Bates nearly begs to stay, pointing out that he is unlikely to find another position (because of his disability), but Lord Grantham is unmoved. Though unmarried, she is referred to as Mrs Hughes according to traditional titles for servants during the time period. Tom and Lucy later have a child of their own, a female, named Violet after the now deceased Dowager Countess of Grantham. She would remain through the series end, after she revealed the whole story to Cora and Thomas' attempts to bully her were stopped. He first appears onscreen after Lord Grantham has given Carson permission to hire another footman in addition to Alfred Nugent. Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham (played by Hugh Bonneville) (b. He also insists that Ethel cannot prove that Charlie is Major Bryant's child. She is played by actress MyAnna Buring. 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. formata da otto episodi e uno speciale di novanta minuti andato in onda a Natale 2013.. Henry Lang (played by Cal MacAninch) was Lord Grantham's valet in the absence of Mr Bates. Later he arranges Lavinia Swire's funeral and then the wedding for Matthew and Mary, even though the Archbishop of York performs it. 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. Downton Abbey Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. She starts pursuing Tom relentlessly until she finally convinces him that she is pregnant with his child. After Larry unremorsefully calls Tom "only a grubby little chauffeur chappie", Lord Merton angrily tells him to be silent, and apologises very sincerely to Tom for what Larry did, adding his hope that Tom would recover before the wedding. However, in episode 4 she begins to suffer severe cramps and fears she is suffering another miscarriage. However, she had no clue as to what trouble Edna had caused, as she had been in Scotland when she caused her schemes before. She would be replaced by Phyllis Baxter, who had been hired on Thomas' recommendation (although he failed to reveal to Cora that she had been a criminal). Contents 1 Biography 2 Personality 3 Appearances 4 Notes 5 References 6 External Links Biography 1921 1922 1921 Her efforts to prove her husband's innocence become a success when a neighbour of Vera's inadvertently tells Anna details of their last meeting which prove that Vera committed suicide in order to have her husband convicted and hanged for the crime. When she is older, she affectionately nicknames Robert "Donk" (much to his consternation) after playing a game of "Pin the Tail on the Donkey" with him. This suspicion leads to Lady Grantham's discovering the nanny's cruelty to Sybbie Branson, resulting in her immediate sacking. 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. She struck him; however, she did not kill him, merely wounded him. In the third series, when Lady Sybil goes into labour, he sees signs that she is suffering from eclampsia and is in danger of dying from the intense seizures and distress. For her explosion of anger, she almost loses her job, but Cora, who understands her frustration and anger, talks Carson into letting her stay. Bates, however, manages to prove his innocence. The episode ends with Anna and Bates sharing a Happy Christmas alone. Hugh MacClare, Marquess of Flintshire (played by Peter Egan), is a Scottish nobleman nicknamed "Shrimpie" and married to Susan, the niece of Violet, the Dowager Countess of Grantham. Bertie asks Edith to marry him the night of Charlie Rogers' death. During the second series, he becomes an army surgeon after the outbreak of the Great War, and as a major becomes the military commander at Downton when the house becomes a convalescent hospital. In series Four, Alfred pursues that interest and leaves Downton to become a chef at the Ritz. He later opens the ball at Grantham House and dances with Rose. The toughs who lost the bet follow drunk Jimmy underneath a quiet bridge and jump him. In the Great War, Ethel has trouble supporting herself and her son and Mrs Hughes helps her, acting as her friend and bringing her food. O'Brien, always against Bates, writes to Vera to tell her where he is and about his and Anna's blossoming romance. The story was inspired by true events. La quarta stagione della serie televisiva Downton Abbey stata trasmessa sul canale britannico ITV1 dal 22 settembre al 10 novembre 2013. 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. Lavinia dies at Downton of Spanish influenza after Matthew regains use of his legs and shortly before their wedding. She loses her virginity to him. They love to dislike her. Things move at such a pace in Downton Abbey, storylines can sometimes be over before you've even noticed that they've properly begun. This greatly upsets the farmer's wife, who was led to believe that the child was the orphaned daughter of her husband's friend whom she never met. By the time series five begins, Thomas and Jimmy have grown much closer in their friendship, though it is clear Thomas is still in love with him. Une soire extravagante Downton Abbey donne aux Crawleys une chance de renouer avec d . Further, Edith discovers she is pregnant with Gregson's illegitimate child. Braithwaite had a certain interest in the book's. Edna leaves soon after being fired. A shocked Anna begins to ask how the case is sorted out but Bates silences her, saying they will speak of it later. 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 Green returns to the Abbey, Bates is further convinced of his guilt. Fearing for his safety, Lord Grantham had him assigned to Matthew Crawley's battalion to be his batman. 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. Isobel Grey (formerly Crawley, ne Turnbull), Lady Merton (played by Penelope Wilton) is Matthew's widowed mother. Isobel becomes disheartened after Larry and his brother Tim treat her disrespectfully. However, Anthony jilts Edith at the altar, devastating her. When she turned 16, she moved to the United Kingdom and graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 2004. He announces he is in love with Mary and proposes to her surprise, but she says they barely know each other, and she is not ready to marry again so soon after being widowed. She describes Edna as dreaming of a life above her station and being waited on rather than waiting on others. In series six she married Mr Carson, but continued to be addressed as Mrs Hughes regardless. Sarah O'Brien, who is angry with Thomas for the way he has treated her nephew, Alfred, quickly latches on to this dynamic and uses it to her own ends. Angry, she casts Jimmy off, and Jimmy laments to Thomas that the whole venture was a waste of time and money. 