graham, Henry |
(?) Youngest son of Sir Robert and Lady Agnes Graham. Only mentioned
twice in all books, ignored in other listings of Agnes's children. |
PBO, 3S&T |
|
Graham, James |
Father of Sir Robert Graham. Oldest son of Sir Robert and Lady
Agnes was named for him. |
LAR |
|
Graham, James |
b. 1926. Oldest son of Sir Robert and Lady Agnes (Leslie) Graham. At
Eton in MH, entering military in LAR. Said to resemble David Leslie. In
Guards Regt. Major by the time of LAA. |
WS, BL, MH, MB, PBO, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, JC, ESR, NTL, DA, LAA,
3S&T |
|
Graham, John |
b. 1929. Second son of Sir Robert and Lady Agnes (Leslie) Graham. In
Army Guards Regt., captain by time of LAX Described by Nannie Allen as a
"tow-row boy just like his Uncle David." |
WS, BL, MH, GU, HM, MB, PBO, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, JC, WDIM, ESR, NTL,
DA, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Graham, Lady Agnes (Leslie) |
Wife of Sir Robert Graham, daughter of Henry and Lady Emily Leslie.
Children James, John, Robert, Emily, Clarissa and Edith. Lived at Holdings
in Little Misfit. Air-headed, obsessed with her children, called by her
brother David a "divine idiot." As she aged she became more like her
well-intentioned, interfering mother, but with more practical
results. |
WS, BL, MH, GU, HM, MB, PBO, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, JC, WDIM, ESR, NTL,
DA, CQ, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Graham, Robert Jr. |
b. 1933. Youngest son of Sir Robert and Lady Agnes (Leslie) Graham. At
Eton in PBO. Introspective and poetic as a child, fond of small children.
In Guards, Lt. by time of LAA. |
WS, BL, MH, HM, MB, PBO, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, JC, ESR, NTL, DA, LAA,
3S&T |
|
Graham, Sir Robert |
Husband of Lady Agnes (Leslie). Made first "On stage" appearance on
last page of ESR. Became General in WWII, apparently high in command and
diplomatic structure. Constantly absent on some mission or other. Retired
in 1954. Fifteen years older than Agnes, who said he always knew what was
best to be done. |
WS, BL, MH, HM, MB, PBO, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, JC, WDIM, ESR, NTL, DA,
CQ, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Grant, Capt. Jerry |
Head of Barchester Fire Brigade. Couldn't go to war because of a foot
that was trodden on by a horse. |
MH |
|
Grant, Delia |
See Brandon, Delia |
|
|
Grant, Edward |
Deceased husband of Felicia, father of Hilary. His mother was "Aunt
Sissie" Brandon's sister. His father was in Barsetshire Regt. Born the
year Lord Pomfret was made Lord Lieutenant. |
B, PE |
|
Grant, Felicia |
b. 194? Daughter of Hilary and Delia (Brandon) Grant. |
PE, HR2 |
|
Grant, Freddie |
Son of Hilary and Delia (Brandon) Grant. |
GU, PE, HR2 |
|
Grant, Hilary |
Son of Felicia and Edward Grant, was reading classics with Rev. Miller
at first appearance. Was writing a book on Jehan le Capet. After
recovering from infatuation with Mrs. Brandon, married her daughter Delia.
Son Freddie, daughter Felicia. Apparently became an archaeologist after
the war. Author of "A Diabolist of the Reformation." |
B, CBI, MH, HM, PE, OBH, CC, HR2, WDIM |
|
Grant, Mrs. Felicia |
Widow of Edward Grant, mother of Hilary. Lived mostly in Italy and
adopted Italian folkways, with which she bored everyone to death and
embarrassed her son. The prototypical "Englishwoman abroad." Author of a
book on Calabria, where she remained during the war. |
B, CBI, MH, GU, HM, PE, OBH, CC |
|
Grant, Robert |
Officer in Barsetshires. Married a Miss Morton, "Aunt Sissie" Brandon's
sister. (Half-sister?? Aunt Sissie was a spinster!] |
B |
|
Grantly, Agnes |
b. 1959. Youngest daughter of Tom and Emmy (Graham) Grantly. |
3S&T |
|
Grantly, Archdeacon Theoph. |
Archdeacon of Barchester in 1850's, son of old Bishop Grantly. Choleric
and conservative. Rector of Plumstead Episcopi. Great-Grandfather of Rev.
Septimus Grantley of the Thirkell novels. |
NR, PE, OBH, HR2, CQ |
|
Grantly, Bishop |
Gentle and much-loved predecessor of Bishop Proudie. Father of
Archdeacon Theophilus. In Trollope's The Warden, died at the
beginning of Barchester Towers. |
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|
Grantly, Commodore |
Uncle of Grace Grantly. Stationed at Portsmouth in 1915. |
JC |
|
Grantly, Eleanor |
b. 1924. Daughter of Rev. Septimus and Mary (Carter) Grantly. Secretary
to Susan Dean in LAR. Married Colin Keith and took job in London. |
LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, WDIM, LAA |
|
Grantly, Emmy |
See Graham, Emily |
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Grantly, Grace |
b. 1931. Younger daughter of Rev. Septimus and Mary (Carter) Grantly.
First seen as a boisterous and argumentative product of Barchester High
School, with rather modern ideas. Showed great improvement, married
Ludovic Lufton in HR2 |
OBH, DD, HR2, JC, WDIM, CQ, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Grantly, Henry |
Son of Archdeacon Theophilus Grantly. Married Grace Crawley. In
Trollope novels The Warden, Barchester Towers, Last
Chronicle of Barset. |
CBI, OBH |
|
Grantly, Henry Arabin |
b. 1930. Younger son of The Rev. Septimus and Mary (Carter) Grantly.
First seen waiting impatiently for orders to report to Barsetshire Regt.
after OCTU. Served two years in Far East, returned to become a solicitor
with Keith & Keith. |
OBH, DD, HR2 |
|
Grantly, James |
Elder son of Tom and Emmy (Graham) Grantly. First spoken word was
reportedly "cow." |
3S&T |
|
Grantly, Mary (Carter) |
Wife of Rev. Septimus Grantly of Edgewood. Children Tom, Eleanor,
Henry, Grace. |
OBH, DD, HR2, JC, WDIM, ESR, DA, 3S&T |
|
Grantly, Rev. Septimus |
Great-great-grandson of old Bishop Grantly. Vicar of Edgewood, near
Chaldicotes. Wife Mary. |
LAR, OBH, DD, HR2, JC, WDIM, ESR, DA, CQ, 3S&T |
|
Grantly, Susan (Harding) |
Wife of Archdeacon Theophilus Grantly in 1850's. Daughter of Rev.
Septimus Harding, sister of Eleanor Harding Bold Arabin. Mother of
Charles, James, Henry, Samuel, Florinda and Griselda. In The Warden
and Barchester Towers, less prominent in Dr. Thorne,
Framley Parsonage, and Last Chronicle. |
NR |
|
Grantly, Tom |
b. 1920. Elder son of Rev. Septimus and Mary (Carter) Grantly. Major
during war, returned to Oxford and got a poor degree in Greats. Went
through a long period of soul-searching and indecisiveness, including
working under Geoffrey Harvey at the Bureau of Red Tape and Sealing Wax
and a brief infatuation with Lady Cora Palliser. Married Emmy Graham; they
lived in MacPherson's old house at Rushwater and raised cows. Children
James and Agnes. |
OBH, DD, HR2, WDIM, ESR, DA, 3S&T |
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Greaves, Lt. Tommy |
Young officer of Barsetshires billeted on Villarses at Northbridge.
Jovial, life-of-the-party type. Nephew of Lady deCourcy. Stockbroker in
London after war. |
NR, DA |
|
Green, Mr. and Mrs. |
Greshamsbury residents who leased their house to Fairweathers. |
JC |
|
Gresham |
Uncle of Francis Gresham. Ran for Parliament from East Barsetshire
against young Hibbard. Middle-aged bachelor who liked to play role of Old
Country Squire. |
PBO, LAR, OBH, HR2, JC, ESR, NTL, DA |
|
Gresham(?), Mary and Roger |
Gresham cousins of Frank Gresham, whom he derided as being poorer pony
riders than he. |
MB |
|
Gresham, Beatrice |
Daughter of Squire Gresham in Trollope. Married Caleb Oriel, former
Rector of Greshamsbury. [AT has Oriel as Bishop Proudie's successor.] 15
children. |
HM, CQ, LAA |
|
Gresham, Beatrice (Batty) |
Daughter of Francis and Jane Palliser, mentioned in JC. Perhaps either
Jane or Mary called by the wrong name? |
JC, CQ |
|
Gresham, Frank |
"Old Mr. Frank" Gresham, M.P. for East Barsetshire, whose granddaughter
married a Dean of Barchester. Grandfather of present squire. Married Mary
Thorne, illegitimate niece of old Dr. Thorne. In Trollope's Dr.
Thorne. |
CBI, HM, MB, CC, JC, CQ |
|
Gresham, Frank |
b. 1937. Son of Francis and Jane (Palliser) Gresham of Hallbury. Close
friend of John Leslie's boys. |
MB, PBO, HR2, JC, WDIM, DA, CQ |
|
Gresham, Jane |
Daughter of Francis and Jane (Palliser) Graham. |
DA, CQ |
|
Gresham, Jane (Palliser) |
b. 1915. Daughter of Adm. Palliser of Hallbury. Husband Francis a POW
of Japan during most of war. Son Frank, born before war, daughters Mary
and Jane (and possibly Beatrice) born afterwards. |
MB, PBO, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, JC, WDIM, DA, CQ |
|
Gresham, Lt. Francis |
Lost with one of the Far East battleships Repulse and Prince of Wales .
Prisoner of war for several years, unknown to wife Jane and son Francis
whether alive or dead. Returned safely and settled in Hallbury , later
moved to Greshamsbury |
MB, PBO, CC, DD, JC, WDIM, DA, CQ |
|
Gresham, Mary |
Daughter of Francis and Jane (Palliser) Graham. |
DA, CQ |
|
Gresham, Squire Francis |
Husband of Arabella deCourcy, father of "Old Mr. Frank" who married
Mary Thorne in Trollope's Dr. Thorne, and of Beatrice, who married
Caleb Oriel. |
|
|
Gresham, Tommy |
Friend of Lydia Keith. |
CBI |
|
Greta |
One of three evacuee children taken in by Gladys Dingle (Eileen the
Barmaid's married sister.) |
CBI |
|
Grey, Una |
Former secretary at Southbridge School, discharged because of nervous
instability, then secretary to George Knox at High Rising. Known to Mrs.
Morland and Mrs. Birkett as "The Incubus," she made a permanent exit from
High Rising after failing to get George Knox to marry her. Mentioned later
as having married a naval man after great exertions, after having been
companion to old Mrs. Knox. |
HR1, DH, 3S&T |
|
Griffith, Miss |
Music mistress at Hosiers' Girls' School. |
HM |
|
Grimier, M. |
French master in school where Mr. Carton had once taught. Couldn't
control small boys (like all French masters). Was writing a life of
Gambetta. |
HM |
|
Grobury |
Silverbridge baker in 1850's who was one of Josiah Crawley's chief
creditors. In Last Chronicle of Barset. |
DD |
|
Grubaker, Rev. |
Preached at Woolcott Van Dryden's home church in Texas. |
WDIM |
|
Grubb, Mrs. |
Crotchety bedridden resident in High Rising Cottage Hospital. |
3S&T |
|
Gryffudd, Owain |
Welsh miner and poet. |
DA |
|
Gudgeon |
Butler to the Leslies at Rushwater. His greatest pleasure was ringing
the dinner gong. Performed comic song "The Body in the Bag" every year at
Rushwater concert. Had gone to live with sister at Bovey Tracey in
PBO. |
WS, PBO, OBH, ESR |
|
Guidone, Guido |
Painted a picture owned by Duke of Towers. |
LAA |
|
Gumm, Capt. |
Dental officer in Barsetshires, "have 'em out soon as look at you."
Always wanted to join Air Force but father wanted him to be a
dentist. |
GU |
|
Gundric |
Saxon for whom Gundric's Fossway was named. Known as "Old Gunder" to
Barsetshire natives. Gunter's Spring at Greshamsbury also named for
him. |
ESR |
|
Gunnar |
Huge tabby cat belonging to Tebbenses of Lamb's Piece, Worsted. Dead at
age 16 by time of LAR. |
AF, LAR |
|
Gunnarson, Hjalmar |
Swedish playwright who wrote very dull plays about philosophy and
economics. |
LAR |
|
Hacker, Percy |
b. 1921. First encountered in SH as a very silent Southbridge student,
friend of Tony Morland. Had pet chameleon named Gibbon, which he once
offered to Philip Winter for coaching him before a scholarship exam. Once
left the hot tap running and nearly flooded the lower dorm. In Ministry of
Information during war. Became fellow and senior classics tutor at Lazarus
College, later Latin Chair at Redbrick Univ. Author of well-known Latin
text. |
SH, CBI, GU, MB, PBO, DD, HR2, JC, WDIM, ESR, NTL, 3S&T |
|
Hackett Line-Cpl. L. |
Returned from Burma after three years to find wife with two-year-old
twins and an idiot baby who were taught to call the hush-hush sergeant
Daddy. According to the Times, he shot the lot of 'em and turned himself
in to the police, saying, "All right, mates, I done it." |
MB |
|
Haella |
Thane for whom Hallbrook stream was named. |
NR, WDIM |
|
Hagenstoltz, Fraulein |
German mistress to the Leslie children at Rushwater when John, Agnes
and David were young. John wrote derogatory verses on the summerhouse wall
about her. Later at Gatherum Castle where she was released after hitting
Gerry Palliser's knuckles with a ruler. |
WS, PBO, LAR |
|
Hafbone, Grettir |
Wrote 12th-century version of Laxdaela Saga, a Norse legend. |
MB |
|
Halliday, Ellie |
Resident of Hatch House at Hatch End. Husband Leonard, children George
and Sylvia. Well-read and articulate. Brother killed in WWI. After
husband's death, lived much abroad in France. |
PBO, LAR, ESR, NTL, DA, 3S&T |
|
Halliday, George |
b. 1921. Son of Leonard and Ellie Halliday. Capt. in Barsetshire
Yeomanry during war, much of the time in Italy. Once climbed all the way
around the quad while a fresher at St. Jude's. Fond of Edith Graham for a
while, married Jane Crawley in DA. Son Martin. |
PBO, ESR, NTL,DA, 3S&T |
|
Halliday, George |
Halliday ancestor who was in trouble after Battle of Bosworth
Field. |
ESR |
|
Halliday, Leonard |
d. 1956. Owner of Hatch House, Hatch End. Wife Ellie, children George
and Sylvia. In deteriorating health from PBO on. Was in Barsetshire
Yeomanry in WWI. Hardworking gentleman farmer. |
PBO, LAR, ESR, |
|
Halliday, Martin |
b. 1961. Son of George and Jane (Crawley) Halliday. |
3S&T |
|
Halliday, Miss Tressie |
d. 1952. One of 2 maiden aunts of Leonard Halliday. Lived in the
Halliday Manor House. Had false teeth. |
ESR |
|
Halliday, Mrs. |
Mother of Leonard Halliday. An excellent needlewoman. |
ESR |
|
Halliday, Sylvia |
Daughter of Leonard and Ellie Halliday. In WAAF during war.
Golden-haired, beautiful Viking, but not intellectual. Married Martin
Leslie, had children Eleanor, George, 2 others. |
PBO, LAR, OBH,CC, JC, ESR,NTL, DA, 3S&T |
|
Halliday, Sylvia |
d. 1953. One of two maiden aunts of Leonard Halliday. Lived in the
Halliday Manor House. Wore false fringe. |
ESR |
|
Halliday, William |
Ancestor of Leonard Halliday. Married a lady of property and built
original Hatch House in 1721. |
PBO, ESR |
|
Hamilton, Derek |
A submarine lieutenant. |
NR |
|
Hammer, Mr. |
Estate agent who leased Maria Cottage to Mr. Bissell. |
CBI |
|
Hammond, Dr. |
Physician to Denis Stonor. Always said Denis would outgrow his
delicacy. |
BL |
|
Hamonet, Mlle. |
French mistress when Mrs. Morland was in school. Hated the German
mistress because of Franco-Prussian War. |
LAA, 3S&T |
|
Hamp |
Son of the Worsted tailor. Couldn't get into army because of lame leg.
Was in The People's Tailoring, Ltd. Poorly thought of by his
father. |
GU |
|
Hamp |
Carrier who owned Hamp's Motor Haulage, Ltd., of Hatch End. |
|
|
Hamp, Mr. |
Tailor and dressmaker at Worsted. Lost his hair due to being kicked in
the head by a mule and having sunstroke in India in the Last War. Had
peculiar bump on head which turned purple in cold weather |
GU, DD, JC, LAA |
|
Hamp, Mrs. |
Sister-in-law of Worsted tailor, sold tobacco, sweets, newspapers,
etc., in Worsted shop. Sister worked at Dower House during war. |
GU, LAR, HR2 |
|
Hampton, Miss |
Hard-drinking, masculine spinster. Resided at Adelina Cottage in
Southbridge with friend Miss Bent. Author of earthy novels, usually
selected by the Banned-Book-of-the-Month Club. Drove ambulance in Northern
France in WW I. Helped support four nephews - two in Army, one Navy, one
in Consular Service. |
CBI, NR, GU, MB, PBO, OBH, CC, HR2, JC, WDIM, NTL, CQ,
3S&T |
|
Hampton, Mr. |
Miss Hampton's father. A bit of a tyrant, one gathers. |
JC |
|
Handiman, Lucius |
Planted Hangman's Oak with acorns brought from Virginia in 1672. Legend
says butter is improved by stirring with a twig from the Oak. |
BL |
|
Hands, Elidora |
Star of "I Gonna Make You Love Me," a London play, formerly a Broadway
hit. |
LAA |
|
Harcourt |
Duke of Towers in later books. Brother William, sisters Elaine and
Gwendolyn. Conscientious, county-minded; in poor health but hard-working,
like Lord Pomfret. Married to an American named Franklin. |
DA, LAA |
|
Harcourt, Dorothea Browne |
Duchess/Dowager Duchess of Towers, wife/widow of Thomas, Duke of
Towers. A huntin' shootin' type, affectionately called "Dow." |
DA, CQ, LAA |
|
Harcourt, Elaine |
b. 1920. Sister of Duke of Towers. Loved Dobby Fitzgorman until he
broke his neck hunting. |
DA, LAA, CQ |
|
Harcourt, Franklin |
Duchess of Towers. American. AT said she was from the town of
Lumberville in Virginia [mistakenly designated as New England] much to the
dismay of the compiler of these notes, whose "aristocratic Suthun blood"
is roused by such geographical inaccuracies, which he ascribes to a New
England publisher rather than to AT.] Franklin was named for her maternal
grandmother, a Franklin of Franklinsville GA. Her brother had a ranch in
Arizona. |
DA, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Harcourt, Gwendolyn |
Sister of Duke of Towers. Married Mr. Oriel in LAA. |
DA, CQ, LAA |
|
Harcourt, Gwendolyn Sally |
b. 1958. Daughter of Lord William and Edith (Graham) Harcourt. |
LAA |
|
Harcourt, Lord William |
Youngest brother of Duke of Towers. A clergyman. Married Edith Graham.
Daughter Gwendolyn Sally. |
DA, CQ, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Harcourt, Thomas |
Duke of Towers in early books. His mother was a Foster (related to Lord
Pomfret). Wife Dorothea. Brother of Dodo Bingham, uncle of Rose. More or
less impoverished, having to allow coal to be mined on his estate to keep
it going. Deceased by the time of DA. Two daughters, Elaine and Gwendolyn,
another son Lord William. |
PBO, LAR, DA, CQ, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Hargreaves, Dr., Featherly |
Well-known consultant whose daughter is engaged to Bob Perry |
HR1, LAR |
|
Hargreaves, Major |
Elderly Major from Chandernagore Cottage in Harefield. |
HM |
|
Harker, Mr. |
Curate in Northbridge, practically a celibate, "an uninteresting
man." |
NR |
|
Harriet, Cousin |
Cousin of Mrs. Hoare at Morecambe. Very blind. |
HM |
|
Harris, Mrs. |
With Sister Chiffinch in attendance, she had premature triplets in a
small cottage in Devon. |
CC |
|
Harrison |
Replaced Colin Keith as Junior Classics master at Southbridge School.
