Person

Book/Story

Nicknames

Family

Description

ABBERLEY

BATH TANGLE

Friend of Sir William Claypole, with whom he stays in Cheltenham before visiting Fanny and Serena in Bath

ALPINGTON, George

BATH TANGLE

Acquaintance of Ned Goring’s, whom he met at either Eton or Cambridge

AYLSHAMS

BATH TANGLE

Among the people who accompany Serena and Emily on what Serena called a “stupid party” to Wells

AYLSHAM, Mrs.

BATH TANGLE

Lives at The Grange; visits Serena and Fanny when newly installed in the Dower House.

BARRASFORD, Lady Augusta

BATH TANGLE

SEE: Silchester, Lady Augusta

BARRASFORD, Captain Lord Talbot

BATH TANGLE

Brother: Marquis of Rotherham

Sister: Lady Augusta Silchester

A soldier in a Hussar regiment, who was killed honorably in action before the book opens

*BEAUFORT, Duke of

BATH TANGLE

Serena and her father often hunted with his pack

BEAULIEU, Mrs.

BATH TANGLE

Organizes the “stupid party” to Wells which Serena doesn’t enjoy, because she invites some “ramshackle” people to accompany them

*BELCHER, James

BATH TANGLE

Boxer for whom the necktie Rotherham wore in the opening scene of the book was named

*BESSBOROUGH, Lady

BATH TANGLE

Mentioned in passing as being caricatured in Glenarvon as Lady Morganet

BETSY

BATH TANGLE

Maid in Mrs. Floore’s house

*BLUCHER, Gebhard Leberecht von (1742-1819)

BATH TANGLE

Mentioned in passing; Rotherham said Wellington and Castlereagh “carried it against old Blucher.”

?BOWDLER, Miss

BATH TANGLE

A Bath acquaintance of Fanny and Serena’s [perhaps Henrietta Maria (1754-1830), a religious writer and sister of the famous editor of the expurgated Shakespeare]

*BROUGHAM AND VAUX, Baron (Henry Peter) (1778-1868)

BATH TANGLE

Mentioned in passing that he had attacked the Prince of Wales, with “disastrous consequences to his party.” He was associated with the estranged Princess of Wales, serving as her consultant and later attorney-general during her trial.

*BUCKINGHAM AND CHANDOS, First Duke of (Grenville, Richard Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos) (1776-1839)

BATH TANGLE

Mentioned in passing; had a duel with Sir Thomas Hardy

*BURNEY, Fanny

BATH TANGLE

SEE: D’Arblay, Madame.

*BYRON, Sixth Baron (George Gordon) (1788-1824)

BATH TANGLE

Mentioned in passing when discussing Lady Carolyn Lamb’s book, Glenarvon

CAHIR, Lady

BATH TANGLE

Character in Glenarvon. Rotherham suggests to Serena that his sister, Lady Augusta Silchester, is meant to be Lady Cahir. [all Rotherham says is Lady Augusta, and that is the only Lady Augusta mentioned in the book, so I presume he meant her]

*CAITHNESS, Lord

BATH TANGLE

Mentioned in passing as dining at Carlton House

CALANTHA

BATH TANGLE

Lady Caroline Lamb’s character in Glenarvon

CANNING, George (1770-1827)

BATH TANGLE

Mentioned in passing that he returned home from Lisbon. Was Ambassador Extraordinary to Portugal in 1814, later Chancellor of the Exchequer.

CARLOW, Lady Serena Mary

BATH TANGLE

Father: The Fifth Earl Spenborough, the late George Henry Vernon Carlow

Step-mother: The Dowager Countess Spenborough, Fanny Claypole

Aunt: Lady Theresa Eaglesham

Aunt: Susan

Aunt: Lady Dorrington

Uncle: Lord Dorrington

Cousin: The Sixth Earl Spenborough

Cousin: Florence

She is possessed of “a beautiful face, with its lovely, wilful mouth, its lustrous eyes, brilliant under rather heavy, smiling lids…She was headstrong, and obstinate, sometimes quite dreadfully mannish, as eccentric as her father, quick-tempered, impulsive, impatient of restraint, and careless of appearances, but with all these faults, and a great many more, she had a wealth of kindness and of generosity, and a chivalry which made her beloved amongst her father’s dependants.” The only child of the Fifth Earl of Spenborough, she was brought up almost as a boy, enjoying hunting and other unfeminine pursuits. She had a broken engagement before the story to Ivo, Marquis of Rotherham. The death of her father makes her resulting change in status extremely irksome to her, and she resents the subsequent loss of freedom.

