However, this alliance does not last very long, as Edna is fired after she successfully seduces Tom Branson but is foiled in her effort to blackmail him into marrying her. She uses her position to curry favour with Lady Grantham to consolidate her influence, although her actions usually benefit them both. He would ask Mrs. Hughes to write her a good reference. Joseph Molesley (played by Kevin Doyle) (b. By 1923 he has taken a keen interest in Isobel, whom he meets again at a ball at Grantham House. Violet attempts to find the whereabouts of Princess Irina through Lord Flintshire, who is her nephew-in-law, and eventually receives a letter from Lord Flintshire saying the Princess may have fled to Wan Chai, Hong Kong, where she might be working as a nurse. This is a list of characters from Downton Abbey, a British period drama television series created by Julian Fellowes and co-produced by Carnival Films and Masterpiece for ITV and PBS, respectively. After spending the weekend together, he talks of their engagement, but she realises he is not the man for her. He meets Lady Rose MacClare one stormy day in York in the spring of 1924, while she is leaving a pastry shop, and helps her with her packages. She also discusses with Charles Blake his feelings for Mary. Hold on to your hats as Downton decamps to Scotland, MyAnna Buring says Edna Braithwaite has dreams far above her station! (Interview), Downton Abbey Series 4 (Season 4), Episode 4 Recap: Staying Silent, Speaking Up. Under English law, her status as a lunatic cannot be used as grounds for divorce because she is neither the guilty nor innocent party. When he returns to Downton to attend a house party, his valet, Mr Green, rapes Anna. Harold Levinson (played by Paul Giamatti) is Cora's younger brother. Elsie worked as a maid at Duneagle Castle for an unknown period of time. Sarah O'Brien, who is angry with Thomas for the way he has treated her nephew, Alfred, quickly latches on to this dynamic and uses it to her own ends. During the Christmas episode, Bates visits Anna in prison where she reveals that a secret from her past could compromise any character witness statement the Crawleys make in her favour. That leads Baxter to guess that Anna is pregnant. Mrs Bryant, who had been unhappy abandoning Ethel from the start, agrees and Ethel leaves Mrs Crawley's employment. Mrs Hughes dismisses her after discovering the two of them in bed together, but Ethel shortly returns having nowhere else to go when she finds out she is pregnant with his child. In 1914, Matthew asks Mary to marry him, but she is hesitant because of circumstances regarding the inheritance of the estate. Throughout much of the series Bates is at odds with Thomas, who tries to get rid of him so that he can take his place as valet. [8] Leech at first tried to develop a Yorkshire accent in an effort to prevent his character from becoming an Irish stereotype, but when he was persuaded that Tom would not become such, he used his native Irish accent.[9]. Edna leaves soon after being fired. Affable and good-natured, he was also a competent pianist (actor Thomas Howes is a pianist) and would entertain other servants during their free time. At the end of the series five Christmas special, Carson has purchased a house and added both his and Mrs Hughes's names to the registry, with the intention of asking Mrs Hughes to marry him; she accepts. Later he arranges Lavinia Swire's funeral and then the wedding for Matthew and Mary, even though the Archbishop of York performs it. 1886) is lady's maid to Lady Mary at Downton Abbey; previously she was first parlour maid and head housemaid. With the possibility of Alfred leaving to pursue his dreams of being a chef, Mr Carson offers Molesley a job as second footman if Alfred leaves. The final series also deals with Carson downsizing staff to adjust for the current times. Mabel Lane-Fox returns and begins pursuing him again, but he is still convinced that it would be dishonorable not to marry Mary after their affair. He encounters Edith during a round of grouse shooting and keeps company with her during afternoon tea and the evening festivities. Lord Sinderby was said to have been opposed to his marriage to Rose while his wife accepts her because "her son's happiness is more important". The Honourable Ephraim Atticus Aldridge (played by Matt Barber), more commonly known by his middle name, Atticus, is the son and heir of Lord and Lady Sinderby. An unofficial will from Matthew comes into the family's hand, Thomas plots against Anna, Rose gets involved in a scrap at a servant's dance, and Mrs. Crawley tries to reconcile Carson and Trigg. When Bates is deemed guilty and is sentenced to be hanged, Anna breaks down and briefly prepares to leave Downton Abbey with Lady Mary, whom she is very close to, offering to accompany her mistress on an extended holiday to America, much to Mary's delight. He had planned to make a proposal of marriage to her and took her to the village fair. After being told he would not make it, William proposes to Daisy and tells her that he wants to marry her, not just out of love, but also to secure her a widow's pension so that she would be taken care of. In 1924, news arrives that Michael was probably killed during the Beer Hall Putsch, leaving Edith devastated as she never lost hope that he might be alive in prison perhaps. He is never referred to by name on the show, but the published scripts reveal his first name to be Philip. She firmly believed that she could guilt Tom into responding to her as she represented the same working class that he himself had been part of earlier. When she feared what he might do next and knew what was about to happen, Anna hid in the dark, waiting for him with a knife. Major Gordon then claims to be Patrick Crawley, the first cousin once removed of the Earl who perished with his father James Crawley in the sinking of the Titanic (neither of their bodies were recovered). Further, Edith discovers she is pregnant with Gregson's illegitimate child. In the first film, she has had a daughter with Henry named Caroline. In episode 2, without his knowledge, Anna visits Dr Ryder in London, who offers to perform a cervical stitch to rectify the problem with her carrying a child to term, but she must become pregnant again first. Thomas is quickly drawn to Jimmy, whose flirty and vague behaviour leads him to believe that Jimmy might be interested in sharing a homosexual relationship. Madeleine Allsopp. Although Bates had hoped Thomas would leave with a good reference, Lord Grantham decides to let him stay on so Thomas can lend his skills to the upcoming cricket match between the village and the house. Edna is basically the only person in this household that remembers the fact. When Jimmy returns with Dr. Clarkson and the other fair-goers, they find Thomas beaten and bloody. The next day, Vera is found dead from ingestion of rat poison. Lady Sybil quickly befriends Gwen and tries to help her get a job as a secretary. In the third series, Isobel wants to hire Ethel to work alongside Mrs Bird. He addresses her when the Prince of Wales mentions that her father, Lord Flintshire, hosted the prince's tour of India. Molesley gains access to the Bateses cottage and finds a picture of Bates; he and Baxter use it as they travel around York's pubs to find out which pub Bates had been to the day Green died. The two part on good terms, with Madeleine promising to write to Harold frequently. Bates is suspicious that the attacker could be Mr Green, valet of Lord Gillingham. He helps Matthew and Mary modernise Downton. In March 1913, he is diagnosed as suffering from dropsy of the heart and is certain to die. She had one favourite brother who had shell shock and later died during the Great War. Through careful manipulation of both Thomas and Jimmy, O'Brien crafts a situation in which Thomas is caught publicly making a move on Jimmy, who reacts in fear and anger, as male homosexuality was still illegal in the 1920s. Although Daisy finds this awkward at first, after he tells Daisy that William thought she was special and that his father would have no children left after his own death, their relationship changes and becomes akin to that of father and daughter. In the second film, their son, Peter, is an infant, and Edith is once again involved in the day-to-day running of her publishing company and writing articles. He writes to Robert also with an address attached so he can be contacted. She decides to move back into Downton Abbey, leaving Mr Bates hurt and confused. In 1912, she brings private papers of her uncle Jonathan Swire, a Liberal minister, to Sir Richard Carlisle since Sir Richard plans to financially ruin her father. By the end of the final series, Robert's worsening health forces him to step down from running the estate, leaving the task to Tom and Mary. She replaced another maid named Ethel Parks, who had been sacked after being caught with a soldier while Downton Abbey was a convalescent home for war wounded soldiers. She reveals the story of Anna's attack but states that the attacker was a stranger who broke into the house. During the Great War, she opened a soup kitchen at Crawley House, in secret, and was helped by Mrs Patmore and Daisy to run it from the money given by the government for the hospital. However, it would endanger Anna once again, who is released on bail. Her child by him, a daughter named Marigold, was at first given to a family in Switzerland, where she gave birth. In 1922 he joins Violet and Isobel for lunch, later taking a walk with Isobel. Furious over this, she tells the judge in her divorce case that Bates paid her off to consent to it. During the second series, he becomes an army surgeon after the outbreak of the Great War, and as a major becomes the military commander at Downton when the house becomes a convalescent hospital. She is replaced in her position by Jane, a war widow. Edna Braithwaite was a