1892) (played by Laura Carmichael) is the middle daughter of Lord and Lady Grantham. However, Tom still feels he cannot fit in; during a house party at the beginning of series three, he finds conversations with the Crawley family's friends awkward, and his friendship with schoolteacher and fellow socialist Sarah Bunting (played by Daisy Lewis) causes tension with the Crawleys. Though Prince Kuragin was subsequently released, he learned that his wife had been exiled a year before. Anna only tells Mrs Hughes of the crime, fearing her husband would commit murder if he discovered the truth. Tom Branson was supposed to appear in only three episodes of the first series,[8] and Branson was originally Yorkshire-born. "[16], Alexander Chee of The New Republic described O'Brien as the show's "best, most complex villain" and stated that her departure made the show less interesting. While participating in the "Albanian talks" he visits Downton as a guest, accompanying Evelyn Napier. Thomas then calls her a "manipulative little witch" and expresses delight that her schemes have come to nothing. With Matthew off at war and Mrs Crawley working with the Red Cross in France he and Mrs Bird, the family cook, find themselves in an empty house with no one to serve. His peripheral involvement in the Teapot Dome scandal leads Martha to request that Lord Grantham appear before Congress to vouch for Harold's character late in series four he escapes with only a reprimand. She is also entrusted with teaching Lady Sybil how to cook, something which the pair enjoy. In the second series, with most of the male staff depicted as serving in the First World War, Mr Carson finds himself under mostly self-imposed pressure to ensure household duties are carried out to his exacting standards. Thomas watches forlornly as Jimmy enters Lady Anstruther's room, silently wishing Jimmy was coming to him instead. In 1919, she asks Mrs Patmore if, after many years in service, she can be promoted from kitchen maid to assistant cook and Mrs Patmore agrees to ask Mrs Hughes if the budget can support promotion for Daisy. An overconfident Thomas makes a snide remark that Mr Bates can do nothing to stop him only for Bates to violently grab him and shove him against the wall, proving that despite his disability he is not to be underestimated. Still in the dark about her pregnancy, Anna begins to experience pains in episode 4, for which Lady Mary rushes her down to London, claiming to Bates that the emergency is hers, not Anna's. The papers Lavinia stole inadvertently helped create the Marconi scandal. On part three of Downton Abbey's fourth season, Lord Gillingham announces . Barrow finds Jimmy just as he is cornered by two members of the opposing team, and puts himself in the way so Jimmy can avoid being beaten and mugged. Major Gordon then claims to be Patrick Crawley, the first cousin once removed of the Earl who perished with his father James Crawley in the sinking of the Titanic (neither of their bodies were recovered). As a . The king is later heard in a radio broadcast, voiced by Jon Glover. Rose becomes restless and persuades Anna into accompanying her to a dance hall in York, where Anna attracts the attention of some young men but barely escapes when a fight ensues. O'Brien, Cora's lady's maid, schemes to get Cora to talk to Lord Grantham about Bates's unsuitability. Edith changes her mind at the very last second, and she and Rosamund concoct a ridiculous story that they would like to take a holiday in Switzerland for a few months to "improve their French." Determined to prove him innocent, Anna and Robert try to appeal the decision and are successful in reducing Bates's sentence from execution to life imprisonment. Bates nearly begs to stay, pointing out that he is unlikely to find another position (because of his disability), but Lord Grantham is unmoved. After being caught stealing a bottle of wine, Thomas takes advantage of her feelings for him to persuade her to tell Mr Carson and Mrs Hughes that she saw Mr Bates take the wine. When she turned 16, she moved to the United Kingdom and graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 2004. She starts pursuing Tom relentlessly until she finally convinces him that she is pregnant with his child. When the Crawleys manage to reduce Bates's sentence to life imprisonment, she decides to stay at Downton, although she vows that she will not rest until Bates is free. She also speaks frankly about her employers when she and Mr Carson are alone; she enjoys seeing the Dowager Countess (whom she calls "the old bat") getting her comeuppance with the arrival of Isobel Crawley. He has been widowed since the death of his wife Maud. She is also the wife of John Bates. He continues to notice the change in her mood after Anna tells Mary that she believes she is pregnant again. Series six deals with Carson's and Hughes' marriage and life as a married couple. Angry, she casts Jimmy off, and Jimmy laments to Thomas that the whole venture was a waste of time and money. She is convinced that he may take her back and they can get married, but he gently tells her that he is too old for her and that he doesn't want her to waste away her life caring for him. This is a list of characters from Downton Abbey, a British period drama television series created by Julian Fellowes and co-produced by Carnival Films and Masterpiece for ITV and PBS, respectively. She is rescued (to her relatives' dismay) by black singer Jack Ross. Thomas also leads on the kitchen maid, Daisy, partly for his amusement (since it annoys the second footman, William Mason, who has feelings for her) and for ulterior motives. Overjoyed that her husband is once again innocent, Anna then attempts to locate the untorn ticket to London, as Bates kept it in his coat as a talisman