*CASTLEREAGH, Viscount (Robert Stewart) (1769?-1822)

BATH TANGLE

Mentioned in passing. Lady Laleham sees him at a party, but doesn’t try to talk to him, “pour cause.” He and his wife stayed at Milverley in the past. Became 2^nd Marquis of Londonderry in 1821. Foreign Secretary, 1812-22. Committed suicide.

*CAVENDISH, Lord George

BATH TANGLE

Mentioned in passing—called “too insolent for leadership”, presumably of a political faction.

CHARLES

BATH TANGLE

Rotherham’s head footman. Is afraid to tell Rotherham that Gerard Monksleigh wants to see him, after Rotherham gives orders not to be disturbed.

*CHARLOTTE Augusta, Princess (1790-1817)

BATH TANGLE

Mentioned in passing when the characters discussed her engagement to William, Prince of Orange, and then subsequently broke the engagement. She later married Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg. Died in childbirth.

CHARLOTTE

BATH TANGLE

Fanny’s aunt, who spreads the story of Major Kirkby’s being seen in Serena’s company too often for propriety.

?CHURCH

BATH TANGLE

A boxer? Sir Walter Laleham speaks of him to Rotherham when trying to make conversation.

CLAYPOLE, Miss Agnes

BATH TANGLE

Father: Sir William Claypole

Mother: Lady Claypole

Sister: The Dowager Lady Spenborough, Fanny Claypole; Kitty Claypole

Older than Fanny, she is now of rather more than marriageable age, jealous, censorious, making up in learning what she lacks in beauty. Fanny fears having to live with her after Lord Spenborough’s death.

CLAYPOLE, Fanny

BATH TANGLE

SEE: Spenborough, Dowager Countess of

CLAYPOLE, Kitty

BATH TANGLE

Father: Sir William Claypole

Mother: Lady Claypole

Sister: The Dowager Lady Spenborough, Fanny Claypole; Kitty Claypole

Sir William tells Fanny that Kitty is growing into a beauty and should rival her in looks.

CLAYPOLE, Lady

BATH TANGLE

Husband: Sir William Claypole

Daughters: Fanny, Dowager Countess of Spenborough; Kitty Claypole, Agnes Claypole

She has a total of 10 children.

CLAYPOLE, Sir William

BATH TANGLE

Wife: Lady Claypole

Daughters: Fanny, Dowager Countess of Spenborough; Kitty Claypole, Agnes Claypole

He visits Fanny and Serena in Bath to investigate rumors of Major Kirkby haunting their doorstep more often than is seemly.

CLIFFE, Dr.

BATH TANGLE

The new Lord Spenborough tells Fanny and Serena that Dr. Cliffe informed him that Rotherham took his guests to the Assembly on Boxing Day.

COPHETUA

BATH TANGLE

Mythic African king who fell in love with a beggar-maid. Serena tells Major Kirkby, “It is too bad that you cannot act the role of Cophetua!” when discussing the differences in their fortunes.

*COWPER, Lady

BATH TANGLE

Gossip has her looking hagged and frightened after Glenarvon came out.

CREAKE, General

BATH TANGLE

One of the many residents of Bath during Serena and Fanny’s time there.

?CROKER

BATH TANGLE

Mentioned in passing, involved in politics. [perhaps John Wilson Croker, 1780-1857, worked for Admiralty]

*D’ARBLAY, Madame (1752-1840)

BATH TANGLE

Resident in Bath at the time of the book. Author of Evelina, The Wanderer, etc. Fanny stands beside her in a shop and marvels that so notable a lady was performing such an unexciting chore as to buy a length of black ribbon.

