The Smythe-Smiths
Daniel Smythe-Smith, The Earl of Winstead
Lady Honoria Smythe-Smith/Holroyd, the Countess of Chatteris
Iris Smythe-Smith/Kenworthy
The Pleinsworths
Lady Sarah Pleinsworth
The Prentices
Hugh Prentice
The second son of the Marquis of Ramsgate. Went to school with Daniel Smythe-Smith and Marcus Holroyd and was friends with them, but their friendship was strained when Daniel and Hugh dueled, ending in Hