| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Arminger, Robert Graham, Gent. |
Contemporary of William Halliday, Gent. Had extensive property in Little Misfit. Ancestor of the Grahams. |
ESR |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Bantam |
Mother of illegitimate children of John-Arthur Cross’s great-grandfather |
ESR |
| Barton |
Ancestor of Bartons of Nutfield. Built Cross Hall in Italy. Possibly same as below. |
ESR |
| 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, 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 |
| 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 |
| 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, 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, 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 |
| 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, 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Bostock, Mr. |
Vicar at Rushwater after Canon Banister. Didn’t understand cows properly. Later a Canon. |
PBO, LAR, OBH, DD, ESR, DA |
| Brynhild |
Acquaintance of George Halliday. Everyone called him Dicky. |
ESR |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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, Sarah Siddons |
b. 1949. Daughter of Aubrey and Jessica (Dean) Clover. |
CC, WDIM, ESR, 3S&T |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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, 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Crummles |
Brewer from Huntingdonshire. A Barchester expression was “dead as old Crummles.” |
ESR |
| 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, 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, 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 |
| 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, 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, 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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, 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, 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 |
| Frodsham-Foster |
Member of the Dining Society with Sir Robert Graham. Wrote a book about Titus Andronicus. |
ESR |
| 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 |
| 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, 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 |
| 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, 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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, 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 |
| Harry |
Brother of Dorothy who worked for John-Arthur Cross at Old Manor House. Probably a Vidler or a Panter. |
ESR |
| Hartletop, Lord |
Present Marquis of Hartletop. |
CC, HR2, ESR |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Hook, Miss |
A holiday governess who read poetry to Edith Graham. |
ESR |
| Hoskins, Father |
R.C. padre at church attended by Conque, Lady Emily Leslie’s maid. |
LAR, OBH, ESR |
| Hubback |
Servant of Hallidays at Hatch End. Daughter of old Mrs. Hubback who kept the shop. |
PBO, ESR, DA |
| 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, Harry |
“Young” Hubback.” A carpenter. Walked out with Odeena Panter.. |
ESR |
| Hubback, Old Mrs. |
Ran Harefield sweet shop when Mr. Belton was a boy. Reputed to be a witch. |
PBO, LAR, OBH, ESR, DA |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Krogsborg, Hvard |
Wrote a symphony for two orchestras, a military band, and Big Ben. |
ESR |
| 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, 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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, 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 |
| 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, 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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, 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 |
| Musgrave, Dogger |
In Barsetshire Yeomanry during war. Won two months’ pay from John-Arthur Crosse at Vingt-et-un. Killed in France. |