*DEVONSHIRE, Duchess of

BATH TANGLE

Caricatured in Glenarvon.

*DEVONSHIRE, Sixth Duke of (William George Spencer Cavendish) (1790-1858)

BATH TANGLE

Mentioned in passing. Lady Laleham tries to introduce herself to him at a party, but he doesn’t hear her, bows, and passes on.

DORRINGTON, Lord

BATH TANGLE

Wife: Lady Dorrington

Niece: Lady Serena Carlow

Corpulent, with a great notion of his own importance and a strong disposition to meddle in others’ affairs.

DORRINGTON, Lady (Susan)

BATH TANGLE

Husband: Lord Dorrington

Niece: Lady Serena Carlow

EAGLESHAM, Mr.

BATH TANGLE

Wife: Lady Theresa Eaglesham

Daughter: Clarissa Eaglesham

Niece: Lady Serena Carlow

A spare man, who attends the Fifth Lord Spenborough’s funeral wearing a harassed expression.

EAGLESHAM, Lady Theresa

BATH TANGLE

Husband: Mr. Eaglesham

Brother: the late Fifth Earl Spenborough

Daughter: Clarissa Eaglesham

Niece: Lady Serena Carlow

EAGLESHAM, Clarissa

BATH TANGLE

Father: Mr. Eaglesham

Mother: Lady Theresa Eaglesham

Cousin: Lady Serena Carlow

EGERTON, Mrs.

BATH TANGLE

Holds a party, where Lady Laleham makes a fool of herself, trying to insinuate herself into the ranks of the ton.

*FERDINAND (possibly Ferdinand VII, 1784-1833, King of Spain)

BATH TANGLE

Mentioned in passing. Supposed to have “acted despotically.”

FLOORE, Mrs.

BATH TANGLE

Husbands: 1) George Sebden 2) Ned Floore

Daughter: Lady (Susan) Laleham

Granddaughter: Emily Laleham

“An elderly female of little height but astonishing girth, who, while she adhered, perhaps wisely, to the fashions of her youth, was not wise enough to resist the lure of bright colours. She had a jolly, masterful countenance, with three chins beneath it, and a profusion of improbably black ringlets above it, imperfectly confined by caps of various designs, worn under hats of amazing opulence.” Her second husband was a Bristol merchant/shipbuilder, who left her extremely rich upon his death, besides the wealth she inherited from her father.

FLOORE, Ned

BATH TANGLE

Wife: Mrs. Floore

The Bristol merchant/shipbuilder (deceased) who became Mrs. Floore’s second husband.

FLORENCE

BATH TANGLE

Serena’s cousin. Serena writes her a letter and gets Rotherham to frank it.

FOBBING

BATH TANGLE

Serena’s faithful groom.

FOXITES

BATH TANGLE

A political faction.

?FRANCES, Mrs.

BATH TANGLE

A resident of Bath during the time Serena and Fanny live there.

GORING, Ned

BATH TANGLE

The son of Mrs. Floore’s business partner, aged about 30. He lives in Bristol and is a junior partner in the shipyard. A sober, steady man, he often visits Mrs. Floore in Bath and squires her to the Pump Room and the theatre. He is gentlemanly-looking, and has achieved through education a great gentility than his father. He has a blunt way of speaking.

*GRENVILLES

BATH TANGLE

A political faction.

GROSMONT, Lord

BATH TANGLE

A friend of Gerard Monksleigh’s, who asked Gerard to accompany him to Brighton, which Rotherham refused to allow.

*GUYNETTE, Mr.

BATH TANGLE

M.C. of the Lower Rooms in Bath.

HARBURY, Mrs.

BATH TANGLE

Mrs. Kirkby’s housekeeper.

*HARDY, Sir Thomas

BATH TANGLE

Mentioned in passing. He had a duel with Buckingham.

HARRY

BATH TANGLE

Fanny’s cousin, whom Major Kirkby may have met while in Lisbon. A soldier?

HENDY, General

BATH TANGLE

Fanny’s cicisbeo, who would “steer a gouty and determined course to Fanny’s side” in the Pump Room.