for a time, and its existence would prove Bates could not have been in London when Green was killed. Lieutenant-General Sir Herbert Strutt KCB, DSO (played by Julian Wadham) is a senior British Army general known as the "Hero of the Somme". He is in love with Ivy, who is in love with Jimmy, while Daisy is in love with Alfred and determined to break them up. Shortly after the war, Cora has Spanish influenza and nearly dies before making a full recovery. We first meet the conniving woman in the second season as a general housemaid. This is at a time when most women did not smoke and it was very rare for a woman to be seen smoking in public. In series three, she has a breast cancer scare; the lump is eventually diagnosed as benign. In episode 2, without his knowledge, Anna visits Dr Ryder in London, who offers to perform a cervical stitch to rectify the problem with her carrying a child to term, but she must become pregnant again first. During her visit to Violet in 1920, she unexpectedly joins Edith and Matthew on a trip to London, claiming that she is planning a surprise for her mother. Although the neighbour at first recants her story, she eventually gives a statement that clears Bates, who is freed from prison, returns to Downton, and moves into a nearby cottage with Anna. Vera comes to Downton only to inform Bates that if he does not come away with her, she will sell the scandalous story of the death of Kemal Pamuk in Mary's bed to the newspapers, which could ruin the reputation of Downton Abbey. She is unsure how to handle the situation, especially when he is drafted during the First World War and convinces himself that she is his sweetheart. Manipulative little witch rapist, no redeeming qualities whatsoever! He is an outspoken socialist, Irish nationalist and republican; during luncheons in the servants' hall, he had few qualms about espousing support for early Labour leader Keir Hardie. Thomas escorts Jimmy to the guest corridor upstairs and plans to watch the door while Jimmy goes through with it. By. Isobel Crawley knows of a cure, but as a modern medical technique it is unfamiliar to Dr Clarkson, who is reluctant to try it. Later, he confronts Thomas about what happened, and though he is hesitant, eventually agrees to be friends. O'Brien, whose brother suffered from shell shock and eventually died in combat, is uncharacteristically sympathetic and kind to him. Mrs Hughes discovers a round-trip ticket stub from York to London in an article of Bates's clothing that Anna donates to charity. Gwen Harding (born Dawson) (played by Rose Leslie) was a housemaid at Downton. Throughout much of the series Bates is at odds with Thomas, who tries to get rid of him so that he can take his place as valet. Baxter is not telling the whole story, something Molesley is convinced of when he hears the same story from Barrow. Daisy is devastated and blames Ivy. Isobel becomes disheartened after Larry and his brother Tim treat her disrespectfully. Encouraged by her family (excepting her father, who thought Gregson just wanted to take advantage of her title and wealth) she went to see him in London and accepted his offer. Daisy 'guides' Mrs Patmore into suggesting to Mason that he would be welcome in her cottage, and that it would be best for all concerned. Mary enlists the help of Anna and Cora to move his body, which is seen by Daisy. In "The Finale", feeling guilty about ruining Edith's happiness, Mary arranges for Bertie and Edith to reunite at a restaurant. When Barrow begins treating himself to cure his homosexuality and is suffering, Baxter convinces him to see Dr Clarkson, after which Barrow treats her with more respect. Even though Tom initially tried to keep his distance from her, Edna approached him on his way to a party at Downton and asks if they can still be friends, to which Tom agrees. Unlike many Russian aristocrats after the Revolution, Prince Kuragin does not appear to be an anti-Semite; when he meets Atticus Aldridge and realises his family fled Odessa due to the Tsar's anti-Jewish pogroms, he tells Atticus that he is "not proud of why they chose to go.". Une soire extravagante Downton Abbey donne aux Crawleys une chance de renouer avec d . He appears to have been warned off Thomas by Mr Carson, Mrs Hughes, and Mrs Patmore. The scheming Edna would return as Cora Crawley's second lady's maid. When she asks how it is possible that he has returned, he silences her, insisting that they speak later about it but for the moment, enjoy their Christmas. At the end of the series five Christmas special Mrs Hughes has accepted Mr Carson's marriage proposal. He is a recent war veteran and suffers from severe Combat Stress Reaction (CSR, or shell shock) that causes him to be very nervous and somewhat disconnected to his surroundings. Cora blames Robert for Sybil's death because he did not listen to Clarkson. He also insists that Ethel cannot prove that Charlie is Major Bryant's child. He was interested in studying medicine once in his life, but his father did not think it suitable for someone of his position. But because Ivy has a crush on Jimmy, Alfred decides to confront Jimmy about the fact that he's not interested in her. While there, she apparently comes to like Lady Flintshire and manages to arrange to become her lady's maid. By 1923 he has taken a keen interest in Isobel, whom he meets again at a ball at Grantham House. When they return, Bates knows that it was she, not Mary that had the medical emergency; however, this time she tells him that the news is happy and that she is in fact pregnant, to which Bates is overjoyed. Residence Downton Abbey, Downton, Yorkshire, England Boston, Massachusetts, United States (formerly) Dublin, Ireland (formerly) Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland (formerly) Title (s) Tom