Broke his leg in Lake District so Colin had to take the mixed
5th form. |
SH |
|
Harrison, Job |
Worked for Marlings at Marling Hall. Wife had twins, one of which died.
Lived in Reservoir Cottages. |
MH |
|
Harrison, Rezzervah |
Twin daughter of Job Harrison, only lived 5 days. Named after Reservoir
Cottages. |
MH |
|
Harry |
Brother of Dorothy who worked for John-Arthur Cross at Old Manor House.
Probably a Vidler or a Panter. |
ESR |
|
Harry |
Worked in Wheeler's garage. |
B |
|
Hart, Miss |
Northbridge schoolmistress who helped organize the children's
performance for Queen Elizabeth's coronation festivities. |
WDIM |
|
Hartletop, Dowager Marchioness |
Miss Bunting was companion to her on the Riviera one year.Married Lord
Hartletop when he was still Lord Dumbello. |
CBI, MH, WDIM |
|
Hartletop, Lady |
Present Marchioness Hartletop. |
CC |
|
Hartletop, Lord |
[Grand?]Father of the present Lord Hartletop. Mentioned in Trollope's
Last Chronicle of Barset as "Little Lord Dumbello." His mother was
belle of Duke of Omnium. |
DD, HR2 |
|
Hartletop, Lord |
Present Marquis of Hartletop. |
CC, HR2, ESR |
|
Hartletop, Lord (Gustavus) |
[Great?] Grandfather of present Lord Hartletop. Married Griselda
Grantly. Mentioned in Trollope's Small House at Allington,
Framley Parsonage, Last Chronicle of Barset. |
HR2 |
|
Harvest, General |
Uncle of Lionel Harvest. Died and left money to Lionel. |
MH I |
|
Harvest, Lionel |
Underling of Joan Stevenson at Broadcast House, whose perfect BBC
accent illustrated David Leslie's caricature of broadcasters. Nephew of
Lady Dorothy "Dodo" Bingham. Somewhat effeminate. Inherited estate from an
uncle. Married Joan Stevenson – they deserved each other. |
WS, MH, DD |
|
Harvey, Frances, |
Tall, fair, and not quite young sister of Geoffrey Harvey. Determined,
pushy and domineering. Worked at Regional Commissioner's Office. In
censorship during War. After War was secretary to Lord Aberfordbury
(formerly Sir Ogilvy Hibberd). Almost got Oliver Marling to propose by
chasing him flagrantly, but he escaped. Also served in Dept. of Efficiency
and Purging at Gatherum Castle. Mr. Marling said she looked like "an
educated rocking horse." |
MH, HM, PBO, LAR, CC, DD, HR2, WDIM, NTL, 3S&T |
|
Harvey, Geoffrey |
Worked at Regional Commissioner's Office with John Leslie. Obnoxious
communist who thought Russia was wonderful. Tall, thin, long hair. Greatly
admired by Oliver Marling when he was young and impressionable. Related to
the Nortons. Brother of Frances. Artistic and effeminate. Wrote novel
about Pico della Mirandela. Rented Red House in Marling. Later returned to
Red Tape and Sealing Wax in London, and then became head of PEUGI in
Paris. Mistakenly called Oliver in LAA. |
MH, HM, PBO, LAR, CC, DD, HR2, WDIM, NTL, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Harvey, Martin |
Actor admired by Sidney Carton. Played Dickens character Sydney
Carton. |
HM |
|
Harwood, C |
d. 1939. Cricket pro who attended Southbridge. Once hit a ball from
nets through window of Lower Dorm of Everard Carter's house, crushing a
print of the Martyrdom of St. Ursula. Mark that remained was called the
"Martyr's Memorial." |
SH, CBI |
|
Hastings |
Best surgeon in West of England. Was at Barchester General and operated
on Cecil Waring. |
DD |
|
Hatz-Reinigin |
Mother of Princess Louisa of Cobalt. |
LAA |
|
Hawksfoot, Hank |
Co-star with Glamora Tudor in "Daughter of the Pyramids." |
CQ |
|
Hazeline |
Stoker's cousin. Was knocked down by a car the day her husband came out
of hospital. Good skater. |
|
|
Head, Miss |
Literature mistress for Hosiers' Girls' School. Became Head of
Barchester Prep. School. |
HM, WDIM |
|
Heath, Sister |
"Heathy" who shared apartment with Sister Ward and Sister Chiffinch.
Nurse. Acted as paying guest to care for Miss Pemberton in her last
days. |
DH, MB, PBO, CC, DD, HR2, WDIM, ESR, NTL, DA, CQ, 3S&T |
|
Hedgebottom, Mr. |
Head of Hiram Road School (aggressively non-sectarian, not to say pink)
evacuated to Southbridge from London. |
CBI |
|
Heeling, Mrs. |
Cook for the Palmers at Worsted. |
AF |
|
Heinz, Hickey |
American boy film star who used Smarticreem hair dressing. |
CQ |
|
Henbane |
One of Clarissa Graham's female professors at Cambridge. |
DD |
|
Henry |
Uncle of Lord Stoke. Thought nine was an unlucky number. |
BL |
|
Henry |
Young man who was secretary of Barchester Archaeological Society.
Lawyer's clerk in Barsetshire, unfit for military service because of
defective eyesight. |
MB |
|
Henry |
Geoff and John Fairweather's Uncle. Was to leave his money to them when
he died; doctors had been saying for years that it wouldn't be
long. |
CBI |
|
Henry, Uncle |
Relative of Mrs. Hoare. Lived at Durnfield Grange. Died and left Mrs.
Hoare a painting. Wife Janet. |
HM |
|
Henryson |
19th-century Master of Lazarus College, Oxford. Famed for
his learning, discipline and rudeness. |
PE |
|
Herdman |
Cowman for Leslies at Rushwater. Came there as a boy in year of
Victoria's first Jubilee. |
PBO, LAR, OBH,CC, DD, S3&T |
|
Herdman, Mrs. |
Wife of Herdman the cowman. Had a passion for cleanliness. |
PBO |
|
Hero |
Sally Wicklow's Great Dane. Was sold after frightening Alice Barton
into a faint. |
PT |
|
Hettie |
Nursery maid at Gatherum Castle when Gerald, Jeff and Cora Palliser
were children. Had all the footmen after her - once too often - and was
sent away. |
DO |
|
Hibberd |
Son of Sir Ogilvy Hibberd. Ran for Parliament as Labour candidate
against Mr. Gresham. A lawyer and/or commercial artist as offensive as his
father. Director of the National Rotochrome Polychrome Universal Post Card
Company. |
PBO, LAR, OBH,HR2, JC, DA,3S&T |
|
Hibberd |
Sexton of Northbridge Church. Also gardener at Rectory when the mood
struck. |
NR, PE |
|
Hibberd |
Grandson of the Northbridge sexton. A bright lad who put a fan in the
St. Sycorax A.R.P. shelter. Probably son of Doris. |
NR, PE |
|
Hibberd, Doris |
Worked for Mrs. Turner at Northbridge (probably daughter of the
sexton). Had illegitimate child. |
NR, WDIM |
|
Hibberd, Sir Ogilvy |
Unpleasant man who wanted to buy Laverings Farm. A Liberal, with
heretical opinions on the Root Vegetable bill. Finally bought The Cedars,
Muswell Hill. Bought "Pooker's Piece" in Before Lunch and wanted to
put up a garage and tea shop there, a move strongly opposed by local
gentry. A Lloyd George peer, something to do with shipping - from Goole.
Finally sold "Pooker's Piece" to Lord Pomfret. Created Lord Aberfordbury
by end of WW II. Like the Bishop, an offstage villain. Also thwarted when
he tried to buy Wiple Terrace and build a factory |
BL, HM, MB, PBO, LAR, OBH, HR2, JC, WDIM, ESR, NTL, DA, CQ, LAA,
3S&T |
|
Hicks |
Deceased husband of Mrs. Bessie Hicks. Was once temporary in boot-room
at Gatherum Castle. |
JC |
|
Hicks |
Daughter of Mrs. Bessie Hicks's niece. |
JC |
|
Hicks |
Son of Mrs. Bessie Hicks's niece. Wanted to go to Sunday School because
his sister did. |
JB |
|
Hicks |
Bessie Bunce Hicks's father-in-law. Had a business in
Northbridge. |
JC |
|
Hicks |
Daughter of Mrs. Bessie Hicks. Housemaid at Northbridge Rectory. |
JC, WDIM |
|
Hicks |
Niece of Mrs. Bessie Hicks. Lived in Greshamsbury. |
JC |
|
Hicks, Mrs. Bessie Bunce |
Tubby Fewling's housekeeper. Niece of "Old Bunce." Was once in service
at Gatherum Castle. Rented rooms. |
NR, JC, WDIM, DA, CQ, LAA |
|
Hickson, Roger |
Former butler at Pomfret Towers, about whom Gillie and Sally found a
letter asking for a character. Only at Pomfret Towers briefly because of
involvement with a housemaid. |
WDIM |
|
Higden, Ted |
Employee of Leslies at Rushwater. Walked out with Deanna for ten years.
Spelled "Higdon" in DD. |
DD, 3S&T |
|
Higgens |
Handyman at Beliers Priory School. |
LAR |
|
Higgens, Betty |
Age 97, she had an article in the newspaper telling what she thought of
the War. |
GU |
|
Higgins |
Baker at Skeynes with whom Lady Bond usually dealt. |
BL |
|
Highmore, Florence Peel |
Mother of Rev. Henry Highmore, was once in South Wembly Drama Club with
Mrs. Paxon of Northbridge. Later president of Wembly Amateur Dramatic
Society. |
WDIM, DA |
|
Highmore, Rev. Henry Peel |
Replaced Tubby Fewling as priest-in-charge at St. Sycorax after WW II.
Shy, awkward, and a bit gauche. A graduate of Lazarus College, fond of
amateur theatricals. |
WDIM, DA |
|
Hipcock, Miss |
Head of Cambridge College attended by Heather Adams. |
PBO |
|
Hipkins, Major |
Came to tea at Mrs. Arbuthnot's in India and found a rival, Capt.
Fosbury, was there too. They tried to sit each other out until Peggy
Arbuthnot had to ask them to leave. |
PE |
|
Hippersley, Miss |
Upper 5th literature teacher at Barchester High
School. |
JC |
|
Hippocampus |
Bishop of Rhinoceros in Coppadacia in 6th century about whom
Canon Thorne wrote a book. Supporter of the Nestorian heresy. |
CC |
|
Hislop, Father |
Priest at St. Oregon's at Nutfield. Very high church - incense, bowing
before altar, striking head on floor, etc. The Misses Talbot attended his
church briefly, a welcome respite for Father Fewling. |
NR |
|
Hoare |
d. 1942. Estate agent for Old Lord Pomfret in PT. Came to Towers as
under-agent when he was 30. Succeeded by Roddy Wicklow. |
PT, HM, LAR, OBH, DD, WDIM, CQ |
|
Hoare, Gladys |
Daughter of Pomfret Towers estate agent. Lived in Australia. Her
father's great aunt left her all her diamonds. Husband partly Dutch,. four
children. |
HM |
|
Hoare, Mrs. |
d. 1948. Widow of Lord Pomfret's estate agent. Lived at Harefield in
Dowlah Cottage. Daughter Gladys. Active, bustling woman full of good
works, always nursing relatives in impossible parts of England. Her house
was overcrowded with legacies of furniture, etc., left to her by grateful
relatives. |
HM, DD, CQ |
|
Hoare, Sarah |
Cousin of Mr. Hoare. Mother was a Parisienne. She left Mrs. Hoare a
French clock when she was Taken. |
HM |
|
Hobb, Miss |
Kennelmaid who took temporary job with Maria Marling when Maria had
baby, caring for cocker spaniels. Competent and outspoken. |
HR2 |
|
Hobb, Mr. |
Member of literary agency, partner of Bungay. |
PT, OBH |
|
Hobbing, Farmer |
Farmer from whom Lucy Marling got chickens for the Harveys. |
MH |
|
Hobson |
Ran a shop in Marling Mellicent. |
MH |
|
Hocker, Miss |
Apparently daughter of Head of Hocker's public school. Kept a parrot.
Remembered by "old boys" C.W. Bond and Denis Stonor. |
BL |
|
Hodgkin |
Author of Italy and Her Invaders in eight volumes. |
JC |
|
Hodgkins, Father |
R.C. padre at Barchester church attended by Conque, Lady Emily Leslie's
maid, years ago. |
LAR |
|
Hodgkins, Joe |
Friend of Wickham. Was in the Barsetshires and sent Wicks Marsala. Good
but not especially ethical bridge player. |
CC |
|
Hoggett |
Brother of Miss Hoggett. Second-in-command to Mr. Macfadyen at
Amalgamated Vedge. |
DD |
|
Hoggett |
Grandfather of Miss Hoggett. Remembered when Hogglestock was a village.
Probably Giles, brickmaker of Hogglestock in Trollope's Last Chronicle
of Barset. |
DD |
|
Hoggett, Corporal |
While in Barchester Hospital, used plasticine to counterfeit facial
disfigurement, making VAD Coxon faint. Probably same as young waiter at
White Hart in DA. |
DD, DA |
|
Hoggett, Giles |
Nephew of Miss Hoggett. Head of Hogglestock Brass Band |
DD |
|
Hoggett, Grace |
Niece of Miss Hoggett. Came as a nurse to Amabel Rose Adams. |
DD |
|
Hoggett, Miss |
Housekeeper for Sam Adams. A prim, proper teetotaler. Very
efficient. |
OBH, CC, DD, HR2, 3S&T |
|
Hoggett, Mr. |
Father of Miss Hoggett. A brickmaker from Hogglestock. |
OBH, DD |
|
Hoggett, Sam |
Once worked with Sam Adams at Hogglestock. Could tend a machine while
asleep on his feet. Probably father of Grace and Giles. Miss Hogett's
brother. |
LAR |
|
Hogpen, Nicholas de |
Painter of mural in Pomfret Madrigal church. An extremely prolific
artist practically none of whose work was known. |
B |
|
Holden |
Sexton at Rushwater church. |
WS, LAR |
|
Holden, Lt. |
b. 1907. Lieutenant in Barsetshires billeted on Villarses in NR. Was in
Adrian Coates' publishing firm before war, was also assistant master in
school headed by Gregory Villars. Was sentimentally attracted to Mrs.
Villars. Promoted to Capt. and transferred Became Adrian Coates' partner
after the war. Married with three children in WDIM. |
NR, JC, WDIM, DA |
|
Holdings Blunderbore, Holdings Goliath |
White porkminster pigs raised by Goble at Holdings for the
Grahams. |
|
|
Holinshed |
A parent of one of the Southbridge School students in Tony Morland's
time. Had seven children. "Disgraced his family" by taking Holy Orders at
an advanced age and having family prayers no matter where they
were. |
SH, CBI |
|
Holinshed |
Senior boy at Southbridge with chance at mathematical scholarship. Once
was given a C- in General Knowledge by Philip Winter. Concerned because he
couldn't get into the armed forces at the beginning of the war. |
SH, CBI, GU |
|
Holland |
One of the masters at Southbridge School. |
DH |
|
Holly, Miss Cecily |
Secretary to Madeleine Sparling of Hosiers' Girls' School. Short and
stout with black eyes and a businesslike air. "Like an energetic plum
pudding." Taught advanced math as a relaxation, furthered Heather Adams'
interest in the subject. Had five younger brothers. Graduate of Fairlawns
at St. Ethelburg. Became Head of Hosiers' when Miss Sparling
retired. |
HM, MB, LAR, OBH, CQ |
|
Holman |
Proprietor of Holman's Phospho-Manuro, the artificial fertilizer. Also
made Washington's Vimphos and Corbett's Bono-Vitasang, all of which
contained the same ingredients. |
LAR, OBH, DD, HR2, JC, WDIM, DA, 3S&T |
|
Holroyd-Skinner |
At Lazarus College with Mr. Miller and Tommy Needham's father. Killed
early in WWI. His mother lived on the Riviera for her health. |
CBI |
|
Holt, C. W. |
d. 1946. Exceptional bore with penchant for discussing titled "friends"
and inviting himself for visits in houses of people too good-natured to
put him off. Talked interminably about gardening and gave unwanted advice.
Gossipy hanger-on; snobbish, egotistical "tame cat." Got job with
Broadcasting House through Joan Stevenson. Dead by time of PE. |
WS, MB, PE, LAR, ESR |
|
Honeybell, "Auntie" |
Pen name of a gentleman who wrote a coronation poem recited by
a repulsive little girl at the Northbridge children's performance.
Contributed occasional verse to a children's comic-strip paper. |
WDIM |
|
Hook, Miss |
A holiday governess who read poetry to Edith Graham. |
ESR |
|
Hooker, Rev. |
Visited Barchester Hospital on Thursdays. The Bunce girls met him and
pronounced him a "lovely man." |
WDIM |
|
Hooper |
Miss Sissie Brandon's second chauffeur. A teetotaler. |
B |
|
Hooper, Lt. |
Young officer in the Barsetshires billeted on the Villarses in
Northbridge. His false teeth once fell out at depot. Was a captain in GU.
Obnoxious without intending to be. Not "quite quite." In military
intelligence. |
NR, GU, MB, PBO |
|
Hooper, Miss |
Secretary of Sam Adams at the Hogglestock Works. |
HM |
|
Hooper, Squire |
From Somerset. His daughter married Lord Stoke. A native of Rumpton, he
drove the last coach right across the churchyard before it was taken off
the road. |
MH |
|
Hoots |
Gunner in Barsetshires who visited Mrs. Turner's nieces. |
NR |
|
Hopgood |
Farmer at Foxling who crossed a Jersey with a West-Midland Shorthorn.
Offspring had a crumpled horn and won all the prizes at that year's
Barchester Agricultural, but was no good later. |
BL |
|
Hopgood Helen |
Called Florrie in WDIM. Known as "Miss Hopgood's aunt," resident of
Northbridge. Large, competent woman with badly-cut clothes. Widow of
American astronomer who discovered the star Porter Sidus in the
constellation Algareb while working at Matthew Porter observatory in
Texas. She supplied a telescope for the airplane spotters on the
Northbridge Church tower. |
NR, PE, JC, WDIM, DA |
|
Hopgood, Miss Miriam |
Occupant of Glycerine Cottage, Northbridge, which she shared with Miss
Crowder. They were maiden ladies convinced that they were spiritually
French, so they visited the Riviera each year, stayed in a pension that
catered to the English, and spent most of their time mispronouncing French
words and cooking bad imitations of French meals. |
NR, PE, JC, WDIM, DA |
|
Hopgood, Piggy |
In RAF, common acquaintance of David Leslie and Sylvia Halliday. |
PBO |
|
Hopkins |
Science master at Hosiers' Boys' School who declared himself a
Conscientious Objector though he was 45 and limped, provoking Everard
Carter to say he had never quite known what "common room" meant before.
Born in Glamorganshire. Got a good job at end of term and left,
unregretted. Was arrested and interned as a fifth columnist. Later became
Socialist M.P. for Mrewinwillingwodd. |
CBI |
|
Hopkins |
Sgt. Hopkins' brother. Ran a dairy farm at Chaldicotes. |
LAR |
|
Hopkins, Gwenda |
Old school chum of Miss Holly and Mrs. Watson at Fairlawns. Husband in
Indian Civil Service. Three daughters. |
MB |
|
Hopkins, Norma |
Land girl who worked on Beliers Priory farm. |
GU |
|
Hopkins, Selina |
See Crockett, Selina |
|
|
Hopkins, Sgt. Ted |
Convalescent at Beliers Priory during war. Had served with Colin Keith.
