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THE THREE COLONELS
Dramatis Personae
Note: [*] designates
historical character.
Delaford Manor, Dorsetshire
Colonel Christopher
Brandon, British Army (inactive) - Owner of Delaford Manor, magistrate
of Delaford, honorary position in the Life Guards. Veteran of
the wars of the French Revolution and the early Napoleonic conflicts.
Close friend to both Colonels Fitzwilliam and Buford, confidant
of Wellington. Friend to Captain Frederick Wentworth, RN.
Marianne Dashwood
Brandon - Wife to Colonel Brandon (1813), mother of Joy Brandon.
Friend to Elizabeth Darcy and Jane Bingley.
Joy Brandon - Daughter
of Christopher and Marianne Brandon (1814).
Netherfield,
Meryton, Hertfordshire
Charles Bingley
- Leaser of Netherfield, head of the Bingley family, who were
until recently were in trade. Particular friend to Mr. Darcy.
Quits Netherfield in 1814 for an estate of his own in Derbyshire.
Jane Bennet Bingley
- Wife to Mr. Bingley (1812), mother to Susan Francis Bingley.
Susan Francis Bingley
- Daughter of Charles and Jane Bingley (1813).
Caroline Bingley
- Sister to Mr. Bingley. Friend to Annabella Adams.
Louisa Bingley Hurst
- Wife of Mr. Hurst, sister to Mr. and Miss Bingley.
Mary Bennet - Sister
to Mrs. Bingley.
Catherine (Kitty)
Bennet - Sister to Mrs. Bingley.
Thomas Tucker, Esq.
- Law clerk in the firm of Mr. Phillips.
Pemberley, Lambton,
Derbyshire
Fitzwilliam Darcy
- Owner of Pemberley, head of the Darcy family. Nephew to the
Earl of Matlock and Lady Catherine de Bourgh, cousin to Colonel
Fitzwilliam. Friend to Colonel Brandon.
Elizabeth Bennet
Darcy - Wife to Mr. Darcy (1812), mother of twins (1814). Sister
to Mrs. Bingley, friend to the Dashwood sisters.
Georgiana Darcy
- Only sister to Mr. Darcy.
The Reverend Mr.
Franklin Southerland - Rector of Kympton Parish.
Matlock Manor,
Derbyshire
Colonel Richard
Fitzwilliam, ___rd Lt. Dragoons, British Army - Son of Lord and
Lady Matlock. Veteran of the Peninsular War, comrade of Colonel
Buford.
Hugh Fitzwilliam,
2nd Earl of Matlock - Head of the Fitzwilliam family, brother
to Lady Catherine de Bourgh
Lady Matlock - Wife
to Lord Matlock.
Viscount Andrew
Fitzwilliam - Eldest son of Lord and Lady Matlock
Viscountess Fitzwilliam
- Wife to Lord Andrew.
Catherine (Cathy)
Fitzwilliam - Married daughter of Lord and Lady Matlock
Buford Manor,
Wales
Colonel Sir John
Buford, CB, ___nd Lt. Dragoons, British Army - Second son of
Mrs. Buford. Earned the Bath due to his service during the Peninsular
War. Confidant of Wellington.
Mrs. Albertine Buford
- Widow of Mr. Buford. Of French stock, her family fled the Revolution.
Edward Buford -
Eldest son of Mrs. Buford, owner of Buford Manor.
Rebecca Buford -
Wife to Mr. Buford.
Lady Suzanne Buford
Douglas - Daughter of Mrs. Buford.
Midshipman Thomas
Buford, RN - Third son of Mrs. Buford, killed at Trafalgar.
Rosings Park,
Hunsford, Kent
Lady Catherine Fitzwilliam
de Bourgh - Widow of Sir Lewis de Bourgh, owner of Rosings, sister
to Lord Matlock.
Anne de Bourgh -
Daughter of Lady Catherine.
Mrs. Jenkinson -
Companion to Miss de Bourgh
The Rev. Mr. Collins
- Rector of Hunsford Parish, cousin to Mr. Bennet, heir to Longbourn.
Charlotte Lucas
Collins - Wife to Mr. Collins, friend to Miss de Bourgh.
Newcastle
Captain George Wickham,
___th Regiment of Foot, British Army - Husband to Lydia Bennet.
Major Archibald
Denny, British Army - Attached to the General Staff
London
Mr. Edward Gardiner
- Uncle to the Bennet sisters.
Mrs. Madeline Gardiner
- Wife to Mr. Gardiner.
Annabella Adams
Norris - Wife to Randolph Norris, schoolmate of Miss Bingley
and Mrs. Hurst.
Lady Victoria Uppercross
- Acquaintance of Sir John.
Sir Joseph Blaine
- British naval official and one of the premier botanists of
the age, "holding an obscure but influential position with
'the Committee'", suspected to be the head of British intelligence.
Captain Frederick
Wentworth, RN - In command of HMS Laconia, attached to the Bermuda
squadron; married Anne Elliot in early 1815
Anne Elliot Wentworth
- Wife to Captain Wentworth, acquaintance of Mrs. Bingley.
Vienna, Austria
Field Marshall Sir
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, GCB [*] - Hero of the
Peninsular War, head of His Majesty's delegation to the Congress
of Vienna, commander of all British forces on the Continent.
Lady Barbara Wellesley
Hornblower - Sister to Wellington, wife to Captain Lord Horatio
Hornblower, RN.
Countess Roxanne
d'Ponchartrain - Wife to the Count d'Ponchartrain (member of
the Royal French delegation), acquaintance of Sir John.
Baron Wolfgang von
Odbart - Member of the Prussian Delegation to the Congress of
Vienna
Charles Maurice
de Talleyrand-Périgord [*] - Prince of Benevento, French
foreign minister and delegate to the Congress of Vienna.
Belgium - Waterloo,
Brussels and surrounding areas
Captain Hewitt,
British Army
Prince Willem of
Orange [*] - Crown price of the Dutch, Wellington's second in
command, commander of I Corps
Lieutenant General
Lord Hill [*] - Commander of II Corps
Lieutenant General
Henry Paget, Earl of Uxbridge [*] - Commander of British Horse
at Waterloo
Lieutenant General
Sir Thomas Picton [*] - Commander of the British 5th Division
of Foot
Major General Sir
William Ponsonby [*] - Commander of the Scots Greys Cavalry at
Waterloo
Major General Sir
John Vandeleur [*] - Commander of the 4th Cavalry Brigade
Major General Sir
Hussey Vivian [*] - Commander of the 6th Cavalry Brigade
Napoleon Bonaparte
[*] - Emperor of the French
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