|
SURNAME |
FIRST NAME |
TITLE |
CHARACTER |
MAP REF |
COUNTY |
NOTES |
|
ABERFORD |
|
Lady |
mother of Oversley, rejected suitor of Anthea Darracott |
SE4337 |
W Riding Yorkshire |
|
|
ACKLETON |
Ned |
|
aggressive son of local blacksmith |
SO7798 |
Shropshire |
|
|
BARNWOOD |
|
|
acquaintance of Lord Darracott |
SO8518 |
Gloucestershire |
|
|
BOOLEY |
Jim |
|
friend of Ned Ackleton |
SJ5725 |
Shropshire |
(Booleybank) |
|
BRADING |
|
|
drives "pickaxe" in the Park |
SZ6086 |
Isle of Wight |
|
|
BRAY |
|
"T'Gaffer" |
Hugo Darracott's grandfather |
SU9079 |
Berkshire |
|
|
BUTTERMERE |
|
|
villager who also saw "the ghost" at Dower
House |
NY1717/ SU3461 |
Cumberland
Wiltshire |
|
|
CALDBECK |
John |
Sir |
son-in-law to Mrs Anne Darracott |
NY3239 |
Cumberland |
|
|
CHOLLACOMBE |
|
|
butler to Lord Darracott |
|
|
Not found in gazetteer |
|
CHUDLEIGH |
Mary |
Lady |
aunt to Anthea Darracott |
SX8679 |
Devon |
|
|
CREWE |
|
Mr |
ex tutor to Richmond Darracott |
SJ4253/ SJ7055 |
Cheshire |
|
|
CRIMPLESHAM |
|
|
valet to Vincent Darracott |
TF6403 |
Norfolk |
|
|
DARRACOTT |
Hugo |
Major |
our hero |
SS2317/ SS4739 |
both in Devon |
|
|
FERRING |
|
|
nephew of Crimplesham, accepted as valet to Hugo Darracott |
TQ0902 |
Sussex |
|
|
FLITWICK |
Godfrey |
Mr & Mrs |
cook and housekeeper to Lord Darracott |
TL0334 |
Bedfordshire |
|
|
FROYLE |
Jack |
|
possible suitor to Anthea Darracott |
SU7542/ SU7644 |
Hampshire |
Upper and Lower Froyle |
|
GLOSSOP |
|
|
steward to Lord Darracott |
SK0393 |
Derbyshire |
|
|
GODNEY |
|
|
undergroom to Lord Darracott |
ST4842 |
Somerset |
|
|
HADDON |
Caroline |
Lady |
aunt to Anthea Darracott |
TL1392 |
Huntingdonshire |
|
|
HOOLE |
|
Sgt |
Sgt of Dragoons, assisting HM Landguard |
SJ4267 |
Cheshire |
|
|
HORDLE |
Jem |
|
crewman for Richmond Darracott, on "The Seamew" |
SZ2795 |
Hampshire |
|
|
LISSETT |
|
|
man of business to Lord Darracott |
TA1458 |
E Riding Yorkshire |
|
|
MELKINTHORPE |
Amelia |
Miss |
fictitious fiancee of Hugo Darracott |
NY5525 |
Westmorland |
|
|
OTTERSHAW |
Thomas |
Lieutenant |
Riding Officer, HM Landguard |
TQ0263 |
Surrey |
|
|
POLYPHANT |
|
|
valet to Claud Darracott |
SX2682 |
Cornwall |
|
|
POULTON |
Jonas Henry |
|
business-partner of Hugo Darracott |
SJ3090/ SJ3382/ SJ3958 |
all in Cheshire |
|
|
RUDGE |
|
|
handyman at Darracott Place |
SO8197/ ST8251 |
Shropshire
Somerset |
|
|
SPURSTOW |
|
|
butler to the late Great Aunt Matty, now caretaker
of the Dower House |
SJ5556 |
Cheshire |
|
|
TAPLOW |
|
Lord |
unpunctual friend of the late Granville Darracott |
SU9182 |
Buckinghamshire |
|
|
THINGWALL |
|
|
dandy who uses a snuff-shovel |
SJ2784 |
Cheshire |
|
|
WELLOW |
|
|
valet to Richmond Darracott |
SK6766 |
Nottinghamshire |
others in Somerset, Isle of Wight and Lincolnshire |
|
WENLOCK |
Sarah |
Mrs |
aunt to Anthea Darracott |
SO6299
SJ6406 |
Shropshire |
(Much and Little Wenlock) |
|
WHITELOCK |
|
General |
general in charge of assault on Montevideo |
|
|
Not found in gazetteer |