Wife died a year earlier. Eyes were affected after injury in lorry
collision. Had greengrocer's business in Northbridge which his mother ran
during war. A veteran of WWI. Married Selina Crockett and returned to
greengrocer's business, but couldn't compete with Amalgamated Vedge so
went to Sir Harry Waring as kitchen gardener. Later worked at Harefield
House Boys' School. |
GU, LAR, DD, HR2, JC, CQ |
|
Hopkinson, Dame Monica |
Had been a queen-policewoman in Last War and still went about in
chauffeur's gaiters and lunched with old generals at the Carleton
Grill. |
PBO |
|
Hopper, Jimmy |
Son of Mr. Hopper, the cobbler. Broke his leg ice-skating on frozen
water in the bottom of the air raid shelter. |
NR |
|
Hopper, Mr. |
Young Giles Foster's science teacher. Former Navy man. |
LAA |
|
Hopper, Mr. |
Less popular of the two Northbridge cobblers. Avowed communist and
atheist. |
NR, WDIM |
|
Horberton, Lord |
See Humbleton, Lord |
|
|
Horbury, Canon |
Grandfather of Madeleine Sparling. A great Old Testament scholar.
Absent-minded old fellow, always lending out books which his friends never
returned. |
HM, PE, HR2, CQ |
|
Horkins, Lady |
Woman whom Miss Hopgood and Miss Crowder met on the Riviera. |
NR |
|
Hornby |
Railway construction engineer who designed model trains and had made
several unusual small-gauge railroads. |
PE, OBH |
|
Hornby, Catriona |
Daughter of Christopher and Elsa (Belton) Hornby. |
LAR, DD |
|
Hornby, Christopher |
b. 1903. Nephew of old Mrs. Ellangowan-Hornby of Arcot House,
Harefield. She left him a fortune to add to his own considerable one. Son
of an admiral. Married Elsa Belton in HM. Tall, dark and quiet, about 39
or 40 in 1943. Home was Castle Aberdeathly on slopes of Ben Gaunt above
Loch Gloom, 10 miles from Inverdreary. Was an admiral by 1948. |
HM, MB, PE, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, CQ |
|
Hornby, Elsa |
See Belton, Elsa |
|
|
Hornby, Freddie |
b. 1946. Son of Christopher and Elsa (Belton) Hornby. |
LAR, CC, DD |
|
Horne, Dr. |
Doctor to Agnes Graham's children. |
WS |
|
Horniman,Miss |
Old deaf and blind lady who died in GU. Her brother had been the vicar
of Worsted. Another Miss Horniman, her niece and former Barchester High
School math mistress, had been helping her at the vicarage. |
GU |
|
Horniman, Rev. |
Deceased vicar of Worsted. |
GU |
|
Horrabin |
Friend of Mr. Wickham. Had big gap in front teeth. From Hull. Sent
Wicks six dozen of champagne evey year. |
CC |
|
Horton |
Butler to the Bartons at Pomfret Madrigal. Died in HM (1943.) |
PT, HM |
|
Horton, Dr. |
Physician in Barchester area. |
B |
|
Horton, Dunstan |
Vicar of Southbridge. Tall, bony man with side-whiskers. Actually older
than his Aunt Monica, who came to live with him and with whom he had
amicable arguments. Appointed to be head of St Aella's Home for
Stiff-Necked Clergy. |
PE, OBH, CC, JC |
|
Horton, Monica |
Aunt of Vicar of Southbridge. Moved out of Editha Cottage to stay with
her nephew in PE. Tall, gaunt, with well-bred face and unfashionable
clothes. Associated everything with colored auras, liked to predict
people's futures (sometimes with uncanny accuracy). |
PE, JC |
|
Hoskins, Father |
R.C. padre at church attended by Conque, Lady Emily Leslie's
maid. |
LAR, OBH, ESR |
|
Hosskiss, Croke |
Starred with Glamora Tudor in "Love and Lust." |
OBH |
|
Houby, M. |
French voice teacher who coached Jessica Dean. |
LAR |
|
Hover, Hovis or Offa |
Wool-stapler of Northbridge who built Hover's House, today known as
Hovis House, where the Dunsfords lived. |
NR |
|
Hubback |
Servant of Hallidays at Hatch End. Daughter of old Mrs. Hubback who
kept the shop. |
PBO, ESR, DA |
|
Hubback |
Husband of landlady of Bridge Inn. Something of a poacher. |
PE |
|
Hubback |
Old Hubback's granny. A witch who could charm warts, tell
fortunes. |
ESR |
|
Hubback |
Spastic daughter of young Mrs. Hubback of Little Misfit. |
ESR |
|
Hubback, Aggie |
Kitchenmaid at Holdings. Daughter of Mrs. Hubback of the shop. |
ESR |
|
Hubback, Betty |
Daughter or niece (apparently) of the Hallidays' housekeeper. |
PBO |
|
Hubback, Harry |
"Young" Hubback." A carpenter. Walked out with Odeena Panter.. |
ESR |
|
Hubback, Mrs. |
Landlady of the Bridge Inn in village near Nutfield. Avoided normal
hours by serving beer in a teapot, whisky in coffee urn. |
PE |
|
Hubback, Old Mrs. |
Ran Harefield sweet shop when Mr. Belton was a boy. Reputed to be a
witch. |
PBO, LAR, OBH, ESR, DA |
|
Huckaback, Chat |
Star of play "I Gonna Make You Love Me." |
LAA |
|
Humble |
"Young Humble," son of "Old Humble." Darts champion of West
Barsetshire. |
HR2 |
|
Humble, Ellen |
Granddaughter of the Beltons' cowman. Acted as maid to Miss Sparling at
Hosiers' Girls' School. Tended to be reduced to idiocy by presence of her
betters (a minor reduction). Became nanny first for Anne Fielding, then
for Harcourts. |
HM, LAR, LAA |
|
Humble, Miss Faithful |
Ran twopenny library and tobacco shop in Harefield. Mother of
Ellen. |
HM, LAR, LAA |
|
Humble, Mrs. |
Barmaid at the Three Tuns, husband in the army when she had her second
child not his. |
HM |
|
Humble, William |
b. 1859. "Old Humble," cowman for the Beltons. His mother was a
Wheeler. |
HM, LAR |
|
Humberton, Lord |
(Or possibly Horberton?) Was run after by Griselda Palliser before he
married Miss Phoebe Rivers. Son of Lord Platfield of Shropshire. |
CBI, MH, ESR |
|
Humble, J |
Proprietor of General Supply Store in Harefield. |
HM |
|
Hunter, Mrs. |
Slavo-Lydian supporter. Was asked to Mrs. Perry's sewing party on
approval, though not a Harefield native. Not approved. |
HM |
|
Hurdles |
Butcher of Harefield. |
HM |
|
Icken |
Handyman and estate carpenter for the Beltons. |
HM |
|
Ignatius of Aterra |
Scriptor who may have influenced Fluvius Minucius. |
HR2 |
|
Ignotus, Pictor |
1409-1451? Painted a painting in primitive style owned by Duke of
Towers. |
LAA |
|
Iou Cabrou, Madon |
Woman for whom Ghisman Beaucilsz abandoned
Dame d'Aiguesdouces. |
WDIM |
|
Ireen |
Niece of the Miss Hoggett, housekeeper for Sam Adams. |
3S&T |
|
Isadore |
Bus conductor on the Riviera on whose name Lady Horkins made a
pun. |
NR |
|
Ivy |
Nurse to Lady Agnes Graham's children at Holdings. Left to become nurse
for a lady going abroad. Nurse and Agnes decided she'd return to nurse
David's children. |
WS, MH, PBO, LAR, DD |
|
Jackson, Cpl. Arthur Fishguard |
Served as a sort of under-parlourmaid to officers of Barsetshires who
were billeted on the Villarses at Northbridge. Married Edie Pover, the
housemaid at the rectory. Became electrician in Northbridge (Fishguard is
a port town in South Wales.). |
NR, GU, CC, CQ |
|
Jackson, Flight Commander |
Lucy Marling arranged with him about getting pig swill from the air
base kitchens. |
MH |
|
Jackson, Mr. |
Junior History master at Southbridge School, who was a sixth
form student there a few years previously. The boys made noises in
his class. He told Tony Morland to shut up and Tony slammed his
desk shut, according to Robin Dean. |
AF |
|
James, Miss |
Secretary to George Knox before Una Grey. Left to care for ill
sister. |
HR |
|
Janet, Aunt |
Relative of Mrs. Hoare. Died at Christmas 1944, and left Mrs. Hoare all
her silver. Husband Henry. Lived at Durnford Grange. |
HM |
|
Janice |
Evacuee child whose parents were expecting another child and wanted her
back to take care of the house. Attended Southbridge Christmas Treat. Her
ribbon was put straight by Mrs. Bissell. |
CBI |
|
Jasper |
Nephew of Jasper Margett. Skilled carpenter who worked for
Harold Welk. |
CQ |
|
Jenkins |
Former groom at Rising Castle, with invalid wife, two children. Taught
riding and rented out horses and ponies. |
MMS |
|
Jenks |
Head Keeper at Pomfret Towers. Father of Pvt. Tom Jenks. |
GU, HM, PE |
|
Jenks, Pvt. Tom |
Son of Lord Pomfret's Head Keeper. Was at convalescent home at Beliers
Priory. Shot Matron's cat for a squirrel while recuperating from
appendicitis. Nephew of Mrs. Phipps' sister. Had a second operation.
Proposed to Selina Crockett but was refused. Engaged to a Land Arm girl in
HM. |
GU, HM |
|
Jessie |
One-time kitchenmaid for the Mertons. Niece of the Pomfrets' nanny, now
with Lady Norton. Later an usherette at Barchester Odeon. |
LAA |
|
Jessie |
Head housemaid for Everard and Kate Carter. Eyesight too poor for war
service, but would never wear her glasses. Had a brother who was a
milkman, a cousin in laundry in Southbridge. |
SH, CBI, GU, PBO, PE, CC, ESR, CQ |
|
Jim |
Brother of Dorothy who worked for John-Arthur Crosse at Old Manor
House. Wife had a mole on her nose. Another brother Harry. Probably a
Vidler or a Panter. |
ESR |
|
Jimmy |
Under-cowman for Grahams at Holdings. |
PBO |
|
Jimmy |
Friend of Capt. Topham and Lt. Greaves. Accompanied them to Ascot. A
gunner. |
NR |
|
Jobson |
Member of chemical works in London. Communist friend of Mr. Bissell and
member of Isle of Dogs Athenaeum. |
CBI |
|
Joe |
Son of Marling Hall estate carpenter. |
LAR |
|
Joe |
b. 1924. Friend of Charles Belton. Wife Vixen, two kids, lived in
Chelsea. |
LAR |
|
Joe, Uncle |
Relative of Mrs. Hoare at Tregaskis. Was "breaking up." Had brother
Andrew, deceased. Would leave his house to Mrs. Hoare. |
HM |
|
Joe, Uncle |
Mr. Smith's uncle, to whom he always wrote at Christmas. |
MH |
|
John |
Cowman for Mr. Palmer at Worsted. |
AF |
|
John |
Fiancé of Isabel Dale. Killed in Italy in Anzio landings. |
CC |
|
Johns |
Publisher in firm of Johns and Fairfield. Published George Knox,
Hermione Rivers, and Susan Barton. Uncle of Mr. Wickham. His wife was
well-known for giving extremely dull parties for literary lions. |
HR1, DH, PT, CBI, MH, PE, LAR, OBH, CC, HR2, JC, CQ, LAA,
3S&T |
|
Johnson |
Southbridge "old boy" who became junior master at Southbridge. When he
was a student, his hair fixative was used by Tony Morland. |
HR1, CBI |
|
Jones |
Friend of Mr. Wickham. Brought him rum. |
JC |
|
Jones |
Best friend of Everard Carter's father. Lived to be over 80. |
|
|
Jones |
George Halliday's batman in Normandy. |
PBO |
|
Jones |
Dick Morland's opponent in boxing finals at Southbridge School. |
HR |
|
Joram, Bishop William |
Retired colonial bishop. Appeared to be mentioned first in CBI as
Mbang-Ngango (English Roly Poly Witch Doctor) as he was called by natives.
Rented rooms from Mrs. Tomkins when first in Barchester, and told
hilarious stories of his work with natives. Became canon of Barchester and
married Lavinia Brandon in CC. Plump, good-humored, earnest and
intelligent. |
CBI, MH, PBO, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, WDIM,DA, CQ, LAA,
3S&T |
|
Joram, Lavinia |
See Brandon, Lavinia |
|
|
Joseph, Sister Mary |
Headmistress of St. Quantock's Catholic School, evacuated from London.
Resembled a devout white pouter pigeon. |
CBI |
|
Jowett |
Master of Balliol. |
HR1 |
|
Kate, Aunt |
Lydia Keith's aunt, with whom her mother goes to live in Bournemouth
after the death of Mr. Keith, just before the war. One assumes she is
Mrs. Helen Keith's sister. |
GU |
|
Katzenjammer, Fraulein |
Barchester High School German mistress. Fierce and strict. |
LAA |
|
Keble, John |
b.1792, ordained priest, Professor of Poetry at Oxford. Preached sermon
considered to be the beginning of the Tractarian Movement. Keble College,
Oxford was established in his honor. |
MB |
|
Keith, Catherine |
b. 1935. Daughter of Robert and Edith (Fairweather) Keith. |
SH, GU, WDIM |
|
Keith, Colin |
b. 1912. First seen in SH as a new master at Southbridge School, then
read law with Noel Merton. Gunnery officer with Territorials in war,
served in N. Africa. Became successful barrister, author of Keith on
Lemon on Running Powers, the last word on railway law. Briefly
infatuated with Peggy Arbuthnot and fond of Susan Dean; finally became
engaged to Eleanor Grantly in OBH, proving sister Lydia wrong when she
dubbed him a "perpetual uncle." |
SH, B, GU, PBO, PE, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, WDIM, CQ, LAA |
|
Keith, Edith Fairweather |
Wife of Robert Keith, sister of John and Geoffrey Fairweather.Mother of
Catherine, Henry and another. Former Head Girl at Barchester High School
and a favorite of Miss Pettinger. Hearty and athletic, was once captain of
school cricket and hockey. |
SH, CBI, GU, PE, OBH, WDIM |
|
Keith, Helen |
Mother of Robert, Kate, Colin and Lydia. Boring and domestic, not very
intelligent. Lived at Northbridge Manor. Had "a bit of a heart." During
war went to Bournemouth to live with her sister Kate. Dead by WDIM
1954. |
SH, B, CBI, NR,GU, PE, OBH,HR2, JC, WDIM |
|
Keith, Henry |
d. 1939. Resident of Northbridge Manor. Wife Helen. Killed when struck
by a lorry when leaving Old Lord Pomfret's funeral. Country-squirish
landowner and solicitor. |
SH, B, CBI, PE, LAR, OBH, HR2, WDIM, CQ, LAA |
|
Keith, Henry |
b. 1932. Son of Robert and Edith (Fairweather) Keith. |
SH, CBI, GU, WDIM |
|
Keith, Kate |
b. 1916. Became engaged to Everard Carter in SH. Boring and domestic
but nice. Children Bobbie, Angela, Philip and Noel. |
SH, B, CBI, GU, MB, PE, OBH, CC, DD, JC, WDIM, CQ, LAA<,
3S&T |
|
Keith, Lydia |
Tomboyish younger sister of Robert, Kate and Colin. Awkward, gauche,
boisterous and energetic, until marriage to Noel Merton moved her energy
into constructive channels. Children Lavinia, Harry, Jessica. During war
she miscarried her first child because of overwork. Hurt by Noel's
flirtation with Peggy Arbuthnot in PE but was reconciled to her husband,
whom she loved dearly. |
SH, B, CBI, NR, U, HM, MB, PBO, PE, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, JC, WDIM,
ESR, DA, CQ, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Keith, Robert |
Brother of Kate, Colin and Lydia. Wife Edith. Senior partner of Keith
and Keith law firm. Bought home in Nutfield in GU and sold Northbridge
Manor to brother-in-law Noel Merton. |
SH, CBI, NR, MH, GU, PE, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, WDIM, ESR, CQ, LAA,
3S&T |
|
Kessler, Fräulein |
German mistress of Mrs. Morland's youth. Hated the French mistress
because of the Franco-Prussian War. |
3S&T |
|
King, The Hon. Henry |
Patient of Sisters Heath and Ward. He cared for his wife
himself rather than put her in a mental home, then had to be
institutionalized himself. |
NTL |
|
Kitson |
Housemaster of Junior House at Southbridge School. Resigned to go into
business with his uncle. Robin Dale took his place. |
PBO |
|
Klawhammer, Klaus |
New York literary agent. Friend of the Gissings. |
CBI |
|
Klobber, Mr. |
Viennese refugee in 1914, the Dean family's tailor in London. |
PE |
|
Knight, Mr. |
French master at Southbridge School. |
B |
|
Knowles, Mrs. |
Owned a stone house with a blue door in Northbridge. |
CBI |
|
Knox, Anne |
See Todd, Anne |
|
|
Knox, George |
Pompous, verbose historical novelist who could turn a single sentence
into a discourse of parenthetical expressions. Widower, lived in High
Rising with his daughter Sibyl. Escaped the clutches of his secretary, Una
Grey, and became engaged to Anne Todd in HR1. |
HR1, DH, B, CBI, MH, GU, MB, PE, CC, DD, HR2, WDIM, ESR, NTL, DA, LAA,
3S&T, MMS |
|
Knox, Mrs. George. |
George Knox's first wife, a pale hypochondriac who finally went
too far and let herself die. Mother of Sibyl. |
HR |
|
Knox, Mrs. |
"Old Mrs. Knox," mother of George. Resided in large Victorian house in
London. "Eccentric and crabby." A Frenchwoman, she had lived in England
since her marriage. House was in Rutland Gate. |
HR1, DH, B, MB, 3S&T |
|
Knox, Sibyl |
Daughter of widower George Knox of High Rising. Rather silly, and,
after an unsuccessful attempt to become a writer, became engaged to Adrian
Coates, publisher, in HR1. 3 children by time of CBI, eldest is
Laura. |
HR1, DH, PT, CBI, GU, MB, DD, LAA, 3S&T, MMS |
|
Koska |
Name for a dog of Anne Fielding's that died. |
MB |
|
Koska, Madame |
Main character in series of romantic suspense-thrillers by Mrs.
Morland. Ran a designer dress shop and repeatedly saved the British
Empire. |
HR1, DH, MH, MB, PBO, PE, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, JC, WDIM, SR, DA, CQ,
LAA, 3S&T, MMS |
|
Kpozcz, Czemschk |
Polish movie producer of Cyrano de Bergerac. |
CQ |
|
Kreelson, Phil |
Leading man for Glamora Tudor in "One Night at the Vatican." |
HR2 |
|
Krogsborg, Anders |
Swedish civil economist with socialist views. Admired by Richard
Tebben. |
LAR, OBH |
|
Krogsborg, Hvard |
Wrote a symphony for two orchestras, a military band, and Big
Ben. |
ESR |
|
Krogsborg, Petra |
Daughter of Anders Krogsborg, married Richard Tebben. Very keen on
social and child welfare and thought Sweden was very superior. Tall,
dominant Valkyrie in whom Richard's petulant nature met its match. |
LAR, OBH, DD |
|
Kropov, Professor |
A Mixo-Lydian refugee and arch-imposter who got a chair in
"Romano-Lydian Culture" created for his benefit. |
HM |
|
Lancelet Prof |
Designed refurnishings for chair stalls at church near Gatherum Castle.
Also unearthed mural in Pomfret Madrigal Church. |
B, CC, LAA |
|
Lane |
Vicar at Pomfret Madrigal before Mr. Miller. |
B |
|
la Salope, Mimi |
Mistress of Jehan le Capet. |
B |
|
Laura |
Heifer calf born at Rushwater on Laura Morland's 70th
birthday. |
3S&T |
|
le Capet, Jehan |
Pen name of Eugene Duval, French author of rather passionate and
indelicate verse which Hilary Grant was translating. A Satanist who died
young of drink. Book entitled Belphégor. |
B, MH, PE, HR2 |
|
Leadbitter |
Barsetshire veterinarian. All right on horses but Maria wouldn't trust
him with a dog. |
DD |
|
le Biau, Guibert |
Provençal 12th-century poet to whom Harold Downing attributed
authorship of the Andalhou. |
NR, WDIM |
|
Lee |
Driver for Duke of Towers. Son of Jasper's sister. |
LAA |
|
Lee, Pharaoh |
Had 10 convictions for stealing chickens and eggs. |
|
|
Lefevre |
Dotty old father of Babs Lefevre. Rang her up six times in the night
thinking it was breakfast-time. |
DD |
|
Lefevre "Babs " |
b. 1898. Owner of Babs' Buttery, the best restaurant in Barchester.
