While her parents are posted to India, Rose stays at Downton, where she is living by 1922. Isobel, a former nurse, constantly takes up new charitable causes, helping run the convalescent home at Downton and assisting refugees and prostitutes, though her sense of moral imperative often irritates others. He also comes to Downton Abbey for dinner later that year. Although Bates had hoped Thomas would leave with a good reference, Lord Grantham decides to let him stay on so Thomas can lend his skills to the upcoming cricket match between the village and the house. Mrs Hughes threatens to summon a doctor to examine her if she persists with her lie. 1868), usually called Lady Grantham, is the wife of Robert and mother of Mary, Edith and Sybil. During a dinner in his honour, Branson, the Irish nationalist and socialist chauffeur, attempts to avenge himself on the Army by pouring a soup tureen of slop over the general, but he is stopped in time by Carson the butler (who after reading Branson's apology note to Lady Sybil, found by Anna, thought Branson meant to assassinate the general). Isobel Crawley knows of a cure, but as a modern medical technique it is unfamiliar to Dr Clarkson, who is reluctant to try it. Evelyn Napier (played by Brendan Patricks) is the son and heir of Viscount Branksome and a suitor for Lady Mary, but later becomes engaged to "one of the Semphill girls". 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. 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. It is Bates who intervenes to save Thomas's prospects after he attempts to seduce Jimmy, as he is unwilling to see another man lose his livelihood due to the schemes of others. They are both in competition for the top position of first footman, which Jimmy is constantly sabotaging Alfred for. Though unmarried, she is referred to as Mrs Hughes according to traditional titles for servants during the time period. 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. In the third series, Ethel returns, having entered into a life of prostitution. Thomas is well aware that Lord Grantham and Carson are only keeping him on sufferance. Lord Merton remarks that both his sons are very much like his late wife, to whom he was not happily married. Cora then silences Robert. To prevent Carson embarrassing himself or the family, Mrs Hughes and Lady Mary conspire to have him join Lord Grantham's trip to the French villa instead. He was interested in studying medicine once in his life, but his father did not think it suitable for someone of his position. In the final series, after losing his tenancy at a neighbouring estate, he is offered the tenancy of Yew Tree Farm in Downton, thanks to the unflagging efforts of Daisy. She does not return in the second series and is replaced by Ethel. When Cora gets out, she slips on the soap, causing her to miscarry. By 1923, he still has not been found, but pieces of what happened to him are coming to light. In the end, Alfred realises too late that he was chasing the wrong girl, while Ivy comes to a similar realisation about Jimmy, who was clearly out for sport. He refuses to assume his title publicly until his cousin's memorial service, though Carson instructs the Downton staff to address him as "Your Lordship" nonetheless. She says that she does not want to be in service for the rest of her life and often complains about her surroundings. Matthew is left a considerable sum by Mr Swire, and Matthew is initially consumed with guilt and refuses to accept it. When O'Brien seeks to assist Alfred by enlisting Thomas' support, he refuses to help tutor him, irritated that someone else should progress rapidly when he spent years trying to reach his position. Though Mary struggles to overcome her lingering grief about Matthew's death, she realises she loves Henry, and the two marry at the end of series six. After her wedding, to avoid confusion with her husband, Anna is still called by her first name by the staff and family, unlike standard practice for lady's maids of the time. In August 1914 they are successful and Gwen wins a position at a telephone firm. She also wants her husband back since she has tried living on her own and does not like it. Tom struggles both with grief over Sybil's death in childbirth and with being accepted by the Crawleys and their servants as a new member of the Crawley family. When she turned 16, she moved to the United Kingdom and graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 2004. He joins his fellow former nobles on an outing to Downton in the spring of 1924. Amused instead of scandalised at the revelation, Grantham gently declines Carson's offer, ending the matter as a non-issue. The papers Lavinia stole inadvertently helped create the Marconi scandal. At the end of the series, Bates is livid as Inspector Vyner calls Anna into Scotland Yard as part of an identity parade. From the start it is clear that Lord Grantham finds Jane attractive and he takes a great interest in the education of her twelve-year-old son, Freddie. After failing to persuade Dr Clarkson to "bend the rules", a furious Violet manages to pull some strings to have William sent back to Downton, where he was cared for by Lady Edith. Sybil "Sybbie" Branson, (b. late May 1920) is the daughter and only child of Tom Branson and the late Lady Sybil Branson (ne Crawley). However, in the third series, Tom and now-pregnant Sybil are forced to flee Ireland after Tom becomes implicated in the burning of an Anglo-Irish nobleman's house. He finds himself mutually attracted to Lady Grantham's new maid, Baxter. Contents 1 Biography 2 Personality 3 Appearances 4 Notes 5 References 6 External Links Biography 1921 1922 1921 Edith decides she wants the child back and plans to reclaim her, then places her in the care of a local pig farmer and his wife. Harold Levinson (played by Paul Giamatti) is Cora's younger brother. The Duke of Crowborough (played by Charlie Cox) was one of many potential suitors for Lady Mary, but he was seeking a wealthy wife to cure his financial problems. It is suggested by the earl's solicitor, George Murray, that Major Gordon might actually be Peter Gordon, who worked with the real Patrick Crawley at the Foreign Office, which would explain how he knew some of the private details of the Earl's family. He later opens the ball at Grantham House and dances with Rose. Finally, Edna says she cannot be stopped from speaking to Cora. Even when she rises from housemaid to lady's maid, she shows signs of distaste at serving rather than being served. Whilst Anna is pregnant, she still fears that as there are months to wait, the baby is still in danger of being lost, despite her husband's insistence that nothing will go wrong. While the family, guests and staff listen to Melba's performance upstairs, Green sexually assaults Anna in the servants' quarters. During and after the war, Violet remains a strong influence at Downton Abbey but finds her influence under threat as social norms change, particularly from Isobel Crawley, with whom she has a tendency to quarrel, and her daughter-in-law Cora, both of whom are more forward-thinking and strong-minded women. First the American-born chatelaine of Downton Abbey (played by Elizabeth McGovern) takes on Miss O'Brien as her lady's maid, only to have O'Brien plant a bar of soap on the bathroom floor,. Robert then asks him to dinner after Tom Branson expresses his wish to baptise his daughter Catholic like himself, a decision Robert opposes. She experiences multiple disappointments in her romantic relationships: she is jilted at the altar by Sir Anthony Strallan in the third series, and her second fianc Michael Gregson is killed by Nazis while staying in Germany. Most of the staff give him the cold shoulder, while Thomas and O'Brien try to get rid of him to further their own ends. The conniving Miss O'Brien left Downton Abbey very suddenly (who will keep Thomas in check now?! He also helps cover up the scandal that the murder trial of Downton valet Bates would cause. Mabel Lane-Fox, whom Mary refers to as "the greatest heiress of the season." Edith inherits his publishing company and reclaims their daughter, Marigold. This engagement is broken off and during the war he is injured. Anna and Bates both visit Scotland Yard where Anna is forced to be part of an identity parade to which Bates is outraged. She replaced another maid named Ethel Parks, who had been sacked after being caught with a soldier while Downton Abbey was a convalescent home for war wounded soldiers. O'Brien and Thomas were the only servants who never did like Bates and the duo constantly try to find faults and uncover his past in an attempt to force Mr Carson to sack him. When Mary discovers that it was Green who assaulted Anna, she asks Tony to dismiss him, but says she cannot tell him why. Later, he confronts Thomas about what happened, and though he is hesitant, eventually agrees to be friends. He starts his employment there in 1910 as a junior footman. When the Valentine he sent to his former employer, Lady Anstruther as a joke, comes back to bite him. He also reveals that Bates is no longer a suspect, as the person seen talking to Green appeared to be shorter than him. In Italia, la stagione stata trasmessa in prima visione su Rete 4 dall'11 dicembre 2014 all'8 gennaio 2015.. La stagione copre il periodo di tempo da febbraio ad . 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. Rose secretly invites Ross and his band members to perform at Downton for Robert's birthday, by which time she has entered into a secret relationship with Jack. He is a past lover of Thomas, at the time first footman, but this affair ends in autumn 1912, after the duke visits Downton under the pretext of courting Mary, then tricks her into leading him into the servants' quarters, where he retrieves a packet of love letters to prevent Thomas from blackmailing him over the affair. Carson is mortified when he suffers severe chest pains while serving the family dinner and as a consequence is forced to accept help from the female staff. 