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. She has proven to be manipulative, relentless, heartless, and quite sneaky. He often resists "modern" suggestions for better management of the estate, especially after his daughter Mary joins his sons-in-law Matthew and Tom in running it. Daisy was worried about being William's sweetheart but Mrs Patmore urged her not to send him to the front with a broken heart, saying that if she refused, he would never return. In the second feature film, Tom weds Lucy Smith. Downton Abbey is a British historical drama television series set in the early 20th century, created and co-written by Julian Fellowes.It first aired in the United Kingdom on ITV on 26 September 2010 and in the United States on PBS, which supported its production as part of its Masterpiece Classic anthology, on 9 January 2011. The female servants report to her. Edna's the fucking worst! Edna comforts him, which makes him think she is the only one who understood him those two days. 1892) (played by Laura Carmichael) is the middle daughter of Lord and Lady Grantham. 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. Although he says his feelings for her are sincere, and he offers to buy a stately home near Downton where they can live together and start a family, he demands near-total control and threatens that if she leaves him he will expose her liaison with Ottoman attach Kemal Pamuk, which he has covered up from exposure. Edna is a former housemaid who is conniving and scheming. Vera Bates uses the story to blackmail Bates into going back to her, which he does to save Anna's reputation. She reveals Edna knew how to prevent a pregnancy with the help of a book she found among Edna's things. In the fourth series, Mary is pursued by three suitors: Anthony Foyle (Lord Gillingham), Evelyn Napier, and Charles Blake. Occasionally her caring attitude may become even counterproductive, as when she advises that Daisy should not sacrifice that much of her spare time to try to self-educate herself, as she sees that hopes for that kind of lifestyle which would justify such efforts are set too high considering Daisy's chances to move in the social hierarchy of that era. 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). The Princess Mary, Viscountess Lascelles (Kate Phillips) is the only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary. Lady Rose, who had been staying with her, would convince Cora to hire her, to make up for Sarah O'Brien having left Downton to be in the service of her mother, Susan MacClare. 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. 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. Brown Findlay portrays Lady Sybil Crawley. She tells him that she believed she was pregnant, but that she had miscarried, and that it had potentially happened twice before. The judge voids the divorce decree, with the result that Vera and John are still legally married. Inspector Vyner of Scotland Yard returns to Downton and informs Anna and Bates that they have discovered that Green attacked several women. When the Valentine he sent to his former employer, Lady Anstruther as a joke, comes back to bite him. Violet convinces the local parish vicar to officiate the bedside wedding ceremony and attends along with Lady Edith and the entire staff present. 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. She also feels, knowing Michael granted her power of attorney and she might inherit all he has if he is confirmed dead, that she must give something to their daughter, whom she then decides to reclaim. He returns to Downton, having apparently settled affairs with his wife, but Miss O'Brien contacts Vera and once again, she returns to cause more trouble. Mr Mason gave some books to Andy, and he reveals to Thomas that he can write no more than his own name; Thomas offers to teach him to read and write. The papers Lavinia stole inadvertently helped create the Marconi scandal. Whilst Anna is pregnant, Bates continues to attempt selling his mother's house in London as well as purchasing a house in the north. 1862) is the housekeeper at Downton Abbey. 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. Tom develops feelings for Lady Sybil, with whom he shares political interests and a determined personality. When he returns to Downton to attend a house party, his valet, Mr Green, rapes Anna. When Mrs Bird refuses to work with a former prostitute, she chooses to leave. However, when he goes to reclaim the dog, he discovers her missing, and in his panic trying to find her in the woods, trips on several fallen branches and becomes muddied. Bates does not accept this, and insists that she alone is enough for him. In series three, she has a breast cancer scare; the lump is eventually diagnosed as benign. 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. The overjoyed couple once again begin to discuss and plan their future. Robert very reluctantly agrees, and feels sorry that Edith is a "spinster" with no boyfriend or prospects in sight. He was interested in studying medicine once in his life, but his father did not think it suitable for someone of his position. Finally, Edna says she cannot be stopped from speaking to Cora. They go to the Lotus night club, but Bullock gets drunk and leaves Rose on the dance floor. In the second Christmas special, she accompanies Lady Grantham to Scotland to visit Duneagle Castle. She reveals that she had stolen jewellery from a previous employer who treated her nicely, and she went to prison but was released early for good behaviour. Bates finally confronts his wife and reveals the truth; he realised Green was the attacker as soon as he returned to Downton, and he did intend to murder the valet the day he was killed. She tells Anna that she remembers Vera had dried food under her fingernails, meaning that Vera made the pie herself knowing that her husband would be implicated for murder. Edith's grandmother (and Rosamund's mother) is highly suspicious of this plan and discovers later that Edith left when she was around 34 months pregnant to give birth there. 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. 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. Cora then silences Robert. He knew Mary since they were young children, but they did not become reacquainted as adults until after Matthew's death at the end of series three. 