general maid who arrived at Downton Abbey in September 1921 and left soon after, then . Mrs Hughes has described her sister as being born "not quite right in the head" and has been privately caring for her since their mother died. Andy later apologises to Thomas about his treatment towards him. Ethel bursts into the meeting with her son, proclaiming that Charlie is their grandchild, but Mr Bryant accuses Ethel of only being after their money and insists that his son was a good man. Harold then accompanies his mother to England in July 1923. Jimmy is only rescued by Thomas, who had been following him to keep an eye out. Mrs Patmore is in charge of the kitchen and kitchen staff. She begins to feel he is a sensible match for her. However, when he sees the departing Bates leaving, Lord Grantham is overcome with feelings of guilt. However, because of his misdiagnosis of Matthew, Robert hires a well-known doctor who strongly disagrees with Clarkson. Thomas later tells Anna Bates that he's upset because he wasn't special to Jimmy, which Anna very adamantly disagrees with. In the first film, Carson is called back to oversee the royal family's visit to Downton. Bates then leaves Downton, writing in a letter to Carson that he is going to confess to murdering Green in order for Anna to be freed. Anna reveals to him that she believed she was pregnant, but that morning had realised that she had miscarried their child, and that it wasn't the first time it had happened, but the third. He has feelings for Anna, but they are unrequited and she later marries Mr Bates. She declines. Bates one day sets off to York alone, and returns the same day, and the family soon learn that Mr Green died in London that day, after falling under a bus. His father was a local farmer and William used to help with the horses. Eventually, his wife persuades him to accept the child as his grandson, and Mr Bryant offers to adopt Charlie. When Rose responds that the prince was very popular, the king dryly remarks that "the prince is never short of popularity." Anna only tells Mrs Hughes of the crime, fearing her husband would commit murder if he discovered the truth. When he pushes into Jimmy's room, he catches Thomas Barrow in the act of trying to kiss Jimmy. With Violet's help, Isobel proposes to Lord Merton, who accepts, to the horror of his son and daughter in-law, and they are married in the series finale. Horrified, Alfred is pressured by his aunt, O'Brien, to report the incident to Carson, as homosexuality is considered a crime at this time. He announces he is in love with Mary and proposes to her surprise, but she says they barely know each other, and she is not ready to marry again so soon after being widowed. Gordon decides to leave, rather than commit to his claim, after learning the earl's agents will be investigating Peter Gordon's history after his emigration to Canada. He is one of the few people who is prepared to speak frankly to her, and is prepared to leave Downton Abbey to join her at Haxby when she is engaged to Sir Richard Carlisle. In the first film, set in 1927, Marigold is four or five years old and has returned to Downton with her mother and stepfather for the royal visit. When Barrow begins treating himself to cure his homosexuality and is suffering, Baxter convinces him to see Dr Clarkson, after which Barrow treats her with more respect. However both Molesley and Baxter investigate Bates's confession and find the pub he claims he was at in York the day Green died, and a witness confirms Bates was indeed in York. This puts strain on the couple, as Anna is too frightened to ask John the truth of his trip to York. During the New Year celebrations, the Bateses welcome the new year away from the others, together with their newborn son. However, Bates is not fooled, and when she returns to Downton, tells her he believes he knows what took them to London, believing the worst has happened. 1865), usually called Lord Grantham, is the 7th and current Earl of Grantham. At the end of series three, Jimmy is promoted to first footman, but he holds a grudge against Thomas into the Christmas Special. Edna starts asking questions and making comments about Tom and Sybil, saying that Lady Sybil could have done better but that he is handsome, which prompts Mrs Hughes to tell her to mind her place. Before she can bring herself to tell him about Marigold, Mary peevishly reveals the truth. With Matthew off at war and Mrs Crawley working with the Red Cross in France he and Mrs Bird, the family cook, find themselves in an empty house with no one to serve. Mr Bates, to Thomas's surprise, intervenes, by informing Lord Grantham of the details and then offering to force O'Brien to call Jimmy off. Rosamund is one of the more headstrong and outspoken members of the family. Later, however, he is turned down as Mrs Hughes does not wish to leave Downton, but the two part on good terms. A racy new maid, another shock for Lady Edith and simmering tension between Matthew and Lady Mary. She also has a nephew, Alfred Nugent, who later becomes a footman at Downton. Tom develops feelings for Lady Sybil, with whom he shares political interests and a determined personality. She tells Anna that she remembers Vera had dried food under her fingernails, meaning that Vera made the pie herself knowing that her husband would be implicated for murder. Thomas escorts Jimmy to the guest corridor upstairs and plans to watch the door while Jimmy goes through with it. In this, she failed, as Mrs. Hughes exposed her scheme (where she would have found a person to get pregnant by and tried to saddle the baby on Tom. Anna May Bates (ne Smith) (played by Joanne Froggatt) (b. He also nearly weds Edith to Anthony Strallan before he jilts her at the altar (Travis and the Dowager discussed Strallan's first wife beforehand). George V's wife, Queen Mary (Valerie Dane), appears with her husband at the debutante ball. She would be canned after she tried everything to derail Tom's transition to the upstairs family. With its views of life from the upstairs and downstairs, it shows the perspectives of the happenings of early 20th century England's commonwealth. . Violet has Clarkson lie to mend their marriage. He believes she must have been lured into doing it, because it is not in her nature. Shortly after their wedding night, Bates is arrested for murdering his previous wife, although Anna and the rest of the residents at Downton are convinced that he is innocent. He also has a special place in his heart for Lady Mary, given she was the first child born at Downton during his tenure as butler. Using the controversial methods espoused by the infamous Marie Stopes) and sacked her ceremoniously. After Thomas excels in the match, Lord Grantham decides to keep him on in the new position of under-butler, much to Bates' consternation since Barrow now nominally outranks him. Meanwhile, Mrs. Hughes is watching her suspicously, especially after Tom begins to feel uneasy about moving upstairs. Bates does not accept this, and insists that she alone is enough for him. By the end of the second series, the couple marry and move to Dublin, having finally gained Lord Grantham's blessing. Edna also remarks to Lady Grantham that anyone would be lucky to be a member of the Crawley family. Barrow asks Mr Carson to hire Andrew for the job. LONDON . She reveals Edna knew how to prevent a pregnancy with the help of a book she found among Edna's things. Tony later calls off his engagement to Mabel, because of his interest in Mary. Edith is very worried and decides to get an abortion. In series four, the staff at Downton Abbey receive a letter from Gwen where she tells them she is married. In series six she married Mr Carson, but continued to be addressed as Mrs Hughes regardless. Matters become worse when Anna assists Lady Mary in procuring contraception for a sexual relationship with Lord Gillingham, and Bates finds the evidence and mistakenly believes his wife is using it so she does not become pregnant with a murderer's child. Rupert Christiansen, writing in The Telegraph, bemoaned the casting and the fact checking.[23]. During the War, he served with Charles Blake in the Royal Navy aboard Jellicoe's flagship HMS Iron Duke at the Battle of Jutland. He has a sister, Mrs Chetwood, who writes to Cora with the recipe for his favourite dessert, apple charlotte. A pub owner confirms that Bates was indeed in York and would swear to it, which clears him. Barrow then attempts to gain an ally in the form of Lady Grantham's new maid Edna, a maid fired from Downton following her attempt to seduce Tom Branson, by claiming that Edna's accidental damage to one of Lady Grantham's favourite garments was in fact due to Anna Bates. Tom is enraged when she tells him if he was good enough for his late wife then she is good enough for him. They have three children, the youngest being Rose. Although in some ways his character embodies the traditional values of the aristocracy, Robert does not shun all progress, and he is very protective of and loyal to his family and servants. Lady Mary Josephine Talbot (ne Crawley) (played by Michelle Dockery) (b. Vyner tells Mary and Anna that the witness has confirmed that they had seen Anna on the pavement near Green in Piccadilly when the incident occurred. Matthew is paralysed from the waist down while serving in the First World War, but, after a miraculous recovery and difficulty moving past Lavinia's death from Spanish flu, he and Mary wed in 1920. He is the husband of Cora, son of Violet, and father of Mary, Edith and Sybil. Before 1912, she lived in Manchester with the Crawleys as their cook, but when they moved, she went with them. The neighbour mentions she saw Vera cleaning crust from under her nails, confirming she made the pie herself. However, the two fail to resolve their marital problems, and agree to separate upon returning to England for Rose's wedding. An overconfident Thomas makes a