Jolly, red-faced, fiftyish with grizzled hair. |
DD |
|
Lefroy, Mr. |
Master at technical school. Friend of Mr. Bissell. A communist and
member of the Isle of Dogs Athenaeum, as was his wife. |
CBI |
|
Lefter, V. |
Person from Maida Vale who wrote to Mrs. Morland criticizing her
portrayal of London headmaster as an uneducated non-gentleman. |
LAR |
|
Legpul, Gudold |
Mid-European author of I Bare My Breasts, which attacked "
capittleist " societies. The book was said to have been smuggled out of
Europe at great risk, but was really written in her home in Willesden.
|
MB |
|
Lemoineau |
Author of book about Francois Boucher. |
PE |
|
Lemon |
Author of Lemon on Running Powers, the ultimate legal authority
on railroads, which Colin Keith found fascinating. |
SH |
|
LePoer, Mr. & Mrs. |
Nurse Chiffinch once nursed their child. |
DH |
|
Les |
Local youth at Pomfret Madrigal. Attended the fête, tried to gyp the
Vicar out of an extra penny for sweets. Possibly a Thatcher. |
B |
|
Leslie |
Stationmaster's nephew at Hallbury. Delivered newspapers but "ought to
be in the Army." |
MB |
|
Leslie, Clive (Minimus) |
b. 1939. Youngest son of John and Mary (Preston) Leslie. Always at
bottom of any trouble at Southbridge Prep School. Got stuck on top of
Rushwater "temple" at reunion. Wanted to enter Air Force. |
LAR, CC, DD, JC, WDIM, ESR, NTL, DA, CQ, 3S&T |
|
Leslie, David |
b. 1907. Youngest son of Henry and Lady Emily Leslie. Spoiled and
self-centered, a bit of a lady-killer despite thinning hair. Described as
"bone selfish," he was easily bored. Mary Preston was infatuated with him
in WS, but married his brother John. Finally married Rose Bingham in PBO .
|
WS, BL, MH, GU, MB, PBO, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, JC, ESR, NTL, DA, LAA
|
|
Leslie, Dorothy "Dodo" |
b. 1946. Daughter of David and Rose (Bingham) Leslie |
LAR, ESR, DA |
|
Leslie, Eleanor |
b. 1948. Daughter of Martin and Sylvia (Halliday) Leslie. |
LAR, OBH, DD, ESR, DA, 3S&T |
|
Leslie, Gay |
Deceased beloved wife of John Leslie, who remembered her as a "pleasant
little ghost". Her memory haunted him in WS until his marriage to Mary
Preston. |
WS, PBS, LAR, JC, DA |
|
Leslie, George |
b. 1949. Son of Martin and Sylvia (Halliday) Leslie. |
DD, ESR, DA, 3S&T |
|
Leslie, Henry |
Owner of Rushwater House, husband of Lady Emily. A country-squire type
who bred the famous Rushwater bulls. In progressively poorer health from
WS until he is dead by the time of PBO (1945). |
WS, B, BL, MH HM, PBO, LAR, OBH, DD, HR2, JC, ESR, DA |
|
Leslie, Henry |
b. 1947. Son of David and Rose (Bingham) Leslie. |
LAR, ESR, DA |
|
Leslie, Henry (Major) |
b. 1936. Eldest son of John and Mary (Preston) Leslie. Nice but dull.
Attended Southbridge School, collected Empire stamps, and ostentatiously
carried a Greek New Testament to church. Showed promise of becoming more
interesting when he corrected (subtly) the Latin pronunciation of Miss
Banks, the Latin mistress. |
BL, PBO, PE, LAR, CC, DD, JC, WDIM, ESR, NTL, DA, CQ, 3S&T
|
|
Leslie, John |
b. 1899. Oldest surviving son of Henry and Lady Emily Leslie. Widower,
deceased wife's name was Gay. Became engaged to Mary Preston in WS.
Regional Commissioner during war. Bought Old Rectory at Greshamsbury as
home. |
WS, BL, MH, BO, PE, LAR, BH, CC, DD, JC, WDIM, ESR, NTL, DA, CQ
|
|
Leslie, John Jr. (Minor) |
b. 1938. Second son of John and Mary (Preston) Leslie. At Southbridge
he climbed all the way around School Chapel. Also climbed to the top of
Rushwater House and into Siddons' room, to the top of the "temple" at
Rushwater; tried to climb the Mertons' monkey puzzle tree. Put the bell
back up in the Palace fish pond so the fish could ring for food (the
Bishop had ordered it taken down). |
BL, PBO, PE, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, JC, WDIM, ESR, NTL, DA, CQ, 3S&T
|
|
Leslie, Lady Emily (Foster) |
1868-1948. Sister of Old Lord Pomfret, wife of Henry Leslie of
Rushwater . Children Martin (killed in WWI), John, Agnes and David.
Delightfully unpredictable, interested in painting and arranging other
people's affairs with benevolent intent. Supposedly based on AT's
acquaintance Mary, Lady Wemyss, whose family was not amused by the
affectionate portrayal. Beginning to age at first appearance in WS, became
progressively more absent-minded and ethereal as series progressed, Died
in OBH, calling her deceased husband and son to wait, she's coming with
them. |
WS, BL, MH, GU, HM, MB, PBO, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, JC, WDIM, ESR,
NTL<, DA, CQ, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Leslie, Martin |
b. 1915. Grandson of Henry and Lady Emily Leslie, raised by them
because as son of their oldest son he would be owner of Rushwater after
Henry's death. His mother had remarried and lived in America. First seen
preparing for his 16th birthday in WS. In N. Africa, then
wounded at Anzio in war. Received the George Cross for doing something
gallant with a bomb. Went to War Office because of bad leg wound, later
had to resort to a crutch (in one book he is mistakenly said to have lost
a foot.) Became engaged to Sylvia Halliday in PBO . Raised cattle and
prize bulls. |
WS, BL, MH, MB, PBO, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, JC, WDIM, ESR, DA, LAA,
3S&T |
|
Leslie, Martin Giles |
1896-1918. Eldest son of Henry and Lady Emily Leslie. Killed in France
in WWI. Called Giles in ESR. His widow married an American and had other
children (at least one son). |
WS, MH, PBO, LAR, OBH, DD, ESR, 3S&T |
|
Leslie, Mary |
See Preston, Mary |
|
|
Leslie, Rose |
See Bingham, Rose |
|
|
Leslie, Sylvia |
See Halliday, Sylvia |
|
|
Levine |
Dressmaker in Bruton St. Almost too expensive for Mrs. Belton. |
HM |
|
Lily |
Girl who worked for Mrs. Francis Gresham. Said to be
getting "rather fat." Possibly Lily-Annie Pollett? |
DA |
|
Lily Langtry |
Mr. Middleton's best Jersey cow. He believed himself firmly attached to
her, but couldn't recognize her among her fellows. She calved, attended by
Pucken, C.W . Bond, and Daphne Stonor, on the night of the Skeynes
Agricultural (which event hastened the romance of C. W. and Daphne.).
|
BL |
|
Littimer, Algernon |
Friend of Lord Stoke, and, one assumes, brother of Fred. Now
dead. Brought to mind when Mrs. Morland mentioned Littimer the
manservant in David Copperfield. |
3S&T |
|
Littimer, Fred |
Friend of Lord Stoke. Went to Australia and was never heard
of again. |
3S&T |
|
Lob, Herr |
Musician and band conductor to whom Rose Birkett was once engaged.
|
SH |
|
Longford |
Junior master at Coppins' School. Kept Mrs. Villars' handkerchief until
he found out it was really Matron's. Married Parton Major's elder sister
and went into Mr. Parton's business. |
NR |
|
Longtooth, Thorstein |
Hero of epic Norse ballad. Mr. Tebben hoped that bones found near
Rising Castle were those of Longtooth and gave evidence of battle there
long ago. |
BL |
|
Lorimer |
d. 1937. Classics master at Southbridge (died in SH ). Elderly Scotsman
with genius for coaching who crammed Hacker into his Oxford scholarship.
Author of standard Latin text. Replaced by Philip Winter. Had sister in
Perthshire . |
SH, GU, MB, PE, LAR, DD, JC, ESR |
|
Lottie |
Daughter of Sutton, former scullery maid at Rushwater. "Very peculiar,
and has to be in the county asylum." |
WS |
|
Louis, Prince Cobalt |
Was or wasn't (point of debate at the Bonds' tea parties) father of
Princess Louisa Christina. Member of Hatz-Reinigen family. |
BL, ESR, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Louisa |
Mrs. Dunsford's aunt. Was rescued by a faithful ayah during the Mutiny
by being dyed brown as an Indian. |
NR |
|
Louisa |
Hired help for Anne Todd. Was very proud of Anne's dotty
old mother. |
HR |
|
Louisa Christina, Princess of Cobalt |
Princess to whom The Hon. Juliana Starter was lady-in-waiting. Now
deceased. Member of the Hatz-Reinigen family. |
BL, JC, ESR, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Lover, Mrs. Audrey |
d. 1947. Mother of Aubrey Clover (Aubrey C. Lover). Widow of a bank
manager. Didn't approve of the theatre. |
PE, LAR, CC, WDIM |
|
Lufton, Justinia |
Daughter of Old Lady Lufton in Trollope's Framley Parsonage,
when Mark Robarts was Vicar of Framley. Married Sir George Meridith.
Sister of the Lord Ludovic of the day. |
DD |
|
Lufton, Justinia |
b. 1923. Daughter of the widowed Lady Lufton. Secretary to Dean
Crawley. Small and elegant. Resembled Lucy Robarts, her great-grandmother.
Married Eric Swan in 1952. |
DD, HR2, JC, WDIM, ESR, CQ, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Lufton, Lady |
Mother of Trollope's Lord Lufton. Enemy of the Duke of Omnium. Opposed
son's marriage to Lucy Robarts. In Framley Parsonage, Last
Chronicle of Barset. |
|
|
Lufton, Lady Mary |
Gentle, anxious mother of Maria and Justinia. Completely lost and
bewildered by widowhood. Married the late Lord Lufton in 1921, and he did
everything for her. |
GU, OBH, DD, HR2, JC, WDIM, ESR, CQ, 3S&T |
|
Lufton, Lord |
Grandfather of AT's Ludovic Lufton ; came after the Lord Lufton of
Trollope. His mother was Lucy Robarts. Had to give up the hounds and the
place in Scotland. |
DD, HR2 |
|
Lufton, Lord Ludovic |
Lord Lufton of the Trollope novels, friend and then brother-in-law of
Mark Robarts. In Framley Parsonage and Last Chronicle of
Barset. |
DD |
|
Lufton, Lord Ludovic |
b. 1924. Only son of Lady Lufton. Tall, anxious, shy young man who
inherited the title very young. Demobbed from army in 1946, farmed with
Roddy Wicklow for a while. Friend of Eric Swan and Charles Belton. Married
Grace Grantly. |
DD, HR2, JC, WDIM, ESR, LAA, CQ<, 3S&T |
|
Lufton, Lucy Maria |
b. 1922. Daughter of Lady Lufton. Bred cocker spaniels. Competent and
masterful. Became engaged to Oliver Marling in DD. |
DD, JC, ESR, DA, CQ, 3S&T |
|
Lumford, Mr. |
Science master at Coppins' School. Mrs. Villars confused him with
Longford. |
|
|
Lundquist, Selma |
Swedish actress who acted in a very naturalistic way in very dull
plays, expounding author's philosophy and economic views. |
LAR |
|
Lundy, Lord |
Former employer of Miss Bunting where, if anyone entered the
schoolroom, he'd have thought the children little savages. Had son
Patrick. Former member of Dining Society at Oxford with Sir Robert Graham.
Was Governor of New South Wales. |
MH, ESR |
|
Lundy, Patrick |
Former pupil of Miss Bunting. Enlisted underage in WWI, was killed in
action. |
MH |
|
M'Clan, Prof Macphairson, Clanglocketty Angus |
M.P. for Aberdeathly in Scotland. Said Mr. Adams was "ane sair member
for the Whips." Name taken from W.S. Gilbert's Bab Ballads. |
CC |
|
Maboul |
One of the neo-phallic school of painters. Pupil of Braque. Painted
ceiling of Wigwam Club in London. |
LAR |
|
MacAlister, Pixie |
Old school chum of Miss Holly and Mrs. Watson. Games mistress in a
mental home. |
MB |
|
Macdougal, Chumps |
Acquaintance of David Leslie and Sylvia Halliday in the RAF. |
PBO |
|
MacFadyen, Donald |
d. 1960. Manager of Amalgamated Vedge. Great gardener, rented half of
Lufton Park at Framley. A Scot from near Perthshire. Father was killed in
Boer War, mother lost her house because his pension was too small. Quite
fond of Lady Lufton, but conscious of social gap between them. Married
Margot Phelps. Died, apparently of cancer, in CQ. |
DD, HR2, JC, WDIM, ESR, DA, CQ, LAA, 3S&T |
|
MacHeath |
Apparently a nurse at Barchester General Hospital. |
GU |
|
MacHenry |
Stoker's father. He was called Stoker because of his occupation of
shoveling coke at the gas-works. Resided at Plaistow (pronounced
"Plaster.") |
HR1 |
|
MacPherson |
1868-1950. Estate agent for the Leslies at Rushwater. Verrry Scottish.
Came to Rushwater at age 30, stayed over fifty years. Same age as Lady
Emily, he died with his Bible on his knees, opened to a page with a
picture of Lady Emily, whom he had loved and served all his life. Left his
house to Emmy Graham Grantly. |
WS, MH, PBO, LAR, OBH, DD, WDIM, ESR, DA, 3S&T |
|
MacPherson, Nurse |
Was in charge of the ward where Tommy Needham's arm was amputated.
|
LAR |
|
Madame Martha |
Ran a beauty salon in London. |
CC |
|
Major |
See Leslie, Henry |
|
|
Makins |
Teacher of art-weaving class in London. |
CBI |
|
Mallarmé |
French poet, later than Jehan le Capet |
MH |
|
Mallow |
Worked at Worsted RR station. Nephew of Dr. Ford's housekeeper. |
3S&T |
|
Mallow |
d. 1946. Lord Stoke's cowman, the best in the county. Died in PE, after
a "feeling of oppression" (obviously brought on by post-war government and
conditions.) |
BL, PE |
|
Mallow |
Stationmaster at High Rising, nephew by marriage of Dr. Ford's
housekeeper. |
DH, MMS |
|
Mallow, Mrs. |
Wife of Lord Stoke's cowman. Ruined his enjoyment of the Skeynes
Agricultural by his worrying about what she'd say if he returned with
muddy boots. |
BL, PE |
|
Mallow, Mrs. |
"Mr. Knox's Annie's aunt," housekeeper to Dr. Ford at High Rising. Aunt
by marriage of High Rising stationmaster. Widow of previous doctor's
gardener. |
HR1, DH, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Mangle, Farmer |
Trollope character mentioned by AT. |
LAA |
|
Manhole |
Robert Graham's housemaster at Eton. |
PBO, LAR |
|
Manners |
Biggest of Hosiers' Boys' School boys. Intelligent, had won open
scholarship to Cambridge. Father was a grocer and furniture remover in
East End in London. Was given a free place at Southbridge and won a
scholarship in history to Lazarus College. Became Physics prof. at Upping
College of Redbrick University. |
CBI, PE, NTL |
|
Manton, Octavius |
Grandfather of Dowager Duchess of Towers. Fourth son of large family.
|
LAA |
|
March, Dr. and Mrs. |
Neighbors of Marling Hall and the Red House in Marling Mellicent
|
MH |
|
Margarison |
Former owner of Lamb's Piece at Worsted where the Tebbens lived.
Married his housekeeper - "and about time, too!" |
BL |
|
Margett |
"Old" Margett. Crusty old cottager of Anglo-Saxon type with a great
store of folk tales, many rather earthy, and some of which he invented.
Lived in a crusty old cottage. Once ate three live frogs on a
wager. |
BL, GU, OBH, WDIM |
|
Margett |
Fireman on the Worsted-Skeynes Railroad line. |
AF |
|
Margett |
Kept shop at Worsted. Brother of Sarah Pucken. |
BL |
|
Margett |
Tommy Margett's dad. Worked with the Bodgers. From Grumper's End,
spent much time in the Three Tuns pub. |
3S&T |
|
Margett the builder |
Builder at Worsted. Sister was cook at Holdings, first cousin to
Jasper. Nephew of "Old" Margett. |
DD, WDIM |
|
Margett, "Grannie" |
Jasper Margett's grandmother. Had mixed gypsy blood. Known as a witch
who frequently took the form of a large black hare. Jasper shot "her" in
GU but didn't use a silver button. |
GU, LAR, OBH,DD, ESR |
|
Margett, Alf |
Younger brother of Bert, son of Margett the builder, nephew of Patten
the Worsted stationmaster. In Tanks during war. |
AF, GU |
|
Margett, Bert |
Head porter at Worsted. Son of Margett the builder. Married Doris
Phipps, became stationmaster after war. two children. |
AF, GU, LAR, 3S&T |
|
Margett, Eliza |
Mother of the cook for the Grahams at Holdings, sister of Margett the
builder. First cousin of Jasper Margett. |
DD |
|
Margett, Jasper |
Head keeper at the Priory. Expert poacher. Gypsy blood made him good
with horses. Flirted with Selina Crockett. |
GU, LAR, OBH, DD, JC,WDIM, ESR, CQ, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Margett, Mrs. |
Ran Marling Mellicent Post Office. |
OBH |
|
Margett, Mrs. |
Jasper Margett's old mother, sister of Peters the butler and Nannie
Peters. Deceased. Later mentioned as aunt of Nannie Peters. |
OBH, LAA |
|
Margett, Tommy |
Illegitimate boy from Grumper's End who had his hand stepped on by a
horse at Nutfield gymkhana. Was looked after by his auntie, who had nine
kids of her own. |
3S&T |
|
Maria |
Louise Lufton's great-aunt, who left her a hideous diamond
riviére. |
HR2 |
|
Marks, Miss |
Former Hosiers' Girls' School mistress. Went into Board of
Trade. |
HM |
|
Marling |
Father of William Marling. An autocrat in the old tradition, a
huntin'-shootin'-fishin' type. |
MH, LAR, OBH, CC, DD |
|
Marling |
Grandfather of William Marling. Broke his neck in the hunting field at
age 40. |
LAR, OBH |
|
Marling |
Elder son of Bill Marling. At age in MH where he debunked conjurers,
refused to clap his hands at Peter Pan, told the Nursery there is no Santa
Claus, used questionable pre school humor. |
MH, CC, DD |
|
Marling |
Younger daughter of Bill Marling. Discovered the word "beastly" and
insisted on using it constantly. |
MH, CC, DD |
|
Marling, Amabel (Hon.) |
Daughter of Lord Nutfield, wife of William Marling of Marling Hall.