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. In the second film, Mary has a flirtatious relationship with a film director named Jack Barber, but she stays faithful to Henry. She gave birth to their son on New Year's Eve, 1925. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! She is very trustworthy, polite, and loyal to the Crawley family and her "downstairs" co-workers. 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. In series four, the staff at Downton Abbey receive a letter from Gwen where she tells them she is married. Edna claims that Tom still seduced her, and Mrs Hughes reminds Edna it was she who got Tom drunk, then climbed into his bed, meaning she was in no way seduced. However, the same day, Matthew is killed in a car crash while driving home from the hospital. George's father Matthew is killed in a car crash the day of George's birth. However, because of his misdiagnosis of Matthew, Robert hires a well-known doctor who strongly disagrees with Clarkson. Edith's repeated visits began to arouse the suspicion and anger of Drewe's wife. "[17] Finneran stated her belief that O'Brien's negative attitudes originated from how the character "has basically sacrificed her entire life to somebody else, for the good of their life and their home its no wonder that she would get frustrated or angry about things. She attended secondary school at the American British Academy in Muscat, Oman, and graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 2004. After the war, with male staff able to be hired, the full household staff are brought up to the pre-war levels and Mr Carson is able to return to solely undertaking the duties of butler. Mary enlists the help of Anna and Cora to move his body, which is seen by Daisy. Mr. Pamuk's Death. After the death of the heir to the estate and her unofficial fianc, Mary's relationship with the new heir, distant cousin Matthew Crawley, begins coldly due to their different upbringing. 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. Edna Braithwaite was a general maid who arrived at Downton Abbey in September 1921 and left soon after, then . Thomas later tells Anna Bates that he's upset because he wasn't special to Jimmy, which Anna very adamantly disagrees with. Vera Bates (played by Maria Doyle Kennedy) (d. 1918) was the estranged wife of John Bates. Despite the concern of her husband and of Lady Mary, Anna does keep working, although some of her duties are undertaken by other members of staff. 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. Martha sees herself as representing modernity, while Violet seems to represent the pre-war aristocratic world that is gradually becoming obsolete. Harold then accompanies his mother to England in July 1923. With Violet's help, Isobel proposes to Lord Merton, who accepts, to the horror of his son and daughter in-law, and they are married in the series finale. The intended dinner conversation quickly becomes a heated argument in front of the bemused minister, and the Earl of Grantham collapses from a perforated ulcer, ending the gathering while he is rushed to hospital. Robert then asks him to dinner after Tom Branson expresses his wish to baptise his daughter Catholic like himself, a decision Robert opposes. After a hot post-dinner make-out with Lady Mary, the dangerously handsome Turkish diplomat sneaks his way into her bedroom and forces himself on her, only to collapse in an . Mrs Hughes dismisses her after discovering the two of them in bed together, but Ethel shortly returns having nowhere else to go when she finds out she is pregnant with his child. 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. She manages to stop the divorce that Mr Bates thought was a foregone conclusion, and he goes to London to confront her. Rosamund is one of the more headstrong and outspoken members of the family. 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. In September 1921, Mary gives birth to their son George, but Matthew is killed in a car crash while driving home from the hospital. Left virtually penniless, he makes his way to England and settles in York, where he receives aid from a charity for migr Russian refugees. That leads Baxter to guess that Anna is pregnant. Anna only tells Mrs Hughes of the crime, fearing her husband would commit murder if he discovered the truth. 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. At the end of series three, Jimmy is promoted to first footman, but he holds a grudge against Thomas into the Christmas Special. He has a sister, Mrs Chetwood, who writes to Cora with the recipe for his favourite dessert, apple charlotte. 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. With its views of life from the upstairs and downstairs, it shows the perspectives of the happenings of early 20th century England's commonwealth. The wife tells Cora that Marigold is Edith's illegitimate child, which shocks her. During the Crawleys' Christmas celebrations, Anna is seen alone and concerned about her husband. Andrew serves drinks before a fox hunt. [2] Early on, she is portrayed as a petulant and cold young woman; as the series progresses, however, she shows more vulnerability and compassion. Rose matures and become less self-centred. Thomas then calls her a "manipulative little witch" and expresses delight that her schemes have come to nothing. Tom was briefly seduced by the manipulative maid Edna who made it her life's mission to trick him into marrying her. 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. Anna insists that they marry so that she will have legal rights if the worst happens. 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. With Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Brendan Coyle. Travis insults the Catholic faith and believes the Anglican Church is superior. During the New Year celebrations, the Bateses welcome the new year away from the others, together with their newborn son. The younger Crawleys often use Rosamund's home at 35 Belgrave Square as a place to stay when visiting London, on which occasions Rosamund takes the opportunity to catch up on family gossip. When Bates is deemed guilty and is sentenced to be hanged, Anna breaks down and briefly prepares to leave Downton Abbey with Lady Mary, whom she is very close to, offering to accompany her mistress on an extended holiday to America, much to Mary's delight.