| SURNAME | FIRST NAME | TITLE | CHARACTER | MAP REF | COUNTY | NOTES | 
  
    | ALASTAIR | Dominic | Marquis of Vidal | our hero, son of Duke of Avon |  |  | Not found in gazetteer | 
  
    | BOWLING | Jack |  | playing cards with Vidal | SE1731 | West Riding of Yorkshire |  | 
  
    | BURNLEY | Dick |  | "that nice boy" who loves Sophia Challoner | SD8332 | Lancashire |  | 
  
    | CARLISLE |  | Lord | patron of Frederick Comyn | NY3956 | Cumberland |  | 
  
    | CHALLONER | Giles | General | grandfather to Mary and Sophia |  |  | Not found in gazetteer | 
  
    | CHOLMONDLEY |  | Lord | playing cards with Vidal |  |  | Not found in gazetteer | 
  
    | COMYN | Frederick |  | in love with Juliana Marling |  |  | Not found in gazetteer | 
  
    | CREWE | Edward | Lord | young nobleman making The Grand Tour | SJ4253/ SJ7055 | both in Cheshire |  | 
  
    | DAWLISH |  | Lady | acquaintance of Lady Fanny Marling | SX9676 | Devon |  | 
  
    | FLETCHER |  |  | steward to Vidal | SD7916 | Lancashire | (Fletcher Bank) | 
  
    | FOX | Charles |  | friend of Vidal |  |  | real person 1749-1806 | 
  
    | HAMMOND |  | Pastor | "bear-leading" Lord Edward Crewe on
    his Grand Tour | TL3304 | Hertfordshire | (Hammond Street) | 
  
    | MANTON |  | Lord | father of Lord Edward Crewe | SK5978 | Nottinghamshire | others in Lincolnshire, Rutland  and Wiltshire | 
  
    | MATCHAM | Eliza | Miss | friend and confidante of Sophia Challoner |  |  | Not found in gazetteer | 
  
    | MONTACUTE |  | Lady | hostess who held a "drum" | ST4916 | Somerset |  | 
  
    | QUARLES | Montague |  | nearly killed in a duel with Vidal |  |  | Not found in gazetteer | 
  
    | SIMPKINS | Henry | Mr | brother of Mary and Sophia's mother |  |  | Not found in gazetteer | 
  
    | TIMMS | Horace |  | valet to Vidal |  |  | Not found in gazetteer | 
  
    | TREMLOWE |  | Mr | barber to Lord Rupert Alastair, who owes him money |  |  | Not found in gazetteer | 
  
    | WRAXALL |  | Captain | playing cards with Vidal | ST5601 | Dorset | two others in Somerset |