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. Barrow asks Mr Carson to hire Andrew for the job. O'Brien is wracked with guilt, and following the incident, she becomes even more loyal and devoted to Cora. 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. Cora agrees, though, that Marigold should be brought up at Downton. 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. Rosamund is one of the more headstrong and outspoken members of the family. George Matthew Crawley (born August 1921) is the son and heir of the late Matthew Crawley and Lady Mary Josephine Crawley. Thomas tells Jimmy to run, while Thomas is left to take the beating in Jimmy's place. She names her son Charlie after his father, before moving away from Downton to start a new life. She is a widow as her husband died during the First World War. Andrew "Andy" Parker (played by Michael C. Fox) is a footman who starts working at Downton Abbey in 1924. He appears to have been warned off Thomas by Mr Carson, Mrs Hughes, and Mrs Patmore. Movies. Thomas then calls her a "manipulative little witch" and expresses delight that her schemes have come to nothing. She appeared in the first film. George V (Guy Williams) is the king to whom Rose MacClare is presented at court in 1923. It's not such a free place any more. When Anthony Strallan reveals what Larry had done, Lord Merton asks his son if it was true. Lady Edith has recently learned to drive and she volunteers to drive their tractor. This suspicion leads to Lady Grantham's discovering the nanny's cruelty to Sybbie Branson, resulting in her immediate sacking. At the end of the series five Christmas special, Carson has purchased a house and added both his and Mrs Hughes's names to the registry, with the intention of asking Mrs Hughes to marry him; she accepts. During the Revolution many years later, Prince Kuragin and his wife, Princess Irina Kuragina, were arrested by the Bolsheviks and separated. With Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Brendan Coyle. As Bates is left helpless, Anna is escorted away to the police station having been arrested on suspicion of Green's murder. The police are convinced that Bates murdered her and he is convicted and sentenced to death, before the sentence is commuted to life in prison. She starts pursuing Tom relentlessly until she finally convinces him that she is pregnant with his child. Anna returns to Downton in a lighter mood, which does not go unnoticed by Bates. When she feared what he might do next and knew what was about to happen, Anna hid in the dark, waiting for him with a knife. 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. When Mrs Bird refuses to work with a former prostitute, she chooses to leave. But Edith, Mary, Matthew and Isobel defend Tom, and Mary settles the matter once and for all by revealing Sybil did not object to her child being a Catholic. Alfred's largest rival is fellow footman Jimmy Kent, who is shorter than Alfred, but quite handsome. He goes with her to the church of St. Mary Magdalene, where Rose helps care for exiled Russians. Anna May Bates (ne Smith) (played by Joanne Froggatt) (b. Whilst Anna is pregnant, Bates continues to attempt selling his mother's house in London as well as purchasing a house in the north. 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. During the Great War, after William is brought back to Downton mortally wounded, the Dowager Countess summons him to wed William and Daisy before William dies. Lord Grantham insists on using his influence to get Freddie into Ripon Grammar School and paying the school fees in future. Anna is considered perhaps the prettiest of the female servants. Upon his return to Britain, he gets permission to work at Downton as sergeant in charge when the residence is made into a centre of recovery for injured officers. 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. [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]. Nellie Melba (Kiri Te Kanawa) gives an operatic performance at the Abbey in 1922, where Cora intervenes to ensure she is treated as a guest of the family rather than a member of staff. Anna is frightened that Bates discovered the truth and took his revenge. But when she reveals she knows he is married, he explains that his wife, Lizzy, whom he loved very much, has been in an insane asylum for some years with no hope of recovery. Upon Robert's death, he will become the 8th Earl of Grantham, though Mary will speak for his interests until he comes of age. She is also really selfish, as she objected to Mrs Hughes invading her privacy whereas she herself repeatedly did that to Tom. She is the daughter of a farm-hand. Gordon decides to leave, rather than commit to his claim, after learning the earl's agents will be investigating Peter Gordon's history after his emigration to Canada. Lady Anstruther, returned from France, orchestrates a plan to turn up at Downton Abbey in pursuit of Jimmy. She returns to work as Mary's lady's maid but is alone until