*HOLLAND, Lady (Elizabeth Vassall Fox, 1770-1845)

BATH TANGLE

Mentioned in passing, caricatured in Glenarvon. She presided over the Whig circle in Holland House.

HOLROYD, Mrs.

BATH TANGLE

She writes Charlotte, Fanny’s aunt, and passes on gossip about Fanny and Major Kirkby being seen together so often.

IBSLEYS

BATH TANGLE

Some of the “pushing persons of no sensibility” who visits Fanny and Serena in their first days at the Dower House at Milverley.

IREBYS

BATH TANGLE

They host a party which Rotherham attends.

*JERSEY, Lady

BATH TANGLE

Mentioned in passing; caricatured in Glenarvon

*KING, Mr.

BATH TANGLE

M.C. in the Upper Rooms in Bath.

*KING OF SPAIN

BATH TANGLE

Rotherham and Serena discuss his “despotic conduct.” (same person as Ferdinand, q.v.?)

KIRKBY, Major (Hector)

BATH TANGLE

Mother: Mrs. Kirkby

Serena fell in love with him at age 19. Her father refused the match, Kirkby went off to war in the Peninsula, and they lost touch. They meet again when they nearly bump into each other in the doorway of Duffield’s Library in Bath. He is very handsome, with fair hair, regular, classical features, “steady” blue eyes, and was tall and graceful, with a distinguished air. He succeeded to the family property two years before the story upon the death of his elder brother.

KIRKBY, Mrs.

BATH TANGLE

Son: Major Hector Kirkby

A valetudinarian of retiring habits and timid disposition.

LALEHAM, Anne

BATH TANGLE

Father: Sir Walter Laleham

Mother: Lady Laleham

Brothers: Edgar Laleham, William or Wilfred Laleham

Sister: Emily Mary Laleham

LALEHAM, Edgar

BATH TANGLE

Father: Sir Walter Laleham

Mother: Lady Laleham

Brother: William or Wilfred Laleham

Sisters: Anne Laleham

He attended the same Cambridge college as Gerard Monksleigh.

LALEHAM, Emily Mary

BATH TANGLE

Familial nickname: Emma

Father: Sir Walter Laleham

Mother: Lady Laleham

Grandmother: Mrs. Floore

Brothers: Edgar Laleham, William or Wilfred Laleham

Sisters: Anne Laleham

Her family are neighbors to Fanny and Serena at the Dower House. Emily, a dark girl possessed of “big, pansy-soft eyes,” as a child admired Serena tremendously, and wishes to be like her. In Serena’s estimation, she is both natural and beautiful, but too easily quelled and “with no more wit in her than may be stowed in your thimble.”

LALEHAM, Lady (Susan)

BATH TANGLE

(nee Susan Sebden)

Familial nickname: Sukey

Father: Mr. Sebden

Mother: Mrs. Floore

Husband: Sir Walter Laleham

Sons: Edgar Laleham, William or Wilfred Laleham

Daughters: Emily Mary Laleham, Anne Laleham

A social climber, she is known to the ton as “that odious Laleham-woman,” and will stop at nothing to get Emily suitably married to a title.

LALEHAM, Sir Walter

BATH TANGLE

Wife: Lady Laleham

Sons: Edgar Laleham, William or Wilfred Laleham

Daughters: Emily Mary Laleham, Anne Laleham

Friend and neighbor of the late Lord Spenborough.

LALEHAM, William? Wilfred?

BATH TANGLE

Father: Sir Walter Laleham

Mother: Lady Laleham

Brother: Edgar Laleham

Sisters: Anne Laleham

The youngest of Sir Walter and Lady Laleham’s children, whose name his father couldn’t remember.

*LAMB, Lady Caroline (1785-1828)

(nee Lady Caroline Ponsonby)

BATH TANGLE

Daughter of the third Earl of Bessborough, married to William Lamb, who later became Viscount Melbourne. Author of Glenarvon, a roman a clef, which caricatured many society figures of the day.

*LAMB, William, [later] Second Viscount Melbourne (1779-1848)

BATH TANGLE

Husband of Lady Caroline. Was M.P. for Northampton in 1816; later became adviser to Queen Victoria. [He doesn’t become Melbourne till after the book so I entered him under Lamb—was that correct?]