ESR |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| Packer |
Proprietor of Packer’s Roundabout that appeared at numerous fetes, fairs and festivities. |
B, LAR, CC, WDIM, ESR, LAA, 3S&T |
| Palliser, Algernon (“Algy”) |
Youngest brother of present Duke of Omnium. Horrid old man who thought he was a lady killer. |
ESR |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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, George |
Proprietor of Mellings Arms. Cousin of the Hallidays’ carter. |
PBO, ESR, NTL, DA |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Panter, Odeena |
Daughter of Fred Panter, Mr. Halliday’s carter. Worked as kitchenmaid at Holdings. Named for Barchester Odeon Theatre. |
ESR, NTL, DA |
| 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 |
| Perigrinator |
Pen-name of literary gentleman who wrote of his tour of Houses and Manors of Barchester in 1700 in Gentleman’s Magazine. |
ESR |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Pincher |
Dog belonging to George Halliday. |
ESR |
| Platfield, General Lord |
Father of Lord Humberton, who married Phoebe Rivers. |
CBI, ESR |
| Poirot, Madame |
Frenchwoman near Vache-on-Foin. Gave John-Arthur Crosse and George Halliday baths during war. |
ESR |
| Pomfret, Eustace |
Founder of Italian branch of Pomfret family. Left England because of Catholic sympathies. Brother of 1st Earl. |
PT, ESR, LAA |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Prsz |
Maker of valuable antiques, apparently hailed from Zdbrosz. |
ESR |
| Pucken |
“Old Pucken.” Former cowman for the Marlings. Awfully rheumatick . |
LAR, OBH, ESR |
| 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, 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 |
| 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, 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 |
| Siddon, Mrs. |
Housekeeper to Lady Emily Leslie at Rushwater. Former still-room maid, usually in a state of feud with nannies of all the Leslie grandchildren. “Mrs.” by courtesy. Called “Simnet” in CC. |
WS, PBO, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, ESR |
| Spatch, Prof. |
Gave a BBC lecture on chryzomes and epizomes. |
ESR |
| Spender, Billy |
b. 1934. Elder son of Major Robert Spender. In NR he was to attend Coppin’s School the next year. Had written and illustrated stories, and doting father thought him “as good as Balzac and Michael Angelo.” |
NR, GU, LAR, DD, ESR |
| Spender, Clarissa |
b. 1939. Daughter of Maj. Robert Spender. According to doting mother she was a gifted ballerina at age 3. Her 2nd teeth were coming in all crooked in GU. Was attending Barchester High in DD. |
NR, GU, DD, ESR |
| Spender, Major Robert |
Major in Barsetshire, billeted on Villarses at Northbridge. Thin and sensitive, he spent his spare time writing to his wife and 3 children. Went to Coppin’s School where Mr. Villars was formerly head. Had voluble and tiresome wife whom he loved dearly. Called “Hopkins” in ESR. |
NR, GU, LAR, DD, ESR |
| Spender, Mrs. |
Maiden name Williams. Talkative and exhausting wife of Maj. Spender. Spent some weeks at Northbridge Rectory. Mother of Billy, Jimmy and Clarissa, about whom she bragged constantly. Bullied her husband and talked baby-talk to him (called him “Bobbums”). Short, stout, and forty, she followed quotations of her own thoughts with “she said” and “though I say it as shouldn’t.” Was fond of telling of her economical but appalling recipes. Deceased father was Mixo-Lydian consul. |
NR, GU, LAR, DD, ESR |
| Starter, the Hon. Miss Juliana |
Visitor to Lady Bond at Staple Park. On special diet requiring a bread called Kornog (starch-free!) Really an Hon., daughter of Victorian statesman, literateur, and bearded impostor Lord Mickleham. Youngest of his 18 children. Despite preoccupation with diet and health, had a remarkably penetrating mind, understood people well. Was once lady-in-waiting to Princess Louisa Christina of Cobalt. Cousin of the Luftons; Ludovic had to stay with her when he was in London for the House of Lords. He described her as a “stingy old beast.” |