Branson Mr Branson The Chauffeur A grubby little chauffeur chap (by Larry Grey) Sir The Firebrand (by Molesley) Tommy (by Kieran Branson) Daddy (by Miss Sybil Branson) Molesley is not happy with the prospect, thinking it degrading to become a footman when he has been trained as a valet and butler. Anna is frightened that Bates discovered the truth and took his revenge. He also reveals that Bates is no longer a suspect, as the person seen talking to Green appeared to be shorter than him. They kiss and enjoy their reunion. In series six, despite her sister Mary's efforts to separate them, Edith marries Bertie Pelham, becoming a marchioness, and he and her family come to accept her daughter Marigold. They slept together and Edna lied to Tom that she was pregnant as a ploy for him to marry her. The evidence does not portray Bates in a good light; the jury finds him guilty of the murder of his wife, and he is sentenced to be hanged. . Michael follows Edith and her family to Scotland in 1921, where he meets her family. Bates is angered when Miss Baxter informs the police that he could have made it to London the day Green was killed, despite her making clear she could not swear on the evidence. She is also really selfish, as she objected to Mrs Hughes invading her privacy whereas she herself repeatedly did that to Tom. In episode 7, after the accident at the car racing in Brooklands, Anna rushes after Mary, Bates warns her not to do so "in her condition" and he asks Baxter to go after her. His son Larry, who was once keen on Sybil, treats her husband Tom with rudeness and disrespect. When Vera learns that her husband has a larger than expected inheritance after his mother's death, she arrives at Downton Abbey. Barrow accepts that Jimmy can never give him what he wants, so they instead agree to be friends. His last name remains unknown. When he was at school he fooled around and never learned how to read or how to write anything but his own name. She runs into Thomas, and calls him sly, oily, and smug. When it is revealed the new valet, Henry Lang, had shell shock, she was uncharacteristically sympathetic towards him and it was revealed that her own brother suffered from it due to the War. He formerly worked as a hall boy, but wants to become a footman. However, the two fail to resolve their marital problems, and agree to separate upon returning to England for Rose's wedding. O'Brien is one of several servants asked to testify at Bates's trial and is genuinely relieved when they learn that Bates had been reprieved. Downton Abbey Historical drama Drama series Television. However both Molesley and Baxter investigate Bates's confession and find the pub he claims he was at in York the day Green died, and a witness confirms Bates was indeed in York. As Anna returns to Downton, Bates is still missing, leaving her miserable. Left virtually penniless, he makes his way to England and settles in York, where he receives aid from a charity for migr Russian refugees. In the third episode of the fourth series, Anna is violently assaulted and raped by Lord Gillingham's valet while the rest of family members and staff are attending a concert above stairs in the house. Despite the pains, Anna is fine, as her body is adjusting to pregnancy. Violet convinces the local parish vicar to officiate the bedside wedding ceremony and attends along with Lady Edith and the entire staff present. 1891) is the eldest daughter of Lord and Lady Grantham and arguably the centre of interest of all the family story arcs in the series. Meanwhile, Mrs. Hughes is watching her suspicously, especially after Tom begins to feel uneasy about moving upstairs. Even so, the family still call him by his last name. Ethel tells Mrs Hughes that her neighbours think she is a war widow but admits that Major Bryant refuses to acknowledge that he is Charlie's father, despite Ethel and Mrs Hughes's best efforts to get him to admit paternity. John Bates (played by Brendan Coyle), who is mainly known as Mr Bates or just Bates, is Lord Grantham's valet. [8] Leech at first tried to develop a Yorkshire accent in an effort to prevent his character from becoming an Irish stereotype, but when he was persuaded that Tom would not become such, he used his native Irish accent.[9]. Through careful manipulation of both Thomas and Jimmy, O'Brien crafts a situation in which Thomas is caught publicly making a move on Jimmy, who reacts in fear and anger, as male homosexuality was still illegal in the 1920s. Jimmy continues to be manipulated against Thomas by O'Brien, while John Bates and Elsie Hughes work to protect Thomas from the fallout. But Mrs Hughes say that, "there are rules to this way of life and, if you don't intend to abide by them, it is not the life for you." She is also the associate director of the MahWaff Theatre Company. During the Great War, she opened a soup kitchen at Crawley House, in secret, and was helped by Mrs Patmore and Daisy to run it from the money given by the government for the hospital. When the war ends, Thomas tries to make a profit by taking advantage of the nationwide rationing by selling goods on the black market. While in England he makes the acquaintance of the Hon. However, because of his misdiagnosis of Matthew, Robert hires a well-known doctor who strongly disagrees with Clarkson. In episode 5, Bates is insistent that nothing will go wrong with the pregnancy, when Anna begins to worry. The Archbishop of York and future Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Cosmo Gordon Lang (Michael Culkin) marries Lady Mary Crawley and Matthew Crawley in the spring of 1920. Mabel Lane-Fox returns and begins pursuing him again, but he is still convinced that it would be dishonorable not to marry Mary after their affair.
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