Christmas. In series one, he tries to blackmail his former lover, The Duke of Crowborough. Edna Braithwaite. Edith's repeated visits began to arouse the suspicion and anger of Drewe's wife. Sir Herbert leaves Downton the next morning with no knowledge of the incident. Andy later apologises to Thomas about his treatment towards him. Edith does not hear from him, which worries her, especially when she receives a shocking letter from a London doctor informing her that she is pregnant. If listing any specific dates, please use a reference and make note of the episode or other canon source that the information comes from, including a short quote if possible. In the first film, she is seven years old and continues to be raised with her first cousins George and Caroline, at the estate. Braithwaite had a certain interest in the book's. 14 Oct 2013. 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]. Mrs Hughes has described her sister as being born "not quite right in the head" and has been privately caring for her since their mother died. One evening Drake kisses her and Lady Edith is pleased. She also discusses with Charles Blake his feelings for Mary. In episode 5, Bates is insistent that nothing will go wrong with the pregnancy, when Anna begins to worry. A wealthy American heiress, she married Robert in 1890 when the Crawleys were in straitened circumstances; her fortune helped rescue Downton. She also has a nephew, Alfred Nugent, who later becomes a footman at Downton. 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. However, the investigation into Green's death begins to wind down, as the police have failed to find anything more than circumstantial evidence to link Bates to the crime. 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. Andrew serves drinks before a fox hunt. At the end of series five, Tom decides to leave Downton for Boston, Massachusetts with his daughter, but he eventually changes his mind and returns permanently to Downton. Cora instantly takes a liking to him, whereas Mary and Robert do not. In this, she failed, as Mrs. Hughes exposed her scheme (where she would have found a person to get pregnant by and tried to saddle the baby on Tom. In the series four Christmas Special, Jimmy travels with the Crawley family to London for the season. With Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Brendan Coyle. However, Anthony jilts Edith at the altar, devastating her. When Barrow attempts suicide, it is Baxter who raises the alarm (based on Barrow's earlier behaviour that morning) and finds him in the bathroom in time to save his life. An unofficial will from Matthew comes into the family's hand, Thomas plots against Anna, Rose gets involved in a scrap at a servant's dance, and Mrs. Crawley tries to reconcile Carson and Trigg. 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. Anna's attempts to locate the ticket prove fruitless, due to Lady Mary's prior actions. He arrives at Downton before leaving to settle his cousin's affairs, and Edith accepts his proposal. Bates goes with her, and it is thought that his romance with Anna is over. Thomas is a closeted gay man. Later, having returned to Grantham House, Mrs Hughes interrupts Anna and Lady Mary and informs them that Vyner has returned and has come to arrest her. Edna is a former housemaid who is conniving and scheming. Bates becomes protective over Anna at the car racing at Brooklands, when she insists in running after Lady Mary after a fatal crash on the track. Before the war, he worked for Lady Anstruther and was her favourite footman. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! 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. It was a decision that both of them would regret later. Hence, she becomes sensitive and upset when confronted with the topic of war. He leaves Downton, telling Carson in a letter that he has confessed to murdering Green in order to have Anna freed. Daisy admits she loved Alfred, but that is gone and they need to go their separate ways. 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. 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. He tries to convince her that despite wanting children, she alone is enough for him, which she has trouble accepting. [20] Finneran herself confirmed this.