|
SURNAME |
FIRST NAME |
TITLE |
CHARACTER |
COUNTY |
MAP REF |
NOTES |
|
ALLANDALE |
Jeremy |
Mr |
in love with Letty Merrion |
Stirlingshire, Scotland |
NS8078 |
|
|
BAILLIE |
Matthew |
Dr |
fashionable doctor |
|
|
real person 1761 - 1823 |
|
BEADING |
|
Mrs |
cousin of Nell's, holds a masquerade |
|
|
not found in Gazetteer |
|
BERRY |
Anges and Mary |
the Misses |
close friends of Lady Cardross |
|
|
real people1764-1830 |
|
BLAKE |
|
Mr |
hairdresser |
Essex |
TL7022 |
Blake End |
|
BOTTISHAM |
|
Mr |
|
Cambridgeshire |
TL5460 |
|
|
BRIXWORTH |
|
Lady |
|
Northamptonshire |
SP7470 |
|
|
BURNLEY |
George |
|
friend of Felix Hethersett |
Lancashire |
SD8332 |
|
|
CARDROSS |
Giles |
Earl |
husband of Nell and half-brother to Letty |
Dumbartonshire, Scotland |
NS3477 |
|
|
CATWORTH |
|
Mr |
jeweller who buys the Cardross necklace from Letty |
Huntingtonshire |
TL0873 |
|
|
CHUDLEIGH |
|
Lady |
formidable aunt of Cardross |
Devon |
SX8679 |
|
|
CLOPTON |
|
Mrs |
housekeeper to Cardross |
Northamptonshire |
TL0680 |
|
|
COOLING |
|
|
acquaintance of Dysart |
Kent |
TQ7576 |
|
|
DORSET |
John Frederick Sackville |
Lord (3rd Duke) |
famous for riding a white horse |
well, Dorset! |
|
real person |
|
DYSART |
|
Viscount |
brother to Nell |
Fife |
NT3093 |
|
|
EASTWELL |
Godfrey |
Sir |
expectant father |
Leicestershire |
SK7728 |
|
|
FANCOT |
Cornelius |
Mr |
friend of Dysart |
Bedfordshire |
TL0127 |
Fancott |
|
FARLEY |
|
|
butler to Cardross |
Shropshire |
SJ3807 |
Others in Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Somerset
and Wiltshire |
|
HARDWICK |
|
Lord |
|
Durham |
NZ4121 |
13 of them, not counting "Great", "Little",
"Lower" etc! |
|
HETHERSETT |
Felix |
Mr |
cousin to Cardross |
Norfolk |
TG1504 |
|
|
HUMBY |
|
Mr |
betrothed to Miss Fanny Thorne |
Lincolnshire |
TF0032 |
|
|
JEFFREYS |
|
|
jewellers |
Pembrokeshire |
SN0806 |
Jeffreyston |
|
KENT |
|
Mr |
man of business to Cardross |
well, Kent! |
|
|
|
KING |
|
Mr |
Jewish money-lender |
|
|
real person? |
|
LAVALLE |
|
Madame |
expensive dressmaker |
|
|
not found in gazetteer |
|
MARLOW |
|
|
one of Nell's "Flirts" |
Buckinghamshire |
SU8586 |
another in Herefordshire |
|
MERION |
Letitia ("Letty") |
Miss |
half-sister to Cardross |
probably from county in Wales |
|
Merioneth |
|
MOULTON |
|
|
agent of Lord Pevensey |
N Riding of Yorkshire |
NZ2303 |
others in Cheshire, Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire,
Suffolk, and Glamorgan, Wales |
|
ORSETT |
|
Lady |
ex-mistress of Cardross |
Essex |
TQ6481 |
|
|
PEVENSEY |
|
Lord |
father to Nell and Dysart |
Sussex |
TQ6404 |
|
|
PUTTENHAM |
|
Miss |
runs a seminary |
Hertfordshire |
SP8814 |
another in Surrey |
|
ROXWELL |
|
Lord |
Foreign Office diplomat |
Essex |
TL6408 |
|
|
SHOTWICK |
|
Mr and Mrs |
run the house where Jeremy Allandale lodges |
Cheshire |
SJ3371 |
|
|
SOMERBY |
John |
Sir |
friend of Cardross |
Leicestershire |
SK7710 |
another in Lincolnshire |
|
STOWE |
Jerry |
|
"a safe man at the corner" (Tattersalls) - friend of
Dysart |
Staffordshire |
SK1210 |
others in herefordshire, Shropshire and Gloucestershire |
|
SUTTON |
|
Miss |
dresser to Lady Cardross |
Kent |
TR3349 |
probably the greatest number of all the place-names,
I found 25! |
|
THISTLETON |
Maria |
Miss |
cousin of Letty |
Lancashire |
SD4037 |
another in Rutland |
|
THOMAS |
|
|
butler to Mrs Thorne |
Glamorgan |
SO0506 |
Thomas Town, others in Cumberland, Pembrokeshire
and Monmouthshire |
|
THORNE |
Selina and Fanny |
Misses |
cousins of Letty |
West Riding of Yorkshire |
SE6813 |
another in Cornwall |
|
TILTON |
|
Mr |
fashionable dentist |
|
|
real person |
|
TODDINGTON |
|
Mrs |
famous for driving a team of chestnuts |
Gloucestershire |
SP0332 |
others in bedfordshire and Sussex |
|
TUBBS |
|
Mr |
nurseryman from Chelsea |
Cornwall |
SW9643 |
Tubbs Mill |
|
TUXTED |
William |
Rev |
"the only clergyman with whom Selina is well-acquainted" |
|
|
not found in gazetteer |
|
WARREN |
|
Mr |
perfumier |
|
|
real person Richard Warren circa 1772 |
|
WELDON |
|
Lady |
hostess who decorated her ballroom with pink calico |
Northumberland |
NZ1398 |
another in Northamptonshire |
|
WESTBURY |
|
|
one of Nell's flirts |
Shropshire |
SJ3509 |
others in Buckinghamshire and Wiltshire |
|
WILBY |
|
Miss |
governess to Nell and her sisters |
Northamptonshire |
SP8666 |
others in Norfolk and Suffolk |
|
WITTERING |
|
Mr |
gregarious gentleman |
Northamptonshire |
TF0502 |
also a West Wittering in Sussex |
|
WOODBRIDGE |
|
Miss |
governess to Thorne sisters |
Northumberland |
NZ2888 |
others in Gloucestershire, Dorset, Devon and
Suffolk |