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I think this is the book with the least number of names plucked from the gazetteer; there are twenty "ordinary" surnames, plus the exotic "Cholmondely" and "Fortescue", and the difficult "Beauleigh/Beaulieu"

 NAME FIRST NAME TITLE CHARACTER COUNTY MAP REF NOTES
ANDOVER  Hugh Tracy Clare Duke of The Black Moth  Hampshire  SU3645  
 AVON    Lord  friend of Belmanoir  Wiltshire  ST9576  also a county
 BEAULEIGH Diana Miss beloved by Jack carstares  Hampshire  ST9576  Beaulieu, pronounced "Bewley"
 BELMANOIR      family name of Duke of Andover      not found in gazetteer
 BETTISON   Mr boring young man, in love with Diana      not found in gazetteer
 BRAND   Mr Town Clerk of Fallowfield  Lincolnshire   TF3745  Brand End
 CAREW    

 owed money by Lord Andrew Belmanoir
 Pembrokeshire, (Wales)  SN0403  
 CARSTARES      family name of Earl of Wyncham    

 not found in Gazetteer
 CAVENDISH Jim   friend of Andover  Suffolk  TL8046  
 CHADBER      landlord of The Chequers      not found in gazetteer
 CHARLWOOD    Lady mistaken for Lavinia  Hampshire  SU6731

 others in Surrey and Sussex
 CHILTER   Mr clerk to a city merchant  Bedfordshire  TL1319  Chiltern Green, also Chiltern Hills
 CHOLMONDELY   Lord fought a duel with Falmouth in Bath    

not found in gazetteer, (one of the famous English surnames, usually pronunced "Chumley")
 CLIVE Kitty Mrs pretty lady, ogled by Lavinia's friends  Shropshire  SJ5124 another in Cheshire
 DARE   Mr

hosted the card-party at which Jack Carstares was accused of cheating
     not found in gazetteer
 DAVENANT  Jim   present at the card-party      not found in gazetteer
 D'EGMONT  Julian Lord acquaintance of Richard Carstares      not found in gazetteer
 DELABY      hosted another card-party      not found in gazetteer
 DEVEREUX Fanny Lady friend of Lavinia      not found in gazetteer
 DOUGLAS William   groom to Mr Beauleigh  Lanarkshire, (Scotland)  NS8330

 another on the Isle of Man
 DUNBAR   Mr held up by Jack Carstares  East Lothian, (Scotland)  NT6778  
 EDGECUMBE Dick   friend of Andover      not found in gazetteer
 EVANS Cynthia Mrs "Saucy widow who lives in Kensington"  Glamorgan  SS9789  Evanstown
 EVERARD    Mr alias adopted by Andover      not found in gazetteer
 FABIAN Denis Sir "that great gaby"      not found in gazetteer
 FALMOUTH   Lord  friend of Andover  Cornwall  SW8032  
 FANSHAWE Isabella Mrs sprightly widow who knew John in Vienna  Cheshire  SJ8571  
 FAVERSHAM Douglas Sir one of Lavinia's "court"  Kent  TR0161  
 FERNDALE  Anthony Sir alias adopted by Jack Carstares  Glamorgan, (Wales)  SS9996  
 FITZGERALD   Mr present at the card-party      not found in gazetteer
 FLEMING Harriet Mrs Lavinia's country cousin  Kent  TR2856  Flemings
 FORTESCUE John Sir old friend of Richard Carstares      not found in gazetteer
 FOTHERINGHAM   Viscount effeminate friend of Andover      not found in gazetteer
 FUDBY   Mr City merchant      not found in gazetteer
 GRANDISON Hugh Sir

alias adopted by Andover, to provide references for Harper
     not found in gazetteer
 GUNDRY   Mr Richard Carstares owed him money      not found in gazetteer
 HARPER     groom to Andover  Lancashire  SD7206  Harper Green
 HEDGES   Mr Mayor of Fallowfield  Pembrokeshire, (Wales)  SN1202  New Hedges
 HOLT Charles   kinsman of William Fleming  Norfolk  TG0838

others in Lancashire, Worcestershire, Wiltshire, Dorset, Hampshire, and Denbighshire (Wales)
 JAMESON   Dr        not found in gazetteer
 LOVELACE Harold Captain first love of Lavinia      not found in gazetteer
 MARKHAM Gregory Sir friend of Andover  Monmouthshire (Wales)  SO1601  
 MILWARD   Mr present at the card-party      not found in gazetteer
 MOLESLY   Mrs rich widow in Bath society  Surrey  TQ1467  East Molesey
 NETTLEFOLD     friend of Andover      not found in gazetteer
 O'HARA Miles Sir JP and friend of Jack Carstares      not found in gazetteer
 PRITCHARD     loved hazarding other's possessions      not found in gazetteer
 SALTER  Jim   servant to Jack Carstares  Warwickshire  SP1274 Salter Street
 SELWYN George   friend of Andover      not found in gazetteer

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