Children Bill, Lettice, Oliver and Lucy. Connected with most of
Barsetshire families by ties of kinship. Lived up to aristocratic
tradition of service, energy, efficiency, and self-confidence. |
MH, GU, MB, PBO, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, WDIM, DA, LAA,
3S&T |
|
Marling, Bill |
Elder son of William and Amabel Marling of Marling Hall. Professional
soldier. Wife Deirdre. Lived in Camberley. |
MH, LAR, CC, DD |
|
Marling, Deirdre |
Known to all as "Mrs. Bill.". Two sons and two daughters. Father was a
Bishop. Good-natured and a bit silly, she used the catchword of the
moment. |
MH, LAR, CC, DD |
|
Marling, Fitzherbert |
Uncle of William Marling. Rector of Courcy Abbas for sixty years, later
Archdeacon. Hunted till he was 80. |
LAR, CC, DD |
|
Marling, Lettice |
Elder daughter of William and Amabel Marling. Husband Roger Watson was
killed at Dunkirk. Children Diana and Clare. Married Tom Barclay, had two
sons. |
MH, GU, MB, PBO, LAR, OBH,CC, DD, HR2 |
|
Marling, Lucinda and Lucius |
Their monogram is on the mantelpiece of The Cedars at Marling. Possibly
brother and sister-in-law of William Marling. |
DD |
|
Marling, Lucy Emily |
b. 1918. Younger daughter of William and Amabel Marling. Loud, bossy
and boisterous, but mellowed with age, hard work and troubles. Favorite
phrase "I'll tell you what." Married out of her class to Sam Adams. Very
efficient and knowledgeable, helped administer the agricultural side of
Sam's business empire. They lived in The Old Bank House at, Edgewood and
had daughters Amabel Rose and Leslie, son William. |
MH, HM, MB, PBO, LAR, OBH,CC, DD, HR2, JC, WDIM, ESR,DA, CQ,
LAA,3S&T |
|
Marling, Maria |
See Lufton,Lucy Maria |
|
|
Marling, Mrs. |
d. 1920. Mother of William Marling. Had lamp-room remade into a sort of
chapel. Married at 19, six children before age of 30. |
MH, CC, DD |
|
Marling, Oliver |
b. 1913. Younger son of William and Amabel Marling. Was in business in
London before war, then in Regional Commissioner's Office during war after
being repeatedly turned down for armed services because of his poor
eyesight. Partner in London firm after war. Loved actress Jessica Dean for
years, but she married Aubrey Clover. Studious, self-centered and
self-pitying, but marriage to energetic and competent Maria Lufton
improved him immensely. |
MH, MB, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, JC, ESR, DA, CQ, 3S&T |
|
Marling, William |
Squire of Marling Hall. Wife Amabel. Opinionated, irascible and
forgetful, but genuinely fond of his family. Had five brothers and
sisters, all dead. Greatly saddened by deterioration of his way of life.
Apparently still alive in 3S&T, with an entry in the Barchester
Agricultural. |
MH, HM, PBO, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, WDIM, ESR, DA,CQ, LAA,
3S&T |
|
Marling, William |
Uncle of William Marling. His butler occasionally sat up to take him to
bed after he had imbibed too freely. |
LAR |
|
Marston Hero |
Cocker Spaniel who was leading prize-winner over the
Birketts' Sylvia. |
HR |
|
Marston, Prof. |
A correspondent of Mrs. Barton on historical matters concerning one of
her books. A scholar who "knows so much about the Renaissance that his
books consist almost entirely of footnotes." Wrote a book about Pomfret
ancestors. |
PT, LAA |
|
Martha |
Maid to Miss Hopgood at Glycerine Cottage in Northbridge. |
NR |
|
Martin |
One of a group accompanied by Betty Turner to Fish Hill, where they saw
a Golden-Crested Mippet. |
NR |
|
Martina |
Child of post-office woman at Rushwater. Named after Martin
Leslie. |
PBO |
|
Mas-Cagnou, Vicomte de |
Mentioned by Harold Downing as an advocate of certain methods of
pronunciation of 12th-century Proveneçal dialect. |
NR |
|
Mason |
Lower school sergeant at Southbridge. |
HR1, CBI |
|
Mason, Lady Peggy |
In the last war she lost two husbands and married a third before the
Armistice. Had a very common grandfather on her mother's side. |
MH |
|
Masters |
"Old Masters" who farms the land by the Old Rectory at Hallbury. |
MB |
|
Masters, Dr. |
Physician to Rachel Dean |
AF |
|
Matcham |
Colonel of 462nd Indian Army Regt. in India, in which Capt.
Fred Arbuthnot served. |
PE |
|
Matcham, Mrs. Col. |
Flirted with Capt. Fred Arbuthnot of her husband's regiment. "A sister
under the skin to half Piccadilly Circus." |
PE |
|
Matron |
Matron of Army convalescent home at Beliers Priory. Very motherly both
to the troops and to Winston, the kitten, which she adopted after her cat
was accidentally shot. |
GU |
|
Matron |
Tyrannically benevolent matron of Barchester General Hospital where
Octavia Crawley, Delia Brandon and Geraldine Birkett worked during
war. |
CBI, MB, DD, HR2, 3S&T |
|
Matron |
Matron at Knight's Hospital in London where Sisters Chiffinch, Ward and
Heath trained. A kind old dragon. Retired to Folkestone,where she was a
town councilor. |
DD |
|
McBean |
Head gardener at, Southbridge School. |
CBI |
|
McFadden, Dr. |
Doctor in Pomfret Madrigal area. |
B |
|
McGregor |
General manager for sales for Johns and Fairfield, Publishers. |
PT |
|
McGuffog, Rob |
Mr. MacFadyen's stepsister's nephew's son, who went to the bad in
Glasgow and wrote MacFadyen begging letters. |
HR2 |
|
Measel, Miss |
Former mistress at Hosiers' Girls' School, Left to nurse her old
mother. |
HM |
|
Mellings, Lord Harry Ludovic |
Son of Old Lord Pomfret. Killed in a border skirmish on the NW
frontier. |
PT, BL, PBO, LAR, OBH, WDIM,DA, LAA,3S&T |
|
Mells, Miss |
Matron in charge when Lydia Keith was a VAD. Called "Miss Smells"
or "Smelly" by her acquaintances Sisters Heath and Ward. |
NTL |
|
Menski |
Author of Worm That Eateth the Flesh, for which Bolikoff did
cover art. Admired by Julian Rivers,, which is enough to earn the disgust
of all right-thinking Thirkellians. |
PT |
|
Merriman |
Provençal scholar who had his knife into Harold Downing since Downing's
review of his Cultural Influence of the Court of King René. |
NR |
|
Merriman, Dorothea Frances |
"Merry," Old Lady Pomfret's secretary in PT at first introduction. Very
efficient, self-effacing and conscientious. Had an invalid married sister
whom she sometimes visited. Was secretly and quietly in love with Gillie
Foster. When he married Sally Wicklow and became Lord Pomfret, she went as
companion to Lady Emily Leslie. Returned to, Pomfret Towers after Lady
Emily's death to help with county business and ease the load on the frail
but hard-working earl. Married Rev. Herbert Choyce in DA. One of AT's
most memorable and sympathetic characters. |
PT, MH, HM, PBO, LAR, OBH, CC, JC, WDIM, ESR, NTL,DA,
LAA,3S&T |
|
Merrivale, Annie |
Daughter of Mrs. Merrivale. In A.T.S. Sewed and crocheted beautifully.
Engaged to a man in the Signal Corps. |
MB |
|
Merrivale, Elsie |
Daughter of Mrs. Merrivale. In WAAFs. Was studying dancing before war.
Engaged to Flight Lt. named Peter. |
MB |
|
Merrivale, Evie |
Daughter of Mrs. Merrivale. In Foreign Office in, Washington. The
"artistic one" of the four daughters. Married Cutsam Constant, an
American. |
MB |
|
Merrivale, Mr. |
Deceased husband of Mrs. Merrivale of Hallbury. Had been a clerk in
Robert Fielding's office, "never would have gone far if he lived; didn't
want responsibility." |
MB |
|
Merrivale, Mrs. |
Widow who lived in Valimere House in Riverdale Close, Hallbury. Plump,
fortyish with gray hair and anxious eyes. Daughters Annie, Evie,Elsie, and
Peggy |
MB |
|
Merrivale, Peggy |
Daughter of Mrs. Merrivale. In WRENS. The "musical one" of the
daughters, had some lovely records. Engaged to paymaster Lt. at Gibraltar
named Don. |
MB |
|
Merton |
Noel Merton's father, a solicitor and friend of "Aunt Sissie "
Brandon. |
B |
|
Merton, Harry |
b. 1946. Son of Noel and Lydia (Keith) Merton. Studied science at
Cambridge. As articulate as his father. |
PE, OBH, WDIM, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Merton, Kate Jessica |
b. 1948. Daughter of Noel and Lydia (Keith) Merton. Called Kate in
early appearances, Jessica after entering school. |
LAR, OBH, WDIM, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Merton, Lavinia |
b. 1943. Daughter of Noel and Lydia (Keith) Merton. "As much of a flirt
as Lavinia Brandon," for whom she was named. Married Ludo Foster, Lord
Mellings. |
HM, MB, PBO, PE, OBH, WDIM, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Merton, Noel |
First seen in SH as a young barrister, Married Lydia Keith having
fallen in love with her gradually while watching her grow up. Had
miraculous escape at Dunkirk, convalesced at Beliers Priory near Worsted.
Later in Military Intelligence. He and, Lydia bought her old home,
Northbridge Manor. Had flirtation with Peggy Arbuthnot in PE which caused
rare friction with Lydia. (Jessica Dean straightened him out.) Became a
QC, ran for Parliament in 1952. Became Sir Noel after Queen Elizabeth's
coronation. |
SH, B, CBI, NR, GU, MB, PBO, PE, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, JC, WDIM, ESR, DA,
CQ, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Methven |
Head gardener at Auchsteer under whom Mr. MacFadyen worked. |
HR2 |
|
Michelle, Mlle. |
French mistress at Hosiers' Girls' School. |
HM |
|
Mickey |
Along with Peter, the embodiment of idiotic youth, full of pranks and
liveliness, at, Pomfret Towers house party. Bertie Wooster and the Drones
would have welcomed him with open arms. |
PT |
|
Mickey |
Large half-caste dog belonging to Thatchers at Grumper's End. |
B |
|
Mickleham, Lord |
A rather impoverished relative of the Omniums. |
JC |
|
Mickleham, Lord |
Victorian statesman, literateur and bearded impostor. Married three
times, (once to a Miss Foster, a Victorian beauty with lots of money) his
descendants consisting largely of nieces and nephews older than their
uncles and aunts. 18 children, including The Hon. Juliana Starter. Author
of Cimabue : A Poetical Drama in Prologue, Five Acts, and Epilogue,
performed once by Irving and never again. Once proposed to Lord Stoke's
mother. |
BL, ESR, LAA |
|
Middleton, Catherine |
Wife of John Middleton. Married him when she was 30, he was 20 years
older. Enjoyed mild flirtation with Denis Stonor in BL. Was always
tired-looking. One of several AT heroines who are languid and middle-aged,
but attractive to younger men. |
BL, MB, LAR, CC, DD, 3S&T |
|
Middleton, John (Jack) |
Resident of Laverings Farm near Worsted. Wife Catherine. Verbose (in
the style of George Knox), slightly bald. Loved to play the role of
gentleman farmer. Head of firm of architects. Brother of Lillian
Stonor. |
BL, MH, GU, MB, PBO, LAR, DD, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Middleton, Mrs. |
John Middleton's mother. Not fond of the country, she languished and
died after they moved to Laverings Farm. |
BL |
|
Milburd, Mr. |
Owned Harefield Park before the Nabob (Bolton) bought it. Ruined in the
South Sea Bubble and committed suicide. |
HM |
|
Miller, Mrs. Sgt. |
Wife of Denis Stonor's drill sergeant at school. Denis admitted that as
a schoolboy he had been madly in love with her, although she had four
married daughters |
BL |
|
Miller, Rev. Justin |
Vicar of Pomfret Madrigal, with strong Anglo-Catholic leanings. Married
Ella Morris to whom he was attached years before but separated because of
theological disagreement with her father. Became Vicar of St. in 1949. Had
stepmother in Harrogate. Was on rowing crew at Lazarus College, where he
was nicknamed "Goggers." |
B, CBI, NR, MH, GU, PE, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, DA |
|
Milly |
Cat belonging to woman who lived at Bolton Abbey. Had six
kittens. |
PE |
|
Milner, Mrs. |
Taught dancing at Rushwater. |
MH, MB |
|
Milner, Sir Barclay |
Diet specialist who treated The Hon. Juliana Starter. Apparently very
"Harley Street" or equivalent. |
BL |
|
Milvin, Sir Barclay |
Miss Starter's doctor, a diet specialist who recommended Kornog,
a starch-free bread. |
BL |
|
Milward, Prof. |
Young historian at Pomfret Towers house party. Wrote a history of
Pomfret family. |
PT, LAA |
|
Minimus |
See Leslie, Clive |
|
|
Minor |
See Leslie, John Jr. |
|
|
Minucius, Fluvius |
Writer about whom Canon Horbury and Sidney Carton were experts. |
HM, CQ |
|
Miranda, Miss |
Worked at Barchester beauty parlor. |
LAR |
|
Mitton, Ted |
Former driver of locomotive, Gatherum Castle, which was shipped
abroad. |
GU |
|
Mitzi |
Austrian maid of the Gissings. Locals suspected she was a spy. |
CBI |
|
Modestine |
Long-suffering donkey belonging to the Tebbens family at Worsted.
Originally called Neddy, renamed for donkey in R.L. Stevenson's Travels
with a Donkey. Intractable for almost everybody. Richard Tebben saved
Jessica Dean from a bull by using Modestine as a road block. Said to be
dead in MB (1945) although Susan Dean in LAR says the Tebbens sold him to
the Dean family for whom he was useful in the garden, then was sold to a
nursery school during the war, and she thought he was still alive. |
AF, MB, PE, LAR |
|
Moffet |
Vicar of Pomfret Madrigal before Mr. Lane (before Mr. Miller.) |
B |
|
Monte Cristo, Duke of |
A "cosmopolitan doyen of the diplomatic world." Wrote to Mrs. Barton
about her book. |
PT, LAA |
|
Moore, Miss |
Teacher at, BarchesterHigh School. |
SH |
|
Mopsall |
Baker at Winter Overcotes who supplied Kornog bread to The Hon. Juliana
Starter. |
BL |
|
Morgan, Dr. |
Female doctor at Harefield. Had half-baked highbrow ideas and gave
patients large doses of unwanted psychology. Insignificant appearance and
uncertain, temper, spent much of her money on unsuitable clothes. |
HM, MB, OBH,DD |
|
Morland, Dick |
b. 1911. Son of Henry and Laura Morland. Serving in, China before war.
Mentioned as serving in destroyer Flatiron during war. |
HR1, DH, B, CBI, GU, MB, OBH, CC, DD, JC, WDIM, 3S&T |
|
Morland, Gerald |
b. 1917. Son of Henry and Laura Morland. Explorer in Mexico. Married
just before war, had unspecified children. Attended Southbridge
School. |
HR1, DH, B, CBI, GU, MB, OBH, CC, DD, JC, WDIM, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Morland, Henry |
Deceased husband of Laura Morland. Somewhat of a nonentity, Laura said
he was "quite easy to get on with and then he died." |
HR1, DH, NR, GU, MB, JC, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Morland, John |
Son of Henry and Laura Morland. Stationed in, Burma. In Navy during
war. Married, attended Southbridge School. |
HR1, DH, B, CBI, GU, MB, OBH, CC, DD, JC, WDIM, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Morland, Laura |
b. 1891. Widow of Henry Morland, sons Dick, John, Gerald, and Tony.
Lived at High Rising. Author of Madame Koska mystery thrillers, which she
began writing to support herself and sons. Also wrote two books
anonymously. Attractive but rather scatter-brained, tended to lose glasses
and hairpins. Acted as unofficial secretary at Southbridge School during
war. It is generally thought that she is at least partially based on the
author herself, though AT was, by repute, a more sardonic personality than
Laura Morland. |
HR1, DH, SH,B, CBI, NR, MH,GU, MB, PBO, PE, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, JC, WDIM,
ESR, NTL,DA, CQ, LAA, 3S&T, MMS |
|
Morland, Robin |
b. 1950. Son of Tony Morland. Similar to and just as mischievous as his
father. Fell for Eleanor Leslie (Martin Leslie's daughter) at the
Barchester Agricultural when both were about 10 or 11. |
3S&T |
|
Morland, Tony |
b. 1921. Son of Henry and Laura Morland. Student at Southbridge School
at first appearance, major interest was model trains. Became Sr. Monitor
at Southbridge. Talkative, self-centered, well- intentioned with
frequently disastrous results, one-track mind when a child. Attended
Oxford. In Army in, Burma during war. Worked for Red Tape and Sealing Wax
Office after war. Married with four children. |
HR1, WS, DH, SH,B, CBI, NR, MH,GU, MB, PBO, PE, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, JC,
WDIM, ESR, NTL, LAA, 3S&T, MMS |
|
Morpie, Bill |
Ticket clerk and porter at Mellicent Halt. Transferred to Winter
Overcotes for most of war, where he felt his duties were beneath him. Got
in with a bad crowd and was caught red-handed by Sgt. Hopkins stealing
money from Mr. Beedle's jacket. Beedle let him off and lent him money to
pay his debt. Before entering Army next day, Morple returned a trophy
which the gang had stolen. After war, we heard he had been arrested as
part of a gang which robbed a post office and half-killed the postmaster.
Sentenced to seven years. |
MH, LAR, OBH |
|
Morple, Ed'ard |
A "furriner" from the other side of Barchester. Lived at Winter
Overcotes where his son Bill was a porter. |
GU, LAR |
|
Morris, Ella |
Middle-aged companion to "Aunt Sissie " Brandon. Married Mr. Miller,
former sweetheart from whom she had parted because of his disagreement
with her father years before. Selfless and full of good works. Billeting
officer during war and took all the worst evacuee children herself. |
B, CBI, GU, PE, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, DA |
|
Morris, Rev. Justin |
Father of Ella Morris. Once called "The Rev. and very selfish and
disagreeable Justin Morris." Hidebound, tyrannical and unforgiving. |
B, CBI |
|
Moss, Pvt. |
Office typist for Barsetshire Regiment. Formerly employed by a firm of
racing touts. |
NR, GU |
|
Mothersill, Dr. |
Chief of Ministry of Nutritional Hygiene, where Dr. Morgan worked.
Former female speaker at Lazarus College. |
DD |
|
Mould |
Undertaker, carrier and general remover from Edgewood. |
OBH |
|
Mould, Mrs. |
Wife of Mould, the undertaker, carrier and general remover.
She preferred the old-fashioned virtues of a porcelain sink to a
new stainless steel one. |
OBH |
|
Mowbray |
Student in Carter's House at Southbridge. Once won the sack race but
developed pneumonia. |
SH |
|
Mowbray, "Miss M" |
Daughter of an East Barsetshire doctor. Kept house for Aubrey and
Jessica Clover. |
CC, WDIM, 3S&T |
|
Moxon, Rev. |
Curate to Dr. Thomas at Worsted. Scoutmaster with strong belief in (and
ignorance of) boys, having run a club for boys in the East End and
attended Boys' Camp in summer. Great belief in words, also -especially his
own. Moved to curacy at Clacton-on-Sea, and his departure was highly
unlamented. |
AF, GU |
|
Mpumpo |
Public name of Native chief in Mngangaland who had both legs bitten off
by a lion. He was a splendid professing Christian, according to Bishop
Joram Actual name was Melba, but it was a secret. Had 80 sons and was in
London on VJ Day. |
PBO, PE, LAR, CC, WDIM, 3S&T |
|
Murdstone |
Ran shooting gallery that traveled around to fairs. Undoubtedly related
to David Copperfield's stepfather. |
LAR |
|
Musgrave, Dogger |
In Barsetshire Yeomanry during war. Won two months' pay from
John-Arthur Crosse at Vingt-et-un. Killed in France. |
ESR |
|
Nan |
Nurse to Jessica Dean, later with Lydia Merton. |
AF, PE, LAR, WDIM |
|
Nana |
Nurse to Bill Marling's children. |
MH, CC |
|
Nandy |
Father of Henry Nandy. A "nasty old piece" who lived with
his housekeeper. |
OBH |
|
Nandy, Adam |
Henry Nandy's great-great-grandfather. Lived in a cottage at Adamsfield
and had seven children but never married. |
OBH, WDIM |
|
Nandy, Henry |
Aged resident of Mellicent Halt. "Drinks and smokes all day long and
lives in one room and it simply stinks. He's supposed to be rolling in
money." Lived to get his "beer and baccy". |
MH, LAR, OBH, WDIM |
|
Nasone, Pietro |
Costar with Glamora Tudor in Cyrano de Bergerac. |
CQ |
|
Neddy |
Stuffed donkey which Tony Morland slept with (see also Foxy). |
HR |
|
Needham |
Tommy Needham's father. Was at school with Mr. Miller. Known in college
as "Mangles". On rowing crew at Lazarus. Also two daughters. |
CBI |
|
Needham, Octavia |
See Crawley, Octavia |
|
|
Needham, Tommy |
Secretary to Dean Crawley. In war stationed first in Iceland, then in
N. Africa where he lost an arm. Married Dean Crawley's daughter Octavia
and became Vicar at Worsted. Eight children by the time of 3S&T,
including fraternal twins born in that book. |
CBI, MH, HM, PBO, PE, LAR, OBH, DD, HR2, WDIM, ESR, DA, LAA,3S&T
|
|
Nicholson, Mrs. |
Mother of Nicholson Minor. Sylvia Leslie promised her some
honey. |
3S&T |
|
Nicholson Minor |
Classmate of Georgy Leslie, with whom he went to tea. |
3S&T |
|
Nkrumak, Dr. |
Premier of Ghana. |
3S&T |
|
Norris, The Hon. Mr. |
While at Lazarus College he became entangled with a barmaid at the
Devonguilla Arms who was already married, but subsequently married
Eleanora Purvis, a nice young lady. Once an acquaintance of Colin Keith
(who was Eleanora's cousin at Oxford. |
SH, HM |
|
Norton |
Daughter of Dowager Lady Norton. Said to have been living in highbrow
sin in Chelsea with a Slavo-Lydian intellectual. Bulgy build. |
WS, MH, PE, LAR |
|
Norton, Eleanor |
Young Lady Norton. Wife of George, Lord Norton. Called her
mother-in-law " Moggs". Two daughters, Vickie and Ellie. |
WS, MH<, PE, LAR, OBH, CC,DD, HR2, ESR, DA, LAA |
|
Norton, Lady Victoria |
Known by most of Barsetshire as the "Dreadful Dowager." Face like a
well-bred horse, domineering personality, thought herself the best
gardener in the county. Author of Herbs of Grace about gardening.