*LAVALLETTE

BATH TANGLE

Mentioned in passing; rescued by three British subjects.

*LEOPOLD of Saxe-Coburg

BATH TANGLE

Princess Charlotte became engaged to him during the time period of the book.

*LIVERPOOL, Second Earl of (Robert Banks) (1770-1828)

BATH TANGLE

Gerard Monksleigh hopes to obtain a position with him. He was premier, 1812-1827.

*LONSDALE, First Earl of (William Lowther) (1757-1844)

BATH TANGLE

Serena and her father visited him at Lowther Hall to hunt each year.

*LOWE, Sir Hudson

BATH TANGLE

Rotherham reports gossip that he has his eye on a handsome widow.

LYBSTER

BATH TANGLE

Fanny’s butler.

*MAHOMET

BATH TANGLE

Mentioned in passing. Serena is shocked when the new Lord Spenborough sells off her father’s stables, as shocked as she would have been “if he had declared himself to be a follower of Mahomet.”

MAID MARIAN

BATH TANGLE

Lady Serena Carlow’s horse.

MALDON, Mrs.

BATH TANGLE

Acquaintance of Gerard Monksleigh.

MARTINDALE, Mrs.

BATH TANGLE

Claims Rotherham’s attention at a party.

MONKSLEIGH, Charlie

BATH TANGLE

Mother: Cordelia Monksleigh

Guardian: Marquis of Rotherham

Brothers: Gerard Monksleigh, Tom Monksleigh

Sisters: Susan Monksleigh, Margaret Monksleigh, Lizzie Monksleigh

A robust and bold schoolboy, always in a scrape, who never minds a word anyone says to him.

MONKSLEIGH, Cordelia

BATH TANGLE

Husband: The late Mr. Monksleigh

Sons: Gerard Monksleigh, Tom Monksleigh, Charlie Monksleigh

Daughters: Susan Monksleigh, Margaret Monksleigh, Lizzie Monksleigh

“The relict of a military man, who left her with six children and a competence judged by his family to be respectable, and by her, inadequate.” Rotherham was cousin to her husband, and is the guardian of her children. She is good-natured but with less than common sense, and dislikes Rotherham’s being appointed guardian of her children.

MONKSLEIGH, Gerard

BATH TANGLE

Mother: Cordelia Monksleigh

Guardian: Marquis of Rotherham

Brothers: Tom Monksleigh, Charlie Monksleigh

Sisters: Susan Monksleigh, Margaret Monksleigh, Lizzie Monksleigh

Rotherham holds his ward in contempt for being timid and unwilling to stand up for himself.

MONKSLEIGH, Lizzie

BATH TANGLE

Mother: Cordelia Monksleigh

Guardian: Marquis of Rotherham

Brothers: Gerard Monksleigh, Tom Monksleigh, Charlie Monksleigh

Sisters: Susan Monksleigh, Margaret Monksleigh

MONKSLEIGH, Margaret

BATH TANGLE

Mother: Cordelia Monksleigh

Guardian: Marquis of Rotherham

Brothers: Gerard Monksleigh, Tom Monksleigh, Charlie Monksleigh

Sisters: Susan Monksleigh, Lizzie Monksleigh

MONKSLEIGH, Susan

BATH TANGLE

Mother: Cordelia Monksleigh

Guardian: Marquis of Rotherham

Brothers: Gerard Monksleigh, Tom Monksleigh, Charlie Monksleigh

Sisters: Margaret Monksleigh, Lizzie Monksleigh

Rotherham’s ball is nominally given in her honor.

MONKSLEIGH, Tom

BATH TANGLE

Mother: Cordelia Monksleigh

Guardian: Marquis of Rotherham

Brothers: Gerard Monksleigh, Charlie Monksleigh

Sisters: Susan Monksleigh, Margaret Monksleigh, Lizzie Monksleigh

MORGANET, Lady

BATH TANGLE

Character in Glenarvon; possibly meant to be Lady Bessborough, mixed with the Duchess of Devonshire.