BL, HR2, JC, ESR, LAA |
| Stoke, Lady |
d. 1914. Wife of “Old” Lord Stoke (father of the present one). Was once proposed to by the Hon. Miss Starter’s father, Lord Mickleham. |
BL, OBH, ESR, 3S&T |
| Stoke, Lord |
Father of the present Lord Stoke. Twice married; first wife was a Miss Hooper from Somerset. |
DH, BL, OBH, JC, ESR, LAA, 3S&T |
| Stoke, Lord Thomas |
b. 1866. Ancient and eccentric antiquarian, half-brother of Lucasta Bond. A bachelor who once loved Edith Thorne (who married Old Lord Pomfret). Traveled by horse and carriage or on horseback in defiance of modern age. Was convinced that everything he dug up was Viking remains. Extremely and conveniently deaf. In NTL, he is called Algernon Courcy Stoke and is said to have been born in 1876. |
HR1, DH, PT, B, BL, CBI, MH, GU, MB, PBO, PE, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, JC, WDIM, ESR, NTL, DA, CQ, LAA, 3S&T, MMS |
| Stoker, Mrs. |
Housekeeper to Laura Morland at High Rising. Garrulous, irreverent, dictatorial, and easily offended but with a soft spot for Tony Morland. |
HR1, DH, CBI, HR2, ESR, NTL, DA, LAA, 3S&T, MMS |
| Strelsa, Cosimo da |
15th-century member of the Italian branch of the Pomfret family, exiled and fined for seducing Violante, a nun. Miss Pemberton believed their offspring was Giacopone Giacopini. |
NR, ESR |
| Swan, Eric |
b. 1921. First seen as Southbridge School student who irritated Philip Winter by “looking at him through his spectacles.” Friend and classmate of Tony Morland and Percy Hacker. Went to Cambridge. Married Justinia Lufton after once being in love with Grace Grantly. Was in Africa during war. Became master at Beliers Priory School, later replaced Everard Carter as head of Southbridge School. |
SH, CBI, PBO, PE, LAR, OBH, DD, HR2, JC, WDIM, ESR, NTL, CQ, LAA, 3S&T |
| Swop, Washington |
Costar with Glamora Tudor in “Burning Flesh.” |
ESR |
| Tadcaster, Lord |
Of Tadpole Hall, Tadcaster. Married Hermione Bingham, three children by 1948. Also mentioned as Lord Tadcaster. |
PBO, LAR, CC, ESR, DA |
| Tadstock, Pamphilia |
Widow of Canon Tadstock of Barchester in the 1600’s. Had had two previous husbands. There was talk about her and Canon Thomas Bohun, who wrote risqué poetry to her. |
MH, ESR, DA |
| Thorne, Canon |
d.1948. Elderly bachelor with High-Church leanings. Very deaf; thin with a long neck. Lived like a hermit his last few years. Wagers were made as to the imminent collapse of his house in the Cathedral Close (The Vine ) after all the books were removed. |
CBI, PBO, OBH, HR2, ESR |
| Throckmorton |
d.1954. Old acquaintance of Leonard Halliday, ten years his senior. |
ESR |
| Todd, Anne |
Laura Morland’s secretary, married George Knox, novelist and windbag, of High Rising, after turning down proposal from Dr. Ford. WVS secretary in war. Competent and practical, unlike her garrulous husband. |
HR1, DH, GU, MB, PBO, PE, ESR, NTL, LAA, 3S&T |
| Tompkins |
“Young” Tompkins. Apparently the son of Madame Tompkins the dressmaker. Helped his grandfather as the gardener and handyman in the Cathedral Close. |
ESR |
| Tompkins, “Old” |
Madame Tompkins’ father-in-law. jobbing gardener in the Close. Still mowed lawns with a pony-mower and scythe. Archaic and earthy in speech. Replaced the bell which the Bishop had removed from the fishpond. |
PBO, LAR, OBH, CC, ESR, LAA |
| Tozer, Mr. |
Representative of Scatcherd and Tozer, caterers, of Barchester. A mess waiter on Salisbury Plain during WWI. |
CBI, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, JC, WDIM, ESR, CQ, LAA,3S&T |
| Traill, Donald |
Master at Southbridge School. Lived in Maria Cottage, Wiple Terrace. Drove his neighbors crazy with his gramophone. |
PE, OBH, CC, HR2, JC, ESR, NTL, CQ, 3S&T |
| Tudor, Glamora |
Seemed to be the star of every motion picture at the Barchester Odeon, including “Moonlight Passion,” “Lips of Desire,” “They Loved Too Well,” etc. Always with a different leading man. |
B, BL, CBI, NR, MH, MB, PBO, LAR, OBH, CC, HR2, JC, WDIM, ESR, NTL, DA, CQ, LAA, 3S&T |