Clothes tended to imitate the Queen Mother. Lived in Cheltenham, Lady Bond
moved in with her in 3S&T. |
WS, B, CBI, MH, GU, HM, MB, PBO, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, JC, WDIM, ESR,
NTL, DA, CQ, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Norton, Lord |
Deceased husband of Dowager Lady Norton. A vegetarian because of
gastric troubles. A Lloyd George peer. |
B, HM, CC, DD, WDIM, CQ |
|
Norton, Lord George |
Son of Dowager Lady Norton. Wife Eleanor. Not very intelligent, gave
boring dinners. Under thumbs of both wife and mother. |
B, MH, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, WDIM, ESR, NTL, LAA |
|
Nuffield, Lord |
Self-made millionaire who began as a bicycle repairman, made a fortune
by manufacturing the Morris Cowley automobile. Was given a title. Left
most of fortune for charitable works. The "English Henry Ford." Lord
Nutfield did not like being mistaken for him. |
MB |
|
Nutfield, Lord |
Father of Amabel Marling. A 400-year-old baronetcy, little-known
outside Barsetshire Silent man whose only expressed emotion seemed to be
about a new baronet (Lord Nuffield) whose title was only one letter
different from his own. |
MH, CC, DD, 3S&T |
|
Nutfield, The Hon. |
Florrie Simnet was housekeeper for him. |
CC |
|
O'Brien, Mr. |
Master at Coppins' School. Came to school entertainments in a saffron
kilt because his ancestors were Kings of Ireland. |
NR |
|
O'Donobhain, Fermonaugh |
Irish playwright in modern vein. |
LAA |
|
O'Grady, Shawn |
Great liberator of the Republic of Sangrado. Murdered in 1843. |
PBO |
|
O'Rourke, Patricia |
Youngest of London evacuees at Southbridge Christmas Treat. Received
the doll from the top of the tree. Student at St. Quantock's Catholic
School. |
CBI |
|
O'Seianmhe, Dhoidreagh |
Real name was Bert Hobson. Modern playwright who wrote the "Morality
Play" to be performed at the Palace during the Coronation
festivities. |
WDIM |
|
Oldmeadow, Tom |
Tommy Needham's Uncle Tom. Captain of Games at Southbridge School in
his day. In Officer Reserve. Had measles twice in one term. Mountaineering
was his hobby. Played rugger for England. Related to Capt.
Arbuthnot. |
CBI, PE |
|
Olive |
Mrs. Powlett's niece. Found work at Harefield Post Office. |
HM |
|
Omnium, Duke of |
See Palliser |
|
|
Oriel, Caleb |
In Trollope's Dr. Thorne and Last Chronicle of Barset.
Dark, good-looking, well-mannered, attractive to women. Former rector of
Greshamsbury. His grandfather, an Anglo-Indian Army General, left him a
fortune. Had a sister Patricia. Married Beatrice Gresham. Became Bishop of
Barchester. Grandfather of AT's Caleb Oriel. |
JC, LAA |
|
Oriel, Caleb |
b. 1873. Vicar of Harefield. Tall, thin, with large Adam's apple.
Ascetic and unworldly. Courted Madeleine Sparling unsuccessfully in HM.
Somewhat high church. Married Gwendolyn Harcourt. |
HM, LAR, OBH, DD, HR2, JC, LAA |
|
Oriel, Mrs. |
Mother of Mr. Oriel of Harefield, with whom he lived as a
young clergyman. |
HM |
|
Oriel, Miss |
Elder sister of Mr. Oriel of Harefield. Kept house for him until
her death. |
HM |
|
Oswald |
Cousin of Mrs. Helen Keith. Was head of mission school in Calcutta, and
became a bishop. |
SH |
|
Otis, Amory P. |
Of Brookline, Massachusetts. Owner of manuscript supposedly written by
monk from Pomfret Abbey in Pomfret Madrigal. |
B |
|
Outhwaite |
Chief engineer in a supply ship (the Ironsides) under Admiral Palliser.
North-country man with broken nose. Later owner of steelworks at Newcastle
where Sam Adams had some castings made. |
MB |
|
Packer |
Proprietor of Packer's Roundabout that appeared at numerous fetes,
fairs and festivities. |
B, LAR, CC, WDIM, ESR, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Packer |
Owned taxi in Hallbury. Son worked for Adams' nuts and bolts
dept. |
MB |
|
Packer, Joe |
Railway employee at Southbridge. |
OBH |
|
Palfrey |
Mrs. Stonor's maid at the White House, formerly cook for Col. Stonor.
Her father was captain of an oil tanker. Born at
Foxling-in-Henfold. |
BL |
|
Palliser |
Sons of Admiral Palliser at Hallbury. In Navy. One married the
granddaughter of the captain of his first ship, the other married an
admiral's daughter. |
MB |
|
Palliser, Admiral |
Resident of Hallbury House, Hallbury. An engineer. Widower with 2 sons,
2 daughters, (including Jane Gresham). Worked during war at engineering
firm in Barchester. |
MB, PBO, HR2, JC, WDIM, NTL, DA |
|
Palliser, Algernon ("Algy") |
d. 1912. Brother of former Duke of Omnium. Married Mr. Marling's Aunt
Lucy. Both drowned in the Titanic. [This would have been a brother of
"Planty Pal," but Trollope's Planty Pal did not have a brother
Algernon.] |
DD, HR2 |
|
Palliser, Algernon ("Algy") |
Youngest brother of present Duke of Omnium. Horrid old man who thought
he was a lady killer. |
ESR |
|
Palliser, Commodore Augustus |
Ancestor of Adm. Palliser of Hallbury. Did well out of prize money
awarded by Lord Howe |
MB |
|
Palliser, Geoffrey, Lord Silverbridge |
Eldest son of present Duke of Omnium. Officer in Barsetshire Yeomanry
in war, was writing regimental history. After war worked for publishers
Johns and Fairfield. Married Isabel Dale. |
CC, DD, HR2, DA, CQ, LAA |
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Palliser, George Plantagenet |
1800-1873? "Great Duke" of Omnium. Uncle of Plantagenet ("Planty Pal").
Residences included Gatherum Castle, Matching Priory (Yorks), The Horns
(Richmond), and Carlton Terrace. In Trollope's Parliamentary
novels. |
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Palliser, Lady Arabella |
Daughter of present Duke of Omnium. Married, with children. In Red
Cross during war. Mentioned in only one book. |
MB |
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Palliser, Lady Glencora (Cora) |
b. 1919. Daughter of present Duke of Omnium. In WVS during war. Won
Croix de Guerre as driver for officers. Was engaged to a man who was
killed in action. Married Sir Cecil Waring. |
MH, MB, CC, DD, JC, WDIM, ESR, LAA |
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Palliser, Lady Glencora McCluskie |
In Trollope's Parliamentary novels, daughter of Lord of the Isles.
Married Plantagenet Palliser, nephew and heir of the Great Duke of Omnium.
Children Plantagenet, Gerald and Mary (another daughter Glencora is
mentioned in The Prime Minister.) Heiress to a fortune that made
the Omniums wealthy. |
CC, DD, HR2, JC |
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Palliser, Lady Griselda |
Daughter of a Duke of Omnium. Ran after Lord Humberton before he
married Phoebe Rivers. Her place in the Palliser family tree is
uncertain. |
MH, MB |
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Palliser, Lord Gerald (Gerry) |
d. 1944. Younger son of present Duke of Omnium. Killed on D-Day. Said
to have enjoyed every minute of his short life. |
CC, DD, HR2 |
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Palliser, Lord Henry |
Former pupil of Miss Bunting. Place on Palliser family tree is
uncertain. |
MH, MB |
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Palliser, Louise |
Present Duchess of Omnium. Daughters Arabella (mentioned only once) and
Glencora, sons Geoffrey and Gerald (three sons are mentioned once, but
only two are ever named or talked about). Voluble and flighty with ample
figure. |
MB, CC, DD, HR2, JC, WDIM, ESR |
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Palliser, Lucy Marling |
d. 1912. Mr. Marling's old Aunt Lucy. Married Algernon, brother of
former Duke of Omnium. Drowned in the Titanic. |
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Palliser, Mary |
b. 1859. Present Duke of Omnium's old Aunt Mary. Grandniece of the
"Great Duke" of Omnium. Married Francis Oliphant Tregear. Her watercolors
hang in Gatherum Castle. In The Duke's Children. |
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Palliser, Plantagenet |
Duke of Omnium, nephew of the "Great Duke." Known as "Planty Pal."
Married Lady Glencora McCluskie. Children Plantagenet, Mary, and Gerald.
Became Chancellor of the Exchequer, President of the Board of Trade, and
Prime Minister. In Trollope's Parliamentary novels. |
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Palliser, Plantagenet |
Son of "Planty Pal" and Lady Glencora McCluskie. On committee which
presented Matchings Priory to the National Trust. Married Isabel
Boncassen. Father of the present Duke. In Trollope's Parliamentary
novels. |
MH, MB, HR2 |
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Palliser, Plantagenet |
Present Duke of Omnium. Great-grandnephew of the "Great Duke." Dreamy
and impractical, lost in the modern world, very kindly. |
MB, PBO, CC, DD, HR2, JC, WDIM, ESR, LAA, CQ, 3S&T |
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Palliser, The Hon. George |
Brother of present Duke of Omnium. Former governor of Mngangaland.
Collected Melanesian corals and drank a lot. |
CC |
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Palmer |
Parlourmaid for the Keiths at Northbridge Manor. |
SH, CBI, PE, OBH, WDIM, LAA, 3S&T |
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Palmer, Fred |
Major landowner around Worsted and Skeynes. J.P. Owner of dairy herd.
Brother of Rachel Dean. Called Henry by Rachel Dean in AF. |
AF, BL, GU, MB, PE, LAR, OBH, DD, WDIM |
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Palmer, Horatio |
Ancestor of Fred Palmer of Worsted. Founded Barchester Agricultural
Society in 1759. |
MB |
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Palmer, Louise |
Wife of Fred Palmer of Worsted. Female "squire" of Worsted because of
her dominant and masterful personality. |
AF, BL, GU, PE, LAR, OBH |
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Pancart |
Friend of Wickham. Sent him gin from Holland. |
CQ |
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Pandora |
Chicken belonging to the Tebbens. Stopped laying. |
LAR |
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Panter |
Gardener at Rushwater. |
OBH |
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Panter, Cissie |
Daughter of Mr. Halliday's carter. Was to work for Mrs. Carter at the
Old Manor House. |
NTL |
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Panter, Fred |
Mr. Halliday's carter at Hatch House. Lost an arm at Ypres but handled
horses as well as anyone. Apparently Mr. Halliday's old batman. Sons Fred
and Jimmy, daughter Cissie. |
PBO, NTL, 3S&T |
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Panter, Fred |
Son of Mr. Halliday's carter. Wanted to vote Labour, but his mum filled
out his proxy and voted for Mr. Gresham. In army in Far East during
war. |
PBO, ESR |
|
Panter, Fred |
Carpenter at Hatch End. Reckoned it was lucky to make coffins for
twins, so long as it wasn't both. |
MH, LAR, DA |
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Panter, George |
Proprietor of Mellings Arms. Cousin of the Hallidays' carter. |
PBO, ESR, NTL, DA |
|
Panter, Gloria |
Giggling youngster who attended High Rising village tea in honor of
birth of Gwendolyn Sally Harcourt. |
LAA |
|
Panter, Jimmy |
Grandson of Mrs. Hubback at the shop, son of Mr. Halliday's carter. A
very bad little boy. Got a scholarship. |
PBO, ESR |
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Panter, Mrs. |
Laundress, wife of Hallidays' carter. Lived at No. 6 Clarence Cottages.
Cousin of Lord Stoke's butler Alfred. Sister was nanny for Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Carter |
PBO, LAR, ESR, DA |
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Panter, Odeena |
Daughter of Fred Panter, Mr. Halliday's carter. Worked as kitchenmaid
at Holdings. Named for Barchester Odeon Theatre. |
ESR, NTL, DA |
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Panton |
Master at prep school attended by David Leslie and Oliver Marling. Had
hair growing out of his ears. |
MH |
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Paradine, Pinky |
Ran dancing classes in Barchester. |
HR2 |
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Pardon |
Gardener for the Marlings at Marling Hall. |
CC, DD |
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Pardon, Mrs. |
Wife of Marling Hall gardener. Worked at the Hall, apparently as
a cook-housekeeper. |
OBH |
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Parfitt |
Butler for the Grahams at Holdings. |
MH |
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Parkin |
Maid to Cora and Geoff Palliser's grandmother (Isabel Boncassen) |
CC |
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Parkinson |
Father of Rev. Ted Parkinson. Bookseller. Wife Connie. |
HR2 |
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Parkinson, Col. and Mrs. |
People with whom Mrs. Tompion stayed during war. |
CBI |
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Parkinson, Connie |
Daughter of Rev. Ted and Mavis Parkinson. |
CC, HR2, DA, CQ |
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Parkinson, Harold |
Son of Rev. Ted and Mavis Parkinson. |
CC, HR2, DA, CQ |
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Parkinson, Josiah Welk (Joey) |
Son of Rev. Ted and Mavis Parkinson. Was almost born early, as his
mother was rushed to Barchester General just in time. Won scholarship to
Barchester Grammar School. |
HR2, DA, CQ, LAA |
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Parkinson, Mavis |
See Welk, Mavis |
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Parkinson, Rev. Theodore (Teddy) |
Young theological student who went to school on state scholarships.
Very sensitive to the fact that he wasn't "gentry." Was engaged to Mavis
Welk, could go into her father's undertaking business if he failed as a
theological student. Married Mavis, had children Connie, Harold and
Josiah. Was once looked down upon by Dean Crawley for mispronouncing Latin
phrases. Passed exams and succeeded Mr. Miller as vicar of Pomfret
Madrigal, where his obvious goodness and conscientiousness won everyone's
hearts, after which his feeling of inferiority began to fade. |
PE, HR2, ESR, DA, CQ, LAA, 3S&T |
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Parry, Mr. |
Barchester city librarian. |
HR2, JC |
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Parson, Pippa |
Female movie star who debuted in 1950. |
DD |
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Parting, Master Cyril |
b. 1943. One of the babies of nursery school at Stories during war.
Chubby with golden curls. |
PE |
|
Passmore, Col. |
Officer in Barsetshires, billeted at Northbridge Rectory. Middle-aged
solicitor who had also served in WWI. Flirted facetiously and outrageously
with Mrs. Paxon. Was a grandfather. |
NR |
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Patience |
Aunt of Rev. Septimus Grantly. Head almoner of St. Sinecure's in
London. |
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Patience, Aunt |
Relative of Mrs. Hoare. Weak in the intellect. Sister of Aunt
Fanny. |
HM |
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Patten |
Ed Follett's grandfather, who was familiar with old (and unexpurgated)
folk songs. Apparently not the same as "Old Patten," the builder. |
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Patten, Bill |
Cousin of Mr. Patten, the stationmaster at Worsted. Father of second
gardener at the Manor House at Worsted. Guard at Worsted Station. |
AF, BL |
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Patten, Florrie |
Member of chorus in Greek play in AF. |
AF |
|
Patten, Mr. |
Stationmaster at Worsted. Brother-in-law of Margett, the builder. Uncle
of Bert Margett, the head porter, and Alf. Retired in LAR. |
AF, BL, MH, LAR |
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Patten, Mrs. |
Mr. Patten the stationmaster's old mother. Died in AF, and was the
first to be buried in new burying-ground. "Bucked up old Phipps, the
sexton, tremendously," as it broke a long period of slow business in which
he was convinced the new burying-ground was jinxed. |
AF |
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Patten, Old |
Builder and estate agent for Duke of Omnium. Built many houses in
Hallbury, in many different styles. Succeeded by his son. Lived over his
shop in the Old Town. |
MB |
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Patten, Percy |
Mrs. Palmer's second gardener at Manor House, Worsted. Boarded with
Mrs. Phipps. |
AF |
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Patten, Young |
Of Patten and Sons, Builders, who built many houses in Hallbury. Wanted
to build California bungalows on River Rising. Married above him. |
MB |
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Patterne, RearAdm. Sir Crossjoy |
Acquaintance of both Christopher Hornby and Freddy Belton. |
DD |
|
Paxon, Mr. |
Husband of Minnie Paxon. Worked in Barchester as bank manager. A bit
lower class, and something of a nonentity compared to his energetic
wife. |
NR, WDIM |
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Paxon, Mrs. "Minnie" |
Called "Minnie" because she played Minnehaha in Hiawatha with
the South Wembly Amateur Choral Society. Ran almost every war-related
organization in Northbridge, with a uniform for each. Small and wiry.
Maddeningly conscientious about rationing. A bit lower class. Flirted
outrageously and facetiously with Col. Passmore. Real name was Florrie
Paxon. |
NR, WDIM |
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Paxton, Ivy |
Old school chum of Miss Holly and Mrs. Watson at Fairlawns. The manner
of her death was a great shock to her mother. |
MB |
|
Pecker |
Worked at Free Library in London. Member of Isle of Dogs Athenaeum.
Communist friend of the Bissells. Had unmarried daughter who taught music
and folk dancing at LCC. |
CBI |
|
Pedro |
Hairdresser in Las Palombas who did Rose Fairweather's hair. |
CBI |
|
Pelléas |
Goat brought to Hallbury Bring and Buy sale by Bent and Hampton. |
MB |
|
Pemberton, Ianthe |
Spinster of Northbridge. Wrote a life of Elizabeth Rivers, Edward IV's
queen, as well as essays on Umbrian landscape. Short and ugly, necessarily
parsimonious, she wore homespun sackcloth-looking dresses, a felt hat, and
carried an alpenstock for poking dogs into the gutter. Lived at Punshions
Cottage, rented room to Harold Downing, whom she bullied possessively and
jealously. Was dead by mid-1950's. |
NR, MB, PBO, CC, HR2, JC, WDIM, DA, LAA |
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Pendennis, Arthur |
Victorian novelist whose publisher was Mr. Bacon. |
PT |
|
Pendry |
Odd-job man at Gatherum Castle. Was fondly remembered by Duchess of
Towers as running along passage and throwing himself flat on his back for
the children's amusement. |
LAA |
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Penny |
Old Scotch Terrier belonging to the Bartons. |
PT |
|
Penny |
Wickham's cocker spaniel, daughter of Sheila. Refused to budge
in obedience competition. |
3S&T |
|
Peppercorn |
Boy at Southbridge School. Had either measles or chicken pox, but it
turned out to be a rash. |
GU |
|
Percy |
Mr. Greaves' cousin. Had been in a destroyer commanded by Father
Fewling. |
NR |
|
Percy |
Army service corps corporal. Father of Edna Thatcher's illegitimate
child Percy. |
OBH |
|
Perfect, Miss |
Mr. Frank Dean's secretary. |
OBH |
|
Perigrinator |
Pen-name of literary gentleman who wrote of his tour of Houses and
Manors of Barchester in 1700 in Gentleman's Magazine. |
ESR |
|
Perkins, Old Mrs. |
Resident of Grumper's End who suffered from sciatica. Very obstinate
about going to hospital. |
B |
|
Perry |
Butcher in Northbridge. |
NR |
|
Perry, "Mrs. Bob" |
Wife of Dr. Bob Perry. Daughter of London consultant Dr. Featherly
Hargreaves. Elegant, correct, attractive, and rather humorless.