MURTHLY, Miss

BATH TANGLE

Mrs. Kirkby’s friend and confidant.

NANTWICH, Mr.

BATH TANGLE

One of Serena’s Bath suitors.

*ORANGE, Prince of

BATH TANGLE

Princess Charlotte broke her engagement with him; angering her father the Prince Regent.

ORMESBYS

BATH TANGLE

They hold a ball where Lady Laleham and Lady Silchester met.

ORRELLS

BATH TANGLE

Acquaintances of Fanny and Serena in the neighborhood of Milverley [Old Lady Orrell is mentioned individually in the book—will this entry for the family suffice for her?]

ORVILLE, Lord

BATH TANGLE

Character in Fanny Burney’s (Mme. D’Arblay’s)Evelina.

OSBORNE, Mrs.

BATH TANGLE

Is chaperone on some of Serena’s expeditions. Fanny doubts her competence, thinking her too casual.

*OXFORD, Lady

BATH TANGLE

Mentioned in passing; was “hit off” in Glenarvon.

PEASLAKE

BATH TANGLE

Rotherham’s butler.

PERROTT, Mr.

BATH TANGLE

The attorney for the late Earl of Spenborough. He presides over the reading of the will in the early part of the book.

PICKFORD’S

BATH TANGLE

A carrier company the new Lady Spenborough considers using to move their possessions to Milverley.

?PIOZZI, Mrs.

BATH TANGLE

A resident of Bath.

*PONSONBY

BATH TANGLE

Mentioned in passing; he was considered too idle for leadership of the party.

*POULETTE, Lord

BATH TANGLE

Mentioned in passing; gossip had it that he may marry Lady Smith Burgess.

PRAWLE, Miss

BATH TANGLE

Emily Laleham’s former governess.

*PRINCE REGENT

BATH TANGLE

Mentioned in passing when the characters discussed his daughter’s engagment.

RAMFORD, Tom

BATH TANGLE

He was with Mrs. Floore when she met Serena.

ROBERT

BATH TANGLE

One of Rotherham’s footmen. Like Charles, he was afraid to tell Rotherham that Monksleigh wanted to see him, because Rotherham did not want to be disturbed.

*ROGERS, Mr.

BATH TANGLE

In Glenarvon he was called a “yellow hyena.”

ROTHERHAM, Marchioness of

BATH TANGLE

Sons: Marquis of Rotherham, The late Captain Lord Talbot Barrasford

Daughter: Lady Augusta Silchester

She brought her children up to be proud and to think they were superior. She was selfish, and was responsible for Rotherham’s arrogance.

ROTHERHAM, Marquis of (Ivo Spencer Barrasford) [what number is he?—can’t find in book]

BATH TANGLE

Mother: Marchioness of Rotherham

Brother: The late Captain Lord Talbot Barrasford

Sister: Lady Augusta Silchester

“From his appearance, he might have been almost any age, and was, in fact, in the late thirties. Of medium height only, he was very powerfully built, with big shoulders, a deep chest, and thighs by far too muscular to appear to advantage in the prevailing fashion of skin-tight pantaloons… He had few graces, his manners being blunt to a fault, made as many enemies as friends, and, had he not been endowed with birth, rank, and fortune, would possibly have been ostracized from polite circles.” Several years before the book began, he had been engaged to Lady Serena Carlow, until she broke it off. He remains a family friend, however.

RUNCORN

BATH TANGLE

Ostler of the Bell Inn, Gloucester.

RYDE, Mrs.

BATH TANGLE

A friend of Fanny’s mother.

RYDE, Augustus

BATH TANGLE

The son of a friend of Fanny’s mother, he embarrasses her by proposing on his knees.

RYDE, Dr.

BATH TANGLE

Mrs. Monksleigh’s physician.

SALMESBURYS

BATH TANGLE

Mentioned in passing; held a cotillion ball.

SCROGGINS

BATH TANGLE

Possibly a boxer? Emily’s father speaks of him to Rotherham.

SEBDEN, George

BATH TANGLE

Daughter: Lady Laleham

Mrs. Floore’s first husband; Lady Laleham’s father.