| Twicker, Nannie |
The Keiths’ Nannie. Married the gardener before the war. Thought poorly of her own grown children because they weren’t gentry. |
SH, GU, LAR, OBH, DD, WDIM, ESR, LAA |
| Vidler |
Odd-job man in Little Misfit. Son Percy and another. |
ESR |
| Vidler, Bill |
Fishmonger for Little Misfit and Hatch End. |
ESR, DA |
| Vidler, Jno. |
Struck by lightning while …well,…er,… The “Foreigner” with him was killed, too. Buried in Little Misfit Churchyard. |
ESR |
| Vidler, Mrs. |
Northbridge shopkeeper. Sister-in-law of the poulterer, probably the aunt of Mrs. Hubback of Little Misfit. |
WDIM, ESR |
| Walter |
Footman at Rushwater. Once was walking out with Ivy. |
WS, LAR, ESR |
| Ward, Sister |
Nurse “Wardy,” who shared an apartment with Sisters Heath and Chiffinch. |
DH, MB, CC, DD, HR2, JC, WDIM, ESR, NTL, CQ, 3S&T |
| Waring, Gen. Sir Harry |
(1866-1949) Resident of Beliers Priory before war. Son George (deceased), wife Harriet. Was in 408th Regt. in Boer War and WWI. Although he had been a general, he hated making tough decisions. Lived in servants’ quarters during war while most of the Priory was a convalescent hospital. Died by the time of DD. |
GU, MB, PBO, PE, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, WDIM, ESR, CQ, LAA, 3S&T |
| Welk, Mavis |
Married Theodore Parkinson, the rather naive theological student who later became vicar first of Pomfret Madrigal, then of Greshamsbury. Three children, Harold, Connie, and Josiah. |
PE, CC, ESR, DA, CQ, LAA, 3S&T |
| Wickham |
b.1898. Middle-aged naval man invalided out after Dunkirk. Acted as estate agent for Noel Merton at Northbridge Manor. Known as “Wicks.” Was a farmer between service in both wars. An avid birdwatcher with a remarkable capacity to absorb alcohol, large quantities of which were sent him by naval friends all over the world. Nephew of Mr. Johns, publisher. Proposed to and was refused by Effie Arbuthnot, Isabel Dale, and Margot Phelps (in each case the refusal was a great relief!) |
PE, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, JC, WDIM, ESR, CQ, LAA, 3S&T |
| Wicklow, Roddy |
Son of Mr. Wicklow of Barton and Wicklow, Architects. Assistant estate agent to Mr. Hoare at Pomfret Towers, later took over the estate himself. Big, good-natured, he married Alice Barton and became invaluable assistant to his brother-in-law Giles, Lord Pomfret. Wounded in leg, which kept him out of most of war, but returned to fight in Belgium near war’s end. |
PT, B, BL, CBI, MH, GU, HM, MB, PBO, PE, LAR, OBH, DD, WDIM, ESR, NTL, DA, CQ, LAA, 3S&T |
| Wicklow, Sally |
b.1914. Daughter of Mr. Wicklow the architect. Enthusiastic outdoorswoman who loved horses and dogs, “the best hands in the county.” Married Giles Foster, who became Lord Pomfret, and took much of the burden of duties over from him because of his poor health. Children Ludovic, Emily, Giles. Conscientious and hard-working, she was on every important committee during and after the war. |
PT, B, CBI, MH, HM, MB, PBO, PE, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, JC, WDIM, ESR, NTL, DA, CQ, LAA, 3S&T |
| Winter, Philip |
Under-housemaster to Everard Carter at Southbridge School, where he was Senior Classics Master. Son of a clergyman. At first meeting, a hot-tempered communist sympathizer. Was engaged to Rose Birkett, the nitwit daughter of the headmaster, and was extremely jealous. Became unengaged on day of memorable picnic on an island in the Rising River at Northbridge, culminating in Rose’s throwing her ring at him (a relief to all concerned.) Joined the Territorials during the war, rose to rank of Colonel, and lost his communist sympathies. Was called “Carrots” and “Fireworks” in school because of red hair. Married Leslie Waring, started Priory School in Beliers Priory, later moved school to Harefield. |
SH, CBI, GU, MB, PBO, PE, LAR, OBH, CC, DD, HR2, JC, ESR, CQ, LAA, 3S&T |
| Woolff, Hector |
Leader of the dance band, The Happy Hectorians. |
ESR |
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