Granddaughter of old Bronson-Hewbury in Berkshire. |
LAR, HR2, WDIM, CQ, LAA |
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Perry, Bob |
Son of Dr. and Mrs. Perry of Harefield. Received Smallbones Anatomical
Award at Knight's. Eldest son by 15 months, slightly darker hair. Replaced
brother Jim as Knight's house physician, later went into practice in
Harley Street. Married daughter of Dr. Featherly Hargreaves. |
HM, LAR, DD, HR2, WDIM, CQ, LAA |
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Perry, Dr. |
b. 1897. G.P. at Harefield, as was his father. Three sons, all doctors.
Short, jovial. Lived at Plassye House. |
HM, MB, LAR, OBH, DD, HR2, CO, LAA |
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Perry, Gus |
Son of Dr. and Mrs. Perry of Harefield. Twin brother of Jim. Medical
training at Knight's. Slightly bushier eyebrows than brothers. Specialized
in skin diseases and became G.P. at Harefield with his father. Destined to
replace Dr. Ford one day in trust of the county. |
HM, LAR, DD, HR2, CQ, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Perry, Jim |
Son of Dr. and Mrs. Perry of Harefield. House physician at Knight's,
became surgeon. Slightly longer nose than brothers. |
HM, LAR, DD, HR2, LAA |
|
Perry, Mrs. |
Mrs. Joyce Smith's mother. Lived with a lady help in Torquay, but came
to live with Mrs. Smith after she got the Red House back. |
MH |
|
Perry, Mrs. Maud |
Wife of Dr. Perry of Harefield. Given to causes and enthusiasms,
especially for Mixo-Lydia. |
HM, MB, LAR, DD, HR2 |
|
Persona, Sister Propria |
Author of Selectivity in the Church Today. |
DD |
|
Peter |
Friend of the Harveys' at Bureau of Tape and Sealing Wax. Offered to
share his London flat with them. Apparently an obnoxious, artistic type
with similar friends. |
MH, HM |
|
Peter |
Flight-Lieutenant engaged to Elsie Merrivale. |
MB |
|
Peter |
Along with Mickey, the embodiment of idiotic youth, full of pranks and
liveliness at Pomfret Towers house party. Bertie Wooster and the Drones
Club would have welcomed them with open arms. |
PT |
|
Peter |
Dog belonging to Robert Graham. Died from overfeeding by the head
housemaid. |
WS |
|
Peters |
Friend of Wickham in County Down. Ran six illegal stills, the product
of which he sent to Wicks. Expert at anagrams. |
WDIM |
|
Peters |
b. 1898. Butler at Pomfret Towers. His sister was Nannie Peters, the
Pomfrets' nurse; another sister married one of the Margetts and was
Jasper's mother. Worked briefly for Lord Norton in his London flat. Later
married and worked for Lord Crosse. |
PT, OBH, WDIM, ESR, NTL, DA, 3S&T |
|
Peters |
Porter at Mrs. Spender's London club. |
NR |
|
Peters, Nannie |
Nannie for Giles and Sally Pomfret at Pomfret Towers. Sister of the old
Towers butler. Later with Roddy and Alice Wicklow, finally went with
Ludovic, Lord Mellings and Lavinia Merton when they married. |
PBO, OBH, WDIM, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Petitot |
Did liaison with French for the Barsetshires when they were in France.
Married the daughter of Mrs. Ramsden of the Pension Ramsden (where Miss
Hopgood and Miss Crowder stayed). |
NR |
|
Pettinger, Bertha |
Headmistress of Barchester High School. Highly unpopular. Known to the
girls as "The Beast." Had tired waved hair and painted her face. Madeleine
Sparling lived with her before the Hosiers' Girls' School moved to
Harefield Park. Received OBE when she retired. |
SH, B, CBI, NR, GU, HM, MB, PBO, PE, LAR, OBH, DD, JC, WDIM,
3S&T |
|
Phaedra |
Mrs. Palmer's cow. Won a milking competition. |
BL |
|
Phelps, Admiral "Irons" |
Retired Rear Admiral. Small, dry-faced, quiet and efficient worker on
vital Committees. Lived at Jutland Cottage in Southbridge. Secretary of
British Legion, Boy Scouts, and District Nursing Association, and
churchwarden. Wounded at Battle of Jutland. Not well off financially. In
increasingly poor health. Died in CQ. |
CBI, NR, GU, PE, JC, WDIM, CQ, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Phelps, Margot |
b. 1912. Daughter of Adm. and Mrs. Phelps. Large, not very attractive,
efficient and industrious. Devoted to her parents. Was transformed into
passable swan by Rose Fairweather and others, who taught her how to dress
and make herself up attractively. Received two proposals, married Donald
Macfadyen of Amalgamated Vedge and after his death became engaged to Tubby
Fewling in CQ. |
CBI, PE, JC, WDIM, CQ, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Phelps, Mrs. |
Wife of Adm. Phelps, mother of Margot. Wore slacks. A great, bouncing
masterful woman who treated everyone in the village as inferior officers
and crew. Head of ARP and Village Red Cross in war. In increasingly poor
health after war. With her husband and daughter, made cheerful best of
life of poverty. Died in CQ. |
CBI, PE, JC, WDIM, CQ, LAA |
|
Phillpot, Eve |
Woman for whom Sylvia Halliday worked during war. Rose Bingham and
Sylvia had a common hatred of her. |
PBO |
|
Phipps, Doris |
Daughter of Tebbens' housekeeper at Worsted. Became kitchenmaid at
Manor House for Deans. Worked as porter at Winter Overcotes during war. In
LAA, she had married Bert Margett, had two kids, was working in an
airplane factory. |
AF, GU, LAR |
|
Phipps, Ernie |
Village boy at Worsted. Son of Tebbens' housekeeper. Apparently was the
"young Phipps" mentioned in BL. |
AF, BL, GU |
|
Phipps, Marlene |
b. 1932. Worked as porter at Winter Overcotes in 3S&T. First seen
as 15-year-old parlormaid at Holdings for the Grahams. |
LAR, DD, 3S&T |
|
Phipps, Miss |
Ran Skeynes post office, the center of local news and gossip. |
BL |
|
Phipps, Mr. |
Husband of Tebbens' housekeeper. Did gardening for Tebbens, also served
as sexton. |
AF, LAR |
|
Phipps, Mrs. |
Housekeeper for Tebbenses at Worsted. Children Doris and Ernie. Née
Pollett. |
AF, BL, GU, LAR, HR2 |
|
Phipps, Palmyra |
Niece of the Tebbens' housekeeper. Worked at the telephone exchange at
Worsted, could always provide information on telephone subscribers'
whereabouts and doings. Named Palmyra after Louise Palmer. |
AF, GU, LAR, OBH, DD, HR2, 3S&T |
|
Pickaback, Buck |
Scion of old Pennsylvania Dutch family, costarred with Glamora Tudor in
"Pearl of Paris." |
DA |
|
Picker |
Owned shop in Worsted. Mrs. Tebbens said his sausages were better than
Pollett's. |
AF |
|
Pickering |
b. 1940. Student at Beliers Priory School. Skinned his knees falling
off bike. |
LAR, DD |
|
Pickthorne, Miss |
Sam Adams' secretary. Competent and courteous. During war was in
Regional Commissioner's Office, had a sister in the Red Cross. |
LAR, OBH, CC, DD, WDIM, 3S&T |
|
Picton, Dr. |
Physician who recommended to Miss Juliana Starter a diet which included
a bread called Ita-lot. |
BL |
|
Pidloe, C.J. St. P. |
Contemporary of Tony Morland at Southbridge. Used a hot poker to burn
the fender; Tony sat on the fender and burned his trousers. |
MMS |
|
Pie, Sir Omicron |
London physician in Trollope's Barchester series. Grandfather of AT's
physician of the same name. |
|
|
Pie, Sir Omicron |
Brilliant young surgeon. Known to Robin Dale, whose foot he
treated, as "Thing." Amputated Tommy Needham's arm. |
MB, LAR, CQ |
|
Pigs of Barsetshire |
Blockhouse (Lord Pomfret) Holdings Goliath (Sir R. Graham -
2nd in Pig Breeders' Contest) Holdings Hangover (2nd
Barchester Agricultural) Magnum (Mr. Marling - 1st in Pig
Breeders' Contest) Marling Magister (Marlings - won Barchester
Agricultural in '61) Pompey (Lord Stoke) Rushwater Blunderbore (Leslies)
Rushwater Edward (Leslies - named after Edith Graham) Staple the Second
(Lord Bond |
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|
Pilchard |
Owner of fish shop in Harefield. |
HR2 |
|
Pilchard |
Owner of largest store in Barchester. |
NR, MH, DA, 3S&T |
|
Pildow |
Cheerful worker in Red Cross cafeteria in Barchester. |
OBH |
|
Pilgarlick, Pilbox, Pilbeam, etc. |
Champion Pilward brewery dray horses. They are Suffolks, with a strain
of Percheron. |
OBH |
|
Pilldozer, Hick |
Glamora Tudor's costar in "The Cardinal's Mate." |
LAA |
|
Pillicock |
Pony sold to Pomfrets for Giles by Jasper Margett. |
OBH |
|
Pilman (or Pilbeam) |
Oliver Marling's London oculist. Was in army during war. |
MH, LAR |
|
Pilsener, Hank |
Male lead in "A Mistress of Voltaire" opposite Glamora Tudor. |
3S&T |
|
Pilson, Gertie |
Worker at Harefield telephone exchange. |
HM |
|
Pilward, Bert |
Owner of Pilward and Sons Brewery. Son Ted, 2 other sons, 3
daughters. |
B, MB, PBO, LAR, OBH, CC, HR2, JC, WDIM, ESR, DA, CQ, LAA,
3S&T |
|
Pilward, Heather |
See Adams, Heather |
|
|
Pilward, Ted |
Son of Bert Pilward of Brewery. Married Heather Adams. Son Edward
Belton Pilward born in 1950. One other child. |
MB, PBO, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, WDIM<, DA, 3S&T |
|
Pincher |
Dog belonging to George Halliday. |
ESR |
|
Pinker |
Barchester tailor. |
MH |
|
Pitcher-Jukes, Mrs. Effie "Pidge" |
Celebrated in the annals of female education at Oxford, but Mrs. Tebben
beat her for the Octavia Crammer fellowship. |
AF |
|
Plane, Albert |
Brother of Hilda, the Harveys' maid. A Sgt. Major with a bristling
mustache, killed at Ypres in WWI. |
MH |
|
Plane, Hilda |
Maid to the Harveys at the Red House in Marling Mellicent. Had been
under-nurse when they were children. Became post-woman and married Mr.
Govern, the Marling estate carpenter. |
MH |
|
Plants of Barsetshire (several taken from Edward Lear) |
Jinglia Teakettlia Manypeoplia upsidedownia Palafox borealis Stinking
pisswort Wych elm |
|
|
Planty Pal |
Horse owned by Plantagenet Palliser, Duke of Omnium. |
MB |
|
Platfield, General Lord |
Father of Lord Humberton, who married Phoebe Rivers. |
CBI, ESR |
|
Platt, John |
Old friend of Gilbert Tebbens from Paul's. Did poorly in Greats at
Oxford, read for the bar, became Chief Justice in one of the colonies.
Poisoned by native who bore him a grudge, recovered but still invalid. His
sister was said to have married a man who "shot himself in the Isle of
Wight in '94," leaving her with 3 children. |
AF |
|
Plimsoll |
Matron of Hacker's public school. Her teeth fell out the bathroom
window. |
BL |
|
Plummer |
Of Bostock and Plummer, drapers, who got London fashions just as they
were going out of style. Favorite shopping place of such people as Miss
Pettinger and the Bishopess. |
OBH, CC, HR2, JC, CQ |
|
Pocock |
Man from Barchester who repaired the stable clock at The Cedars for Mr.
Marling. |
DD |
|
Podgens |
Old stable-man for the Luftons. Went to The Cedars as dog-man for Maria
Lufton Marling. |
DD, HR2 |
|
Podgens, "Young" |
Chauffeur for Lady Lufton and worked on the Framley estate. |
HR2, 3S&T |
|
Podgens, Mrs. |
Cook for Luftons, possibly mother of Phoebe. |
HR2 |
|
Podgens, Phoebe |
General factotum and housemaid for Lady Lufton at Framley. |
JC |
|
Poirot, Madame |
Frenchwoman near Vache-on-Foin. Gave John-Arthur Crosse and George
Halliday baths during war. |
ESR |
|
Poles, Rev. |
Evangelical chaplain to Bishop of Barchester (anagram of Slope?) |
|
|
Pollett |
Chauffeur for the Middletons. Brother of Ed. |
BL |
|
Pollett |
Father (nominally) of Ed Pollett. Kept shop in Worsted. Played sun in
Hippolytus. |
AF |
|
Pollett |
Stationmaster at Worsted. |
GU |
|
Pollett |
Commissionaire who kept door at offices of Amalgamated Vedge
at Pomfret Towers. |
DA |
|
Pollett |
Elderly parlourmaid for Fieldings at No. 17 The Close, "inherited" from
Canon Robarts. |
|
|
Pollett, children of Ed and Milly |
Belle (1946) named after Amabel Marling. Cassie (1947) named after
Lucasta Bond Donald (1942) one of twins Luce (1943) named after Lucy
Marling Mickey (1942) twin of Donald Ol (1944) named after Oliver Marling
Will (1945) named after William Marling At last report, in 1946, they were
expecting another to be named Winnie (regardless of sex) after Winston
Churchill. |
LAR, OBH, DD |
|
Pollett, Ed |
Village idiot type, in charge of lamp room at Worsted Station.
Reportedly half-witted because his mother had an affair with one of Lord
Pomfret's gamekeepers before Ed was born. Had genius for repairing cars.
Brother of Mrs. Middleton's chauffeur. Worked as handyman and chauffeur
for Lord Bond, then the Marlings. Almost drafted in WW II until Sir Edmund
Pridham's instinct for preservation of village idiots got him out of it.
Married Milly Poulter in MH. Seven children, all half-witted like their
parents. Called Ed Packer in OBH. |
AF, MH, LAR, OBH, CC, DD,3S&T |
|
Pollett, Ernie |
Doris Phipps' uncle. In Army. |
GU |
|
Pollett, George F. |
Publican at the Sheep's Head, Worsted. His wife was renowned for her
fried fish and steak and kidney pies. |
GU, HR2 |
|
Pollett, Jim |
Drove bus between Worsted and the Ram and Twins. |
AF, BL |
|
Pollett, Lily-Annie |
Worked as porter at Winter Overcotes station during war. Had an
illegitimate child. |
GU, LAR |
|
Pollett, Mrs. |
Member of chorus in Greek play at Worsted in AF. |
AF, DD |
|
Pollett, Norma |
Telephone exchange operator at Worsted with Palmyra Phipps. |
|
|
Pollett, Sabrina |
Worked as porter at Winter Overcotes. |
3S&T |
|
Pollett, Sid |
Engineer on Winter Overcotes-Worsted-Skeynes RR line. |
AF, BL, GU, DD |
|
Pomfret, (Alured?), Lord, 1st Earl |
Awarded the title for services to Prince of Orange in 1689. Older
brother of Eustace. Also described as Eustace's father. |
PT, WDIM, LAA |
|
Pomfret, Earls of |
See Foster |
|
|
Pomfret, Eustace |
Founder of Italian branch of Pomfret family. Left England because of
Catholic sympathies. Brother of 1st Earl. |
PT, ESR, LAA |
|
Pomfret, Fulke de |
Impounded Pomfret Madrigal abbey's pigs for depredations to his garden
in the time of King John. |
B |
|
Pomfret, Giles de |
12th-century ancestor of Pomfrets. Built Pomfret Towers. |
PT, LAA |
|
Pomfret, Lord, 3rd Earl |
Impoverished family by his gaming losses, so they had to move to
Mellings, allowing Pomfret Towers to fall into ruins. |
PT, PE, LAA |
|
Pomfret, Lord, 4th Earl |
Regained family wealth by discovery of coal on a northern property.
Planned to build a Palladian mansion, but was killed in a fall from his
horse. |
PT |
|
Pomfret, Lord, 5th Earl |
Died after drinking damnation to his trustees for a week on end at the
time of his coming of age. |
PT |
|
Pomfret, Lord, 6th Earl |
"Affectionate husband and father," children Giles, Emily, and Agnes.
One of the "most insufferable prigs of Victoria's reign." Rebuilt Pomfret
Towers, inspired by St. Pancras Station at cost of £100,000. Eyes like a
pig and fringe of red hair around bald head. Used to swear at the footmen.
His wife was author of the shocking A Step Too Far. |
WS, PT, PBO, PE, OBH, HR2, WDIM, ESR, LAA |
|
Pomfret, Giles, Lord, 7th Earl |
d. 1940. Old Lord Pomfret. Resided at Pomfret Towers. Fabled for
rudeness, boring dinners, and efforts to prevent modernization of the
surrounding countryside. Brother of Lady Emily Leslie and Lady Agnes
Foster. Married Edith Thorne. Author of A Landowner in Five Reins.
Bought Pooker's Piece to keep Sir Ogilvy Hibberd from building on it. Died
in May, 1940, in CBO, with the names of his dead wife and son on his
lips. |
PT, B, BL, CBI, NR, MH, GU, MB, PBO, PE, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, JC,
WDIM, ESR, NTL, DA, CQ, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Pomfret, Giles, Lord, 8th Earl |
See Foster, Giles (Gillie) |
|
|
Pomfret, Neville de |
A Pomfret ancestor who benefited from the dissolution of the
monasteries. Died suddenly - death attributed to poisoning by an ex-abbot
disguised as an apothecary. |
PT |
|
Pond, Hasting |
Male lead opposite Glamora Tudor in "What Men Desire," about the love
life of Marcus Aurelius. |
OBH |
|
Pont, Mrs. K. |
Contributor to Parish newspaper of a household tip about making a
receptacle for soiled linen out of a music stool with a hinged lid. |
NR |
|
Pooker, Rev. Horatio |
Vicar of Skeynes Agnes from 1820-43. Bought a field coveted by
ancestors of both Lord Bond and Mr. Palmer, and left it to Charity
Commissioners. This was the "Pooker's Piece" which Sir Ogilvy Hibberd
intended to buy in BL to build a garage and teashop, strongly opposed by
local gentry. Milk from cows that grazed there made poor butter. Tract was
finally bought by Lord Pomfret. |
BL |
|
Pooter, Miss Nellie |
Cousin of Mrs. Budge. Almost deaf. |
HR |
|
Poppy |
d. 1915. Mrs. Admiral Phelps' oldest sister. Died in India years
ago. |
JC |
|
Poppy |
Mrs. Brandon's Rose's Auntie Poppy, who fretted and went into a
decline. Rose is worried that Mrs. Brandon will do the same. |
CC |
|
Porlock, Esme |
Pseudonym used by Mrs. Morland when she wrote fictitious memoirs of a
woman named Molly Bangs who "lived at hack and manger with half the
aristocracy." |
NTL |
|
Porter, Horatio |
Notorious free-thinker and contributor to Barchester Mercury. Died in
his kitchen of a stroke while having a debauch with the cook. |
MB |
|
Porter, Matthew |
Texas astronomer. Founder of observatory where Miss Hopgood's aunt
worked. (Possibly same as Walter Concord Porter? |
DA |
|
Porter, Sir Joseph |
Grandson of First Lord of the Admiralty (See Gilbert and Sullivan's
"HMS Pinafore.") |
DD |
|
Porter, Mr. L.N.B, CBE |
Retired Civil Service man, acquaintance of Mr. Halliday of
Hatch End. Died as a result of fractured leg suffered while trying to
cross the white crossing lines on a rainy day. Mr. Halliday is
delighted at having outlived him. |
NTL |
|
Porter, Walter Concord |
American who put up the money for publication of Biographical
Dictionary of Provence by Harold Downing and Ianthe Pemberton. Owned
most of Porterville, endowed observatory where Miss Hopgood's aunt's
husband used to work. |
NR, CC, HR2, JC, WDIM, DA |
|
Potin, Angele |
Known as Nini Le Poumon because she had only one lung. Mistress of
Jehan le Capet. Died of consumption after destroying most of le Capet's
works. |
B |
|
Potter |
Storekeeper at Northbridge. |
NR |
|
Potter |
Friend of John Middleton, with whom he took an "epic" walking tour, the
telling of which improved with time. They were accompanied by
Bagshaw. |
BL |
|
Potter |
Member of gardening and landscaping firm, Potter and Dibble, employed
by Lady Norton. |
OBH |
|
Potter |
Friend of Lionel Harvest at Broadcasting House. Had "naturally wavy
hair." |
WS |
|
Potter |
Chemist in Harefield. Dr. Perry said he "could retire anytime
from what he's made off my patients and the lipstick trade." |
MH, HM |
|
Potter, Alec |
Farmer who was going to call Lucy Marling to attend the birth of a
calf. |
MH |
|
Potter, George |
Furniture removal and storage man in Harefield. Cousin of Potter the
Chemist. |
HM |
|
Potter, Job |
1852-18? "Young Job" who would have been 92 if he'd lived, but fell
through ice and drowned in Beltons' lake. Old Humble knew a song about
him. |
HM, DD |
|
Potter, Major |
In same regiment as Capt. Fred Arbuthnot in India. |
HM, HR2 |
|
Potter, Nurse |
Helped at Convalescent Hospital at the Priory on Tuesdays. Nursed Mrs.