snide remark that Mr Bates can do nothing to stop him only for Bates to violently grab him and shove him against the wall, proving that despite his disability he is not to be underestimated. After the death of the heir to the estate and her unofficial fianc, Mary's relationship with the new heir, distant cousin Matthew Crawley, begins coldly due to their different upbringing. He would take on Downton footman Andy Parker as a farmhand, and at series end, would be pleased when Daisy would finally move to Yew Tree Farm with him at long last. When Edith marries Bertie Pelham, the Marquess of Hexham, Marigold moves with them to their new home at Brancaster Castle. She insults Barrow's arrogance and manner, though he responds in kind, and she leaves Downton once again. Mr Bates goes to London to confront her and returns to Downton with a large scratch on his face, telling Anna that their meeting went terribly. Freda Dudley Ward (Janet Montgomery) asks Rose for help after a compromising letter from the Prince of Wales is stolen from her handbag by Sampson. He runs after the car and orders Bates to get out, telling him to get back inside and that nothing more would be said about him leaving. Richard Carlisle (played by Iain Glen) is the fianc of Lady Mary Crawley in series two. Sir Herbert leaves Downton the next morning with no knowledge of the incident. Baxter later tells Cora the rest of the story: she was tricked into stealing the jewellery by another servant who made her think he loved her, but he ran and left her to take the blame. She plays the victim, and accuses him of using her, then casting her aside, and not being a man of honor. She is convinced that he may take her back and they can get married, but he gently tells her that he is too old for her and that he doesn't want her to waste away her life caring for him. Sybil "Sybbie" Branson, (b. late May 1920) is the daughter and only child of Tom Branson and the late Lady Sybil Branson (ne Crawley). Mr Bates reassures Anna that nothing will change between them, and that he will always support her. Before she came to Downton in 1895 as head housemaid, she was courted by a farmer, Joe Burns. In the second film, Mary has a flirtatious relationship with a film director named Jack Barber, but she stays faithful to Henry. She is 26 at the beginning of the series. Their increased companionship is suggested by showing Jimmy often with a cigarette. She also speaks frankly about her employers when she and Mr Carson are alone; she enjoys seeing the Dowager Countess (whom she calls "the old bat") getting her comeuppance with the arrival of Isobel Crawley. O'Brien is wracked with guilt, and following the incident, she becomes even more loyal and devoted to Cora. He returns to Downton in 1922, clearly still interested in the recently widowed Mary. Months later, while on vacation, he tells Edith he knows about Marigold, and he believes Michael was an honourable man, with which she agrees, stating Michael would have married her as soon as he could. However, Lady Edith misses Marigold and decides to have Marigold grow up on the farm of Timothy Drewe, a sympathetic local farmer. The Princess Mary, Viscountess Lascelles (Kate Phillips) is the only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary. Thomas also leads on the kitchen maid, Daisy, partly for his amusement (since it annoys the second footman, William Mason, who has feelings for her) and for ulterior motives. . He is accompanied by his boss Charles Blake as they are working on a government project studying estates and their progress. She is the daughter of London solicitor Reggie Swire, to whom she has been very close ever since her mother's death during her early childhood. Mabel Lane Fox 5 episodes, 2014 . She later tells Mrs Patmore that she is ready to start planning her wedding to Andy. 1902) is the daughter and youngest child of Hugh and Susan MacClare (Lord and Lady Flintshire). In 1924 they announce they are getting married, but Violet isn't so happy (because she does not want to lose her friend and companion in Isobel). He began flirting with her, later admitting he is attracted to her. Lord Grantham bursts into Lady Anstruther's room to sound the alarm and discovers her with Jimmy. He has been widowed since the death of his wife Maud. Lady Edith has recently learned to drive and she volunteers to drive their tractor. In the third episode of the fourth series, Anna is violently assaulted and raped by Lord Gillingham's valet while the rest of family members and staff are attending a concert above stairs in the house. Eventually Mary breaks off the engagement to him after the pair argue with increased frequency, and after Lord Grantham discovers the truth from Lady Grantham and advises Mary not to be unhappy with someone she does not love. When he was at school he fooled around and never learned how to read or how to write anything but his own name.
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