[21]. When Elsie turns his proposal down he later married Ivy (died 1910) and had one son Peter, who joined the army. He also later mentions Jimmy to Phyllis Baxter in a bout of sadness and annoyance that he's gone. When he returns to Downton to attend a house party, his valet, Mr Green, rapes Anna. At that time, it is inferred that Jimmy has kept up appearances by teasing Thomas and giving him a very clear cold shoulder that even Alfred notices is extreme. He meets Mrs Hughes at a fair in Downton after the death of Ivy and asked her a second time to marry him, giving her a parting gift of a small doll. In 1920, he expresses his wish to name Daisy his sole heir, and asks her to come live at the farm so he may teach her how to run it. She is best friends with Mrs Patmore. Soon, however, Mrs Hughes tells Mr Bates what happened to Anna, although she refuses to disclose who was the culprit. She first meets Matthew when he is back in England on leave from the Army and they later become engaged. [14], Thomas was originally meant to be written out of the show at the end of the first series once he had had his "comeuppance". Tom Branson was supposed to appear in only three episodes of the first series,[8] and Branson was originally Yorkshire-born. During the second series, Matthew serves in the First World War and both become engaged to other people, but after a series of obstacles, Matthew proposes to her again, and the two marry. While Barrow is away in America with Lord Grantham (as John Bates asked to be excused from the trip to remain with his wife), Baxter grows closer to Joseph Molesley, who treats her with respect. Before she can bring herself to tell him about Marigold, Mary peevishly reveals the truth. Daisy Mason, who is interested in Alfred, repeatedly tries to sabotage Ivy, Jimmy and Alfred in hopes that Alfred will realise that Ivy is no good for him. 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. Even so, the family still call him by his last name. Bates goes to York for the day but does not reveal the reason for going and Mr Green dies in Piccadilly after "falling into the road". During the Crawleys' Christmas celebrations, Anna is seen alone and concerned about her husband. With the possibility of Alfred leaving to pursue his dreams of being a chef, Mr Carson offers Molesley a job as second footman if Alfred leaves. Before she came to Downton in 1895 as head housemaid, she was courted by a farmer, Joe Burns. She appeared in the 2009 comedy film Lesbian Vampire Killers. He runs after the car and orders Bates to get out, telling him to get back inside and that nothing more would be said about him leaving. She has a strong bond with her granddaughter Mary, to whom she is the most similar. Edith then invites him to a party at Downton, where he begins to earn her father's respect. What really happened next remains unknown, although sexual relations are heavily implied. He has a sister, Mrs Chetwood, who writes to Cora with the recipe for his favourite dessert, apple charlotte. Problems for Anna, however, continue. While he is recuperating, Jimmy comes to speak with him. 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. Marigold is born in Geneva, Switzerland and adopted by a Swiss couple. He purposefully puts his hand in the line of fire in order to gain a blighty wound and be sent home. Anna is promoted from head housemaid to Lady's Maid to Mary during Bates's incarceration. Sept. 18, 2019 5 AM PT. Tom doesn't learn her true identity until later. In series four, Anna is violently raped and Bates is confused and hurt at her attempts to push him away, as he is unaware of Anna's distress. He often helps Ivy in the kitchen with his culinary skills, much to Daisy's ire. He only changes his mind when he learns more of Sir Richard's questionable moral character, and is clearly distressed by Lady Mary's reaction to his decision. She is unhappy in her marriage, and seeks to end it. Out of spite, she leaves a bar of soap on the bathroom floor while Cora is taking a bath. He began flirting with her, later admitting he is attracted to her. Bates reveals that he kept the untorn ticket in his coat as a talisman for a time. Carson is reluctant to go along with the servants' plan to overpower the royal staff and take over serving the royal family, but ultimately agrees under prodding from Mrs Hughes. Although scheming in nature and always looking to manipulate circumstances to her and Thomas's benefit, she has a conscience and softens up over the second series. Thomas watches forlornly as Jimmy enters Lady Anstruther's room, silently wishing Jimmy was coming to him instead. Matters are made much worse when Murray confirms that her history, of which the police are now aware, would look convincingly to the police like Anna was capable of violence. Carlisle leaves the morning before the Servants' Ball, but not before revealing that he did genuinely love her. A fanpage for the lovely Myanna Buring and her role as Edna Braithwaite on Downton Abbey. Heartbroken and angered by her hesitancy, Matthew withdraws his proposal and decides to leave Downton. He returns to Downton as first footman although, as always, he plans to move up to a higher position in the house staff. After William's death in 1918, Mr Mason sometimes calls at Downton to speak to Daisy, believing that she loved William as much as he did. 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 even skips work to go see him in the Grantham Arms, after hearing that he would be eating lunch there. Bates then invite O'Brien to his cottage, and whispers the words "her ladyship's soap" in her ear, before warning her that unless she calls Jimmy off, he will not keep her secret.

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