Priscilla Dean in her last illness. |
GU, MB, CC, DD |
|
Potter, Nurse |
Second-in-command of Beliers Priory Convalescent Hospital during
war. |
GU |
|
Potter, Tom |
Stoker on locomotive Rising Castle before war. Missing at Singapore in
WWII. |
GU |
|
Potts, Miss |
One of teachers of evacuee children. Stayed briefly with the Keiths.
She and Miss Drake, the other teacher, did "nothing but walk around the
garden with arms about each other's waists and call each other Draky and
Potts." Communists. |
CBI |
|
Poulter, Millie |
Daily girl for Harveys at Red House. Lived with Mrs. Cox, and aunt, in
Marling. Married half-wilted Ed Pollett. Seven children, all as
half-witted as their parents. |
MH, LAR, CC |
|
Poulter, Mrs. |
Mother of Ted. Kept house for the Vicar at Rushwater. Refused to go to
hospital in OBH, saying she'd rather die in her own bed. |
PBO, OBH |
|
Poulter, Ted |
Farm worker at Rushwater. Married Lily Brown. |
PBO, OBH, DA |
|
Pover, Alice Edith (Edie) |
Kitchenmaid to Villarses at Northbridge Rectory. Half-witted, terrified
by Mrs. Chapman, the cook. Rabbit-faced and spectacled with pale scant
hair. Married Cpl. Arthur F. Jackson. |
NR, CC |
|
Powell-Jones, Capt. |
Officer with Barsetshires billeted on Villarses in Northbridge.
Taciturn man used to coaching men in Cymric at Bognor. Expert in Welsh
languages. |
NR |
|
Powlett, Mr. |
Verger at Harefield. Wife cooked for the Rector. Now deceased. Usually
drank his wages on Saturday. His father was the sexton. |
NR |
|
Powlett, Mrs. |
Cook for Mr. Oriel, rector at Harefield. Shopping in Barchester was her
one weakness and her day out was sacred. |
HM, CC, HR2 |
|
Poyntz |
Illegitimate child of Ellen Humble's aunt Sarah who worked at the
Hosiers' Girls' School. She didn't know the father's name, but met him in
a week she'd run out of ration points, hence the name. |
LAR |
|
Prack |
Psychologist in Cincinnati. Betty Dean said he was the man
on Memory Fixation. Mixo-Lidian refugee. |
BL |
|
Pratt |
Fishmonger at Harefield. |
HM, HR2 |
|
Prescott, Tommy |
Friend of Wickham. Almost tore the gears out of his car after
celebrating on day Peace was declared. |
JC |
|
Preston, Col. Clive |
d. 1918. Father of Mary Preston. Killed in 1914 war. In same regiment
as Martin Leslie, both killed about the same time. |
WS, JC |
|
Preston, Jackie |
Friend of the Spenders near Nutfield, whose children are the same age
as the Spenders but considered much inferior by Mrs. Spender. Daughter
Joan |
NR |
|
Preston, Mary |
b. 1911. Daughter of the late Col. Preston and Mrs. Preston
(Sir Robert Graham's oldest sister and a great hypochondriac.) Became
engaged to John Leslie in WS after thinking she was in love with his
brother David. 3 sons, John, Henry and Clive. Lived in Old Rectory in
Greshamsbury. Said mistakenly to have daughters in MH. |
WS, BL, MH, PBO, LAR, OBH, CC, JC, WDIM, ESR, NTL, DA, CQ |
|
Preston, Mrs. |
Mother of Mary Preston, eldest sister of Sir Robert Graham.
A hypochondriac since her husband's death, cared for by Mary |
WS |
|
Prettyman |
Owner of The Lodge at Silverbridge, before the Warings got it. |
DD |
|
Prettyman |
One of two old maids who kept a school at Silverbridge which was
attended by Grace Crawley. |
DD |
|
Pridham |
Sir Edmund's father. Rode to hounds at 16 stone (224 lbs.), never
a day's illness, took eight men to carry his coffin. |
HR2 |
|
Pridham, Alfred |
Sir Edmund Pridham's uncle. Never cut his beard since it began to
grow. |
HR2 |
|
Pridham, Sir Edmund |
b. 1866. Elderly country squire type, J.P. at Pomfret Madrigal, close
friend of Lavinia Brandon -- even proposed to her once in a friendly way.
Childless widower, commanded Barsetshire Yeomanry in WWI, had crippled leg
from war wound. Knew everybody in the county and all their relationships.
"Doyen of the county in years and service ... Had an eye that had
frightened the toughest troopers in the Barsetshire Yeomanry out of their
wits and made the Bishop, who was saying the Russians were our brothers,
wilt uneasily into a mumbling explanation." |
B, BL, CBI, MH, GU, MB, PBO, PE, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, JC, WDIM, ESR,
NTL, DA, CQ, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Pridham, Sir Walpole |
Succeeded Horace Palmer as president of Barchester Archaeological
Society. Ancestor of Sir Edmund. |
MB |
|
Pringle |
Boy at Denis Stonor's school (Hacker's) who caught Matron's teeth
when they fell out the bathroom window and carried them in the
pocket of his best knickers for two days, thinking they were a gift from
heaven. |
BL |
|
Pritchard |
Barchester wine merchant. |
LAR |
|
Propert, Col. and Mrs. |
Neighbors of the Harveys at the Red House. |
MH |
|
Propett, Aggie |
One of three children of half-witted mother on Rushwater estate, one an
illegitimate child of a sergeant at Brandon Abbas, others by her
half-witted husband. Named after Agnes Graham. Arrived to announce the
demise of a chicken by having a stone fall on it. Never quite knew whether
she was in trouble or not, nor as a rule by whom. |
PBO, ESR |
|
Propett, Mr. |
1855-1946. Sexton of Southbridge. Died in PE. Made Vicar promise that
old Bateman wouldn't ring the church bell for him, and, with an evil
giggle because he never married his "wife," died. |
PE, JC, CQ |
|
Propett, Mrs. |
d. 1946. "Old Mrs. Propett," aunt-in-law to "Young Mrs. Propett."
"Mrs." by courtesy as she never married Mr. Propett. Drank a lot of gin in
the night her husband died, and died herself. |
PE, JC |
|
Protheroe |
Master at Southbridge School who returned after brief time in Canada.
Tony Morland considered him strict because he gave impositions for pushing
a chap at drill and drawing pictures in his Ovid. |
DH, SH |
|
Proudie, Bishop Thomas |
Bishop of Barchester in 1850's and 1860's. Small man with great
pompousness, dominated by his wife. Most prominent in Trollope's
Barsetshire novels. |
B, NR, PBO, OBH, JC, ESR, DA, CQ |
|
Prout, Admiral |
Resident of Cheltenham who owed Lord Stoke 10 shillings. |
3S&T |
|
Prsub |
Greatest Mixo-Lydian dramatist. Died at age 20. |
HM |
|
Prsub, Admiral |
Admiral of Mixo-Lydian navy, which consisted of one outmoded English
gunboat on a lake. |
CQ |
|
Prsz |
Maker of valuable antiques, apparently hailed from Zdbrosz. |
ESR |
|
Pucken |
1857-? "Granny" Pucken, resident of Northbridge who lived to be over
100. |
WDIM |
|
Pucken |
Tom Puckens' father, who was suffocated when a load of
hay overturned and buried him while drunk in a ditch near
Southbridge. |
BL |
|
Pucken |
"Old Pucken." Former cowman for the Marlings. Awfully rheumatick
. |
LAR, OBH, ESR |
|
Pucken |
Cowman for the Luftons. Originally from Northbridge. |
DD, HR2 |
|
Pucken |
Cowman for the Mertons at Northbridge. |
WDIM |
|
Pucken, Ireen |
Fourth daughter of Tom and Sarah Pucken. Kitchenmaid for Mrs. Palmer at
Worsted. |
BL |
|
Pucken, Lucasta (Lou) |
Youngest daughter of Tom and Sarah Pucken. Lady Lucasta Bond stood
godmother with overpowering condescension. Became vegetable maid at Staple
Park. Silly and unintelligent, dominated by her mother. |
BL |
|
Pucken, Mrs. |
Tom Puckens' old mother who "had 7 sons, was a fine old lady and made
all her sons give her their wages every Friday night." Descendant of the
Saxon Wamba the Witless. |
BL |
|
Pucken, Sarah Margett |
Wife of Tom Pucken. Former kitchenmaid for Lady Bond at Staple Park.
Five daughters. "Obliged" for any of the local gentry as cook,
housekeeper, etc. Brother was shopkeeper at Worsted. |
BL |
|
Pucken, Tom |
Carter, cowman and odd-job man for John Middleton at Laverings. Wife
Sarah. |
BL, LAR |
|
Puckle |
Barchester linen-draper whose office formed an unofficial County
Ladies' Club. |
NR |
|
Pulford |
Baker at Marling Mellicent. |
MH |
|
Pumper, Derrick |
Mrs. Turner's elder evacuee. |
NR |
|
Punch, Ivy |
Contemporary of Winifred Tebben at Oxford. Tried to drown herself in
the bath because Effie Pitcher-Jukes wouldn't sit next to her in lecture.
Became secretary to well-known literary figure whose child she had
(Brynhild Punch). |
AF |
|
Purchase, Mr. |
Mrs. Morland's publisher in America. |
NTL |
|
Purvis, Marian |
Aunt of Helen Keith. Third daughter of her father's second marriage.
Daughter Eleanora. |
SH |
|
Purvis, The Hon. Eleanora |
Wife of the Hon. Mr. Norris of Lazarus College. Mother's name was
Marian. Cousin of Helen Keith. |
SH, HM |
|
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Ramsden, Mme. |
Widow of a British Army Sgt.-Major. Daughter of Mrs. Petitot.
Ran the Pension Ramsden where Misses Crowder and Hopgood
stayed every year in France. |
NR, DA |
|
Reid, Mr. |
Air-raid warden in High Rising in WWII. Kept a shop. |
DH, CBI |
|
René |
A Lambton girl who replaced Bill Morple as underporter of
Winter Overcotes in WWII. |
GU |
|
Rex |
Golden lab belonging to Alice Wicklow. Won Barsetshire
Gymkhana Obedience Class paws down. |
3S&T |
|
Richard, Lord |
Old pupil of Miss Bunting, last seen alive at Calais. |
MH |
|
Rivers |
Father of George Rivers. Had a stroke, but it took a third stroke
before he managed to die of it. |
ESR |
|
Rivers |
Deceased brother of George Rivers. Had a daughter by a woman with
whom he was living abroad before he was divorced from his wife.
Illegitimate daughter lived in Majorca. |
ESR |
|
Rivers, George |
Cousin of Old Lord Pomfret, husband of Hermione, who "drove him nearly
demented." Rarely left his home in Herefordshire. |
PT, MH, PE, LAR, CC, DD, HR2, ESR, DA, LAA, 3S&T |
|
Rivers, Hermione |
Wife of George Rivers, mother of Phoebe and Julian. Niece of
Old Lord Nutfield, Amabel Marling's father. Wrote books about
middle-aged women's platonic love affairs with younger men. |
PT, CBI, MH, HM, PBO, PE, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, JC, ESR, NTL, DA, CQ,
LAA, 3S&T |
|
Rivers, Julian |
One of the few thoroughly despicable Thirkell characters. Long-haired,
unwashed, considered himself an artist but is best at being a conceited
prig. A member of the "Set of Five," a group of artists as inept as
himself. Made a pest of himself to naive Alice Barton in PT, until Roddy
Wicklow rescued her. Unwillingly in Army briefly during war, but rescued
as a "valuable artist." |
PT, MH, HM, PBO, PE, HR2, ESR, NTL, CQ, 3S&T |
|
Rivers, Osbert |
Ancestor of Julian Rivers. Went blind. |
PT |
|
Rivers, Phoebe |
Actress. Had short-lived engagement to Guy Barton in PT. Married Lord
Humberton (or Harberton), Lord Platfield's eldest son. More likable than
her mother Hermione or brother Julian. |
PT, CBI, MH, HR2, ESR |
|
Robarts, Canon |
Only Barchester clergyman who did not have unchristian feelings
for the Bishop; however, he'd been slightly mad for years. In PBO he
became gently madder and madder until he died. His last words were "I've
got him now!" which the lower classes took to mean the Devil, but his
friends knew it was because he thought he'd gotten the Bishop removed by
Act of Parliament. Probably grandson of Mark Robarts in Trollope's
Framley Parsonage. |
HM, PBO, LAR, HR2 |
|
Robinson, Dr. |
Father of Juan Robinson, who was Rose (Birkett)
Fairweather's physician during her first pregnancy in Las Palombas,
South America. (Thirkell's geography seems a bit mixed, as John
and Rose were said to be in Argentina, but also in Buenos Aires,
and were said to have witnessed the Battle of the River Plate,
which occurred off Montevideo, Uruguay.) |
CBI |
|
Robinson, Juan |
Friend of the Archdeacon. Lived in Buenos Aires. His father lived in
Las Palombas. |
PT, CBI |
|
Rogers, Sammy |
Youngster from High Rising village. Put a slice of cake in his pocket
at tea honoring the birth of Gwendolyn Sally Harcourt. |
LAA |
|
Ron |
Small evacuee staying with Mrs. Turner in Northbridge. Cousin of
Derrick Farker and Derrick Pumper. His Mum had a new baby sister. |
NR |
|
Ronnquist, Herr Doktor Professor |
Of Upsala, Switzerland. Through him Sidney Carton got a manuscript on
Fluvius Minucius for Madeleine Sparling. Wrote a book on Frederika Breme's
visits to England. |
HM |
|
Root, Jefferson X |
Author of Wastepaper Basket from Three Embassies. |
B |
|
Roote, Mr. |
Appropriately named member of Amalgamated Vedge. |
3S&T |
|
Rose |
Parlourmaid for Mrs. Brandon at Stories. Later went with her to The
Vinery |
B, CC, HR2 |
|
Rose, Mlle. |
Professional skating partner with whom Laurence Dean was briefly
infatuated. Married a chemist to whom she had been engaged for years.
Apparently the same as the barmaid in the Poubelle restaurant in London
during war, run by "Les Free Frogs." |
AF, GU |
|
Rosemary |
Daughter of a friend of Verena Villars. Just got through her high
school certificate with 8 credits. Lived in Norfolk. |
NR |
|
Rosina |
Cook in Lord Pomfret's house in Italy. Married the innkeeper's son and
had 12 children, one of whom was Antonio. |
DA |
|
Ruby |
Foxhound whose leg was broken when struck by a train near High
Rising. |
HR |
|
Ruth |
Maid to Mrs. Perry in Harefield. Not called up in war because overage.
Competent woman with steel-rimmed spectacles who disapproved of everything
but was very loyal. |
HM, DD, HR2 |
|
Sabatier, M. Paul |
Gave lectures on St. Francis, which the Archdeacon attended. |
CC |
|
Saltire, Lord |
Used to visit Greshamsbury in the time of Mr.
Umbleby's grandfather. Said, "I always take my time from the young
man." |
CQ |
|
Sampson |
Printer in Northbridge. Had mentally defective nephew who helped
him. |
NR |
|
Samson |
Garageman at Greshamsbury. |
CQ |
|
Sanders |
Chauffeur for Keiths at Northbridge. |
SH, CBI |
|
Sarah |
Cook at Hosiers' Girls' School. Had an illegitimate child. Niece of
Mrs. Powlett, Mr. Oriel's cook. Mother of second illegitimate child named
Poyntz. |
HM, LAR |
|
Sarterian, Madame |
Agnes Graham's London dressmaker. |
CC, DA |
|
Sawbridge |
Master at Bill Marling's elder son's prep school. Marling Major boasted
he'd drunk half a glass of beer when Sawbridge was out of the room. |
MH |
|
Scatcherd |
Son of Mr. Scatcherd of Scatcherd's Stores, Northbridge. According to
Father Fewling, would make an excellent troop leader for the St. Sycorax
scout troop. |
NR |
|
Scatcherd |
Old storekeeper in Northbridge. Brother of the Hatch End artist. Had
muttonchop whiskers. Daughter Hettie, one son. |
NR, PBO, WDIM, ESR |
|
Scatcherd, Hettie |
Niece and housekeeper to Scatcherd the artist in Hatch End.
Bad-tempered, considered to have a powerful gift of vituperative speech in
Chapel. Cut her own hair with kitchen scissors, refused to go to dentist
because of some confusion about graven images. Middle-aged, non-stop
talker, spoke in long single-sentence paragraphs without pauses for
breath. |
PBO, ESR, NTL |
|
Scatcherd, Jean |
Daughter (or granddaughter) of Scatcherd the Northbridge grocer. A VAD
during war. |
NR |
|
Scatcherd, Mr. |
Partner in Barchester catering firm Scatcherd and Tozer. By
1949 had been bedridden for several years. |
CBI, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, JC, WDIM, DA, CQ, LAA, 3S&T |
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Scatcherd, Mr. |
Resident artist in Hatch End. His pen-and-ink drawings were
well known, especially "Rising Rambler" series. Lived in hideous
little house called Rokeby with his niece and housekeeper, Hettie. All his
pictures had a tendency to look exactly alike. Dressed and acted
the part of the typical artist of the late 19th
century. |
PBO, LAR, WDIM, ESR, DA, 3S&T |
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Scatcherd, Sir Louis Phillipe |
A principal character in Trollope's Dr. Thorne. Son of Sir
Roger, expelled from Eton and Cambridge, tried to marry Mary Thorne,
a match forbidden by Dr. Thorne. |
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Scatcherd, Sir Roger |
Ancestor of AT's Scatcherd family. Prominent in Trollope's
Dr. Thorne. A stonemason who killed Henry Thorne to avenge his
sister Mary's dishonor, served a term in prison, became a fabulously
wealthy contractor and then a baronet. Ruthless alcoholic who lent money
to Mr. Gresham, from whom he received Boxall Hill. |
LAA |
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Schriebfeder, Abner P. |
Owner of six cinemas. From Seattle, Washington. |
3S&T |
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Schwartz, George |
Wrote for Sunday papers, apparently about finance. |
HR |
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Scott, Sir Gilbert |
One of his pupils remodeled the Southbridge Vicarage in 1849. |
PE |
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Scrimageour, "Sheep" |
Friend of Mr. Wickham. Gave him the two bottles of brandy that he gave
to Mr. Oriel as a wedding gift. |
LAA |
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Scumper, Croke |
One of Glamora Tudor's numerous leading men. |
HR |
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Selassie |
Dog belonging to Miss Hampton and Miss Bent b |
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