SEBDEN, Susan

BATH TANGLE

SEE: Laleham, Lady Susan.

SHERE

BATH TANGLE

Landlord of the Bell Inn, Gloucester.

SILCHESTER, Lady Augusta

BATH TANGLE

(nee Lady Augusta Barrasford)

Mother: Marchioness of Rotherham

Brothers: Marquis of Rotherham, Captain Lord Talbot Barrasford

Son: Elphin Silchester

Daughter: Caroline Silchester

A formidable matron who always speaks her mind.

SILCHESTER, Caroline

BATH TANGLE

Mother: Lady Augusta Silchester

Brother: Elphin Silchester

SILCHESTER, Elphin

BATH TANGLE

Mother: Lady Augusta Silchester

Sister: Caroline Silchester

SKENE, Lady

BATH TANGLE

A resident of Bath, called “Old Lady Skene”.

*SMITH BURGESS, Lady

BATH TANGLE

Mentioned in passing; gossip wonders whether she will marry Lord Poulette. [should it be Burgess, Lady Smith??]

SPEEN

BATH TANGLE

Serena’s cousin, who arrived drunk at a dinner party.

SPENBOROUGH, Dowager Countess

BATH TANGLE

(nee Fanny Claypole)

Father: Sir William Claypole

Mother: Lady Claypole

Husband: The late Fifth Earl of Spenborough

Sisters: Agnes Claypole, Kitty Claypole

Step-daughter: Lady Serena Carlow

Several years younger than her step-daughter Serena. Married at the age of 19, she dreaded presiding at the political dinners her husband had given, and much prefers the quiet domestic life she leads as a widow. She has large, soft blue eyes, golden ringlets, and a charming countenance. Her disposition is retiring and her understanding not powerful, but she has grace and a gentle dignity, an air of youthful helplessness coupled with ethereal beauty, and her tone of mind is serious.

SPENBOROUGH, Fifth Earl of (George Henry Vernon Carlow)

BATH TANGLE

Widow: Dowager Countess Spenborough

Sister: Lady Theresa Eaglesham

Daughter: Lady Serena Carlow

His death sets the story in motion.

SPENBOROUGH, Countess of (Jane)

BATH TANGLE

Husband: the Sixth Earl Spenborough

The fifth Earl’s sister thinks her manners have an insipid formality, which gives her a shabby gentility. “She dressed badly, too, had no countenance, and grossly indulged her children.”

SPENBOROUGH, Sixth Earl of (Hartley)

BATH TANGLE

Wife: Countess Spenborough

Cousin: Lady Serena Carlow

Serena’s cousin, who inherited the earldom after her father died. “A shy, unassuming man, more painstaking than able, who plainly found the unexpected change in his circumstances overwhelming.” He relies heavily on the support of his wife. Serena thinks him “virtuous and a dead bore…not fit to go.”

ST. EVERARDE, Clara

BATH TANGLE

Character in Glenarvon.

STAINES

BATH TANGLE

Estate carpenter at Milverley (home of the Earls of Spenborough).

STOKE

BATH TANGLE

Servant (butler?) in Mrs. Floore’s house in Bath.

STOWE, Mrs.

BATH TANGLE

Fanny’s housekeeper (cook?) in the Dower House at Milverley.

SUSAN

BATH TANGLE

Niece: Lady Serena Carlow

THORMANBY

BATH TANGLE

One of the young people who is part of Mrs. Beaulieu’s party of “ramshackle people.”

*TIERNEY, George (1761-1830)

BATH TANGLE

A member of Parliament reported to be unwell. He led Grenville’s party from 1817-21.

*WALDEGRAVE, Lady

BATH TANGLE

Mentioned in passing; gossip has her dying of water on the chest.

*WALES, Princess of (Caroline Amelia Elizabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel) (1768-1821)

BATH TANGLE

Rotherham mentions gossip claiming she drives about the Italian countryside in a carriage with cream-colored ponies.

*WELLINGTON

BATH TANGLE

Mentioned in passing; Rotherham said he and Castlereagh “carried it against old Blucher.”

WILTON

BATH TANGLE

Rotherham’s steward.