However, after she explains her feelings on marriage he doesn't act. She maintains a quarrelsome rivalry with Violet, the Dowager Countess, but this eventually develops into a genuine friendship, especially after Isobel is grief-stricken by Matthew's unexpected death and Violet's brief illness. Thomas s'arrange alors avec Edna afin de faire passer Anna comme mdisante son sujet auprs de Cora - ce qui marche, Robert allant rappeler l'ordre M. Bates ce propos. Edna approaches him again when she sees him sitting by himself and gives him a large whiskey, saying she thinks he needs it. At this time, he had only recently succeeded to the viscountcy. He is appointed Governor of Bombay that year, and he and his wife travel to India. Through a series of notes and letters, all of which Jimmy desperately begs Thomas for advice on, the audience learns that Jimmy's former position with Lady Anstruther included a sexual aspect. He would ask Mrs. Hughes to write her a good reference. Do skupiny sester a jeptiek se pid nov vyuen Jenny Lee, aby enm v nelehkm kolu pomohla. When they win, Barrow follows Jimmy who, having won a large bet, has too much to drink. Fellowes initially intended for Mrs Hughes to be a Yorkshire native. When Anthony Strallan reveals what Larry had done, Lord Merton asks his son if it was true. They wear brown shirts and go around preaching the most horrible things," as Edith later tells her aunt. Mary insists that Anna shouldn't return to her and Bates's cottage and instead allows Anna to stay in her room to have her baby. [1] He, however, is not ready for romance because he is still in mourning for his wife, Lady Sybil Branson. Molesley gains access to the Bateses cottage and finds a picture of Bates; he and Baxter use it as they travel around York's pubs to find out which pub Bates had been to the day Green died. Bertie accepts that Edith has an illegitimate daughter, but he is also hurt that she may have tried to trick him, so he breaks off their engagement. Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham (played by Hugh Bonneville) (b. Bates is suspicious that the attacker could be Mr Green, valet of Lord Gillingham. Mrs Hughes says that is true, but that if Edna wants a reference or another job during her natural lifetime she will remain quiet. A recurring theme during the first two series is the clash between Isobel's more modern and liberal values with the traditionalist ideas of Lord Grantham and his family. Bates is subsequently charged with murder. Fearing for his safety, Lord Grantham had him assigned to Matthew Crawley's battalion to be his batman. Gwen Harding (born Dawson) (played by Rose Leslie) was a housemaid at Downton. In episode 2, Bates discovers Anna yet again upset, after having told Lady Mary about her pregnancy problems. Bates believes they must be content as they are, but Anna continues to believe that she cannot give him what he needs. By the end of the final series, Robert's worsening health forces him to step down from running the estate, leaving the task to Tom and Mary. Anna only tells Mrs Hughes of the crime, fearing her husband would commit murder if he discovered the truth. In series four, the staff at Downton Abbey receive a letter from Gwen where she tells them she is married. Anna and Bates both visit Scotland Yard where Anna is forced to be part of an identity parade to which Bates is outraged. Joseph Molesley (played by Kevin Doyle) (b. He is never referred to by name on the show, but the published scripts reveal his first name to be Philip. However, relatively quickly, the mystery is solved as another of Green's victims comes forward and confesses to his murder. Ethel bursts into the meeting with her son, proclaiming that Charlie is their grandchild, but Mr Bryant accuses Ethel of only being after their money and insists that his son was a good man. In the series finale, Carson begins to suffer from palsy that ultimately forces him into semi-retirement. On one notable occasion he wakes the staff in the middle of the night by horrifically screaming during a nightmare. We first meet the conniving woman in the second season as a general housemaid. After the First World War, Tom and Sybil receive Robert's reluctant blessing and marry in Dublin. Thomas escorts Jimmy to the guest corridor upstairs and plans to watch the door while Jimmy goes through with it. However, Rosamund also supports Edith throughout Edith's unplanned pregnancy and with finding a way to raise the child. Edna says she cannot be forced, to which Mrs Hughes refutes that by warning that she would lock Edna up, hold her down, and strip her if that is what it took. He is a major figure in the community in his own right, as evidenced in series five when he is asked to chair a committee building a memorial to townsmen who died during the First World War. When Matthew is injured, he thinks his spine may have been broken, but is proven wrong when Matthew walks again (he was just suffering from spinal shock, which didn't permanently disable his legs). Matthew is left a considerable sum by Mr Swire, and Matthew is initially consumed with guilt and refuses to accept it. In the first film, Carson is called back to oversee the royal family's visit to Downton. After he confesses to Daisy, she reveals she wasn't flirting and, impressed by his actions, is ready to start planning her marriage to Andy. She gave birth to their son on New Year's Eve, 1925. Although she has adopted the lifestyle of the British aristocracy, her character is portrayed as more forward-thinking and open-minded than that of her family, a trait her husband and daughters attribute to her "American-ness". The older Mr Mason later explains to Daisy that William was his only surviving child and he had realised that William married Daisy not just because he cared for her but so his father would have someone to keep company. The two attempt to move past the attack, but both find it very difficult. He and Anna fall in love, but he explains he has yet to divorce his estranged wife, Vera. Anna then assists Lady Mary with procuring contraception for a sexual relationship with Lord Gillingham, but Bates finds the evidence and mistakenly believes Anna has been using it so she does not become pregnant with a murderer's child. But Mr Mason insists to Daisy she has to say goodbye to him properly, and offers to help her find the right words to say. Chamberlain later reveals to Tom that he had been blackmailed into attending by Violet, who knew of his role in one of the notorious pranks performed by his brother-in-law, Horace de Vere Cole (in their youth, de Vere Cole, Chamberlain and some others had disguised themselves as workmen and had dug a trench across Piccadilly Circus, causing a massive traffic jam "from the East End to Belgrave Square."). When her typewriter is discovered by Miss O'Brien, she informs the whole staff and Gwen's plan to leave service to become a secretary is the cause of much discussion above and below stairs. Freda Dudley Ward (Janet Montgomery) asks Rose for help after a compromising letter from the Prince of Wales is stolen from her handbag by Sampson. After a fight with Thomas Barrow, in which she called him out as she saw him as being sly and oily and that nobody in their right minds trusted him; and he retaliated against her, by calling her a scheming witch whose schemes came to nothing, she stormed out of the abbey once and for all, after giving her notice, giving the reason of being family troubles. It is revealed in series four that Carson almost married a young woman during his time as a performer but the woman chose Mr Grigg, the other half of the duo. 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. He cares not for what others will think of him for changing his citizenship (particularly when Britain only beat Germany in the Great War a few years previously), only of Edith's love. Mary enlists the help of Anna and Cora to move his body, which is seen by Daisy. Matthew defends Michael against his wife and goes stalking and fishing with him. Sybil (now pregnant) and Tom return to Downton after fleeing Ireland in the third series, where Sybil gives birth to a daughter but dies soon after due to eclampsia. In the second feature film, Tom weds Lucy Smith. His love of automobiles was a common interest that he shared with Edith and as well as bringing them close together inspired Edith to learn to drive. He often helps Ivy in the kitchen with his culinary skills, much to Daisy's ire. His good looks are widely commented on and attract both Mary and Thomas. Mary is still inconsolable six months after Matthew's death, Edith supports Michael going to Germany to divorce his wife, Molesley looks for a job, and there is a surprise applicant for Ms. O'Brien's job. Later he arranges Lavinia Swire's funeral and then the wedding for Matthew and Mary, even though the Archbishop of York performs it. Because Alfred quickly becomes enamored with the new kitchen maid, Ivy Stuart, Jimmy also takes an interest. She appeared in the film, played by Geraldine James.[24]. He formerly worked as a hall boy, but wants to become a footman. Rather, she tries to make her victims feel guilty. Marigold (born c. late December 1922 or mid-January 1923) is the illegitimate child of the late Michael Gregson and Lady Edith Crawley, as a result of their hidden love affair. In series Four, Alfred pursues that interest and leaves Downton to become a chef at the Ritz. He asks her if she had ever considered adoption, but she tells him that the idea would never work for him nor her as they would want their own child. The neighbour also stated that she had seen Vera walking down the street when the gas lights had come on (she said they made a sort of "halo" around Vera's head), which would have been when Bates was already on his way back home. He would take on Downton footman Andy Parker as a farmhand, and at series end, would be pleased when Daisy would finally move to Yew Tree Farm with him at long last. His mother later tells George that it was time for his bedtime, and about the sudden demise of his father Matthew, only moments after his birth. However, having bought the train ticket to London in York, he decided not to go through with the plan at the last minute, as he considered his actions would do far more harm than good, since he would certainly have been executed had he been convicted. Matthew Reginald Crawley (played by Dan Stevens) (18851921) is a middle-class distant cousin of the Crawleys who becomes the heir to the estate in the first episode and soon after moves to Downton. Although she is usually supportive of Mr Carson when it comes to matters of discipline, she is seldom afraid of speaking her mind when he makes decisions; Carson in turn dislikes proceeding with any choice without her approval. In the second series, William wanted to enlist in the Army but was forbidden by his father, as he was the only other surviving member of the family. Rose befriends the prince's mistress, Freda Dudley Ward, who comes to her when a letter from the prince is stolen by Terence Sampson, a greedy acquaintance from Robert's club. Edna Braithwaite was a general maid who arrived at Downton Abbey in September 1921 and left soon after, then briefly returned as lady's maid to Lady Grantham. While the family, guests and staff listen to Melba's performance upstairs, Green sexually assaults Anna in the servants' quarters. 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. He is caught by Alfred, who walks in on this scene and eventually tells Mr Carson at O'Brien's insistence. [20] Finneran herself confirmed this.[21]. He goes with her to the church of St. Mary Magdalene, where Rose helps care for exiled Russians. She says that she does not want to be in service for the rest of her life and often complains about her surroundings. Anna's attempts to locate the ticket prove fruitless, due to Lady Mary's prior actions. Distraught in believing that it is impossible for her to carry a child to term, Anna becomes upset, believing she had let Bates down. The conniving Miss O'Brien left Downton Abbey very suddenly (who will keep Thomas in check now?! Poor Alfred is used as a pawn in his aunt's scheming, which eventually comes to nothing. Andrew serves drinks before a fox hunt. She searches for anyone Vera may have been in contact with, and finds a neighbour who saw her the day of her death. The two part on good terms, with Madeleine promising to write to Harold frequently. In the second Christmas special, Thomas, now known mostly as Mr Barrow, participates in the Tug-of-War match for the Downton side. He took his new surname from a bottle of gin. Edna doesn't think she has done anything wrong, insisting she is just as good as he and that there was nothing improper. After hearing this news, both Mr Carson and Mrs Hughes immediately agree that she has to go. She becomes distant from everyone, and is unable to even bear Mr Bates's touch, as she confesses to Mrs Hughes that she feels she no longer deserves him, and feels unclean. A quiet, unassuming and sensitive man devoid of any real ambition, he is a distant cousin to the current Marquess of Hexham, to whom he is very close. She resorts to lies, blackmail, and playing upon others' emotions to further her own ends. In series three, Edith and Anthony reconnect and are soon engaged. Prince Albert, Duke of York (Jonathan Townsend), the future King George VI, is present at Rose's debutante ball. 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.". She begins an affair with Major Charles Bryant (played by Daniel Pirrie) when he is being treated at Downton while it is a temporary convalescent home. She would be canned after she tried everything to derail Tom's transition to the upstairs family. Tom develops feelings for Lady Sybil, with whom he shares political interests and a determined personality. Joe Burns (played by Bill Fellows) is a former suitor to Mrs Hughes. Michael follows Edith and her family to Scotland in 1921, where he meets her family. However, having bought the train ticket to London in York, he decided not to go through with the plan at the last minute, as he considered his actions would do far more harm than good, since he would certainly have been hanged for the crime if convicted; his love for his wife proved greater than his desire to defend her honour. Gordon says he was rescued from the freezing ocean by Fifth Officer Harold Lowe but developed amnesia and was sent to Montreal after being mistaken for a Canadian. Downton Abbey was the most-watched show on Christmas Day, pulling in an audience of over 10million "There was a real feeling that we were making entertainment. However, Bates is not fooled, and when she returns to Downton, tells her he believes he knows what took them to London, believing the worst has happened. In series six, Bates and Anna must deal with the shadow of Green's murder; however, the case is resolved quickly when a confession is made by another of Green's victims and Anna is freed from bail. Jimmy is only rescued by Thomas, who had been following him to keep an eye out. She firmly believed that she could guilt Tom into responding to her as she represented the same working class that he himself had been part of earlier. Lady Sybil Cora Branson (ne Crawley; 18951920) (played by Jessica Brown Findlay) is the youngest daughter of Lord and Lady Grantham. She also discusses with Charles Blake his feelings for Mary. In the first series, she is shown to have feelings for first footman Thomas, something that Mrs Patmore tries to discourage as she can see that Thomas is "not a ladies' man". However, when Tom Branson speaks to her about his own experiences in learning to live with the Crawley family despite their differences, she is inspired to make her marriage work. 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. She later takes his arm at the Thirsk Fair. By 1923, he still has not been found, but pieces of what happened to him are coming to light. He starts his employment there in 1910 as a junior footman. But because Ivy has a crush on Jimmy, Alfred decides to confront Jimmy about the fact that he's not interested in her. ), so she was replaced by Edna (the maid had gotten too close to Tom in Season 3). While many of the beloved characters earned their happy endings, his . Alfred Nugent (played by Matt Milne) was the new footman brought on to replace William Mason and is introduced in series three. Thomas tells O'Brien that his father was a clockmaker. When Vera learns that her husband has a larger than expected inheritance after his mother's death, she arrives at Downton Abbey. She begins to feel he is a sensible match for her. However, the pains are nothing to worry about, as it's just her body adjusting to the pregnancy. In the second Christmas special, she accompanies Lady Grantham to Scotland to visit Duneagle Castle. However, after James-Collier had filmed the first two episodes of the show the producers contacted his agent and asked if he would like to be optioned for the second and third series.[15]. Gordon convinces Lady Edith by relating experiences in Downton. The toughs who lost the bet follow drunk Jimmy underneath a quiet bridge and jump him. Episode #4.2: Directed by David Evans. Anna is promoted from head housemaid to Lady's Maid to Mary during Bates's incarceration. 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. By series four the love triangle is getting nowhere until Alfred decides to leave after catching Ivy kissing Jimmy. c. 1530s - The Dissolution of the Monasteries, under Henry VIII . Matthew dies because his actor chose to leave the series. She reveals the story of Anna's attack but states that the attacker was a stranger who broke into the house. She also has a nephew, Alfred Nugent, who later becomes a footman at Downton. Using her husband's name, she obtains a service post in the household of the Marquess of Flintshire since the Marchioness of Flintshire is the Earl of Grantham's cousin. At the end, he is seen playing football on the beach, while Thomas watches from a nearby chair. Cora is surprised but confused. Pamuk rebuffs him and later uses this incident to blackmail Thomas, threatening to inform Lord Grantham about his indiscretion unless Thomas agrees to guide Pamuk to the room of Lady Mary later that same evening. She had one favourite brother who had shell shock and later died during the Great War. Barrow succeeds him as butler, with Carson serving in a supervisory role. Vyner tells Mary and Anna that the witness has confirmed that they had seen Anna on the pavement near Green in Piccadilly when the incident occurred. 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. When he returns to Downton to attend a house party, his valet, Mr Green, rapes Anna. An unofficial will from Matthew comes into the family's hand, Thomas plots against Anna, Rose gets involved in a scrap at a servant . Rose wants to marry Jack, though Mary sees that Rose's primary motivation is to upset her mother. She uses her position to curry favour with Lady Grantham to consolidate her influence, although her actions usually benefit them both. She asks for large amounts of money, refusing a divorce so he cannot marry fellow servant Anna, and blackmails him, threatening to expose Lady Mary's secret. 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. Leech's audition for the role convinced Julian Fellowes to expand his role and to transform Branson into an Irishman. Barrow then attempts to gain an ally in the form of Lady Grantham's new maid Edna, a maid fired from Downton following her attempt to seduce Tom Branson, by claiming that Edna's accidental damage to one of Lady Grantham's favourite garments was in fact due to Anna Bates. However, Edith also experiences success when she pursues a career in journalism and takes charge of Gregson's magazine publishing company. Violet attempts to find the whereabouts of Princess Irina through Lord Flintshire, who is her nephew-in-law, and eventually receives a letter from Lord Flintshire saying the Princess may have fled to Wan Chai, Hong Kong, where she might be working as a nurse. She has proven to be ambitious in moving above her social station. In the fourth series, Mary is pursued by three suitors: Anthony Foyle (Lord Gillingham), Evelyn Napier, and Charles Blake. Mr Mason becomes father-in-law to Daisy when she marries his son on his deathbed. He purposefully puts his hand in the line of fire in order to gain a blighty wound and be sent home. She has a strong bond with her granddaughter Mary, to whom she is the most similar. Violet, portrayed as a matriarchal figure and quick of wit despite her age, symbolises the "old world" and order of the preFirst World War days. Edna believes Tom and Mrs Hughes are going to try to buy her off, and insists she will accept nothing they offer because she wants her child, if she is going to have one, to grow up with a father. 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. Tom kindly asks Mrs Hughes to give her a decent reference. Bates is overjoyed by the news. Andy tries to break ties with Thomas, on account of Mr Carson, Mrs Hughes, and Mrs Patmore informing him that Thomas is a homosexual. The wife tells Cora that Marigold is Edith's illegitimate child, which shocks her. When he pushes into Jimmy's room, he catches Thomas Barrow in the act of trying to kiss Jimmy. 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. Anna later tells Mary of her troubles. He was hospitalised in Leeds as Downton, then used as a convalescent home, was only for officers, but William's father could not afford to leave his farm or repeatedly travel to and fro to visit. With Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Brendan Coyle. In series five, Mrs Hughes tells Mr Carson that O'Brien has left Lady Flintshire to serve as lady's maid to the wife of the new governor of the Bombay Presidency in British India. After discussing Edith's child, Marigold, at the servants dinner, Bates notices she has become subdued. George V (Guy Williams) is the king to whom Rose MacClare is presented at court in 1923. After Ethel attracts considerable gossip, the Dowager Countess intervenes, having Lady Edith place an advertisement for Ethel, so she may find a position elsewhere and have a fresh start. She has developed a close relationship with Mr Carson; at the time the series begins, the two had overseen Downton's staff for almost 20 years. Isobel Grey (formerly Crawley, ne Turnbull), Lady Merton (played by Penelope Wilton) is Matthew's widowed mother. [2] Early on, she is portrayed as a petulant and cold young woman; as the series progresses, however, she shows more vulnerability and compassion. Violet has Clarkson lie to mend their marriage. He returns to Crawley House immediately upon Mr Carson's recovery, though he goes to the great house with Matthew Crawley to be his full-time valet after his marriage to Lady Mary. Elsie May Carson (ne Hughes) (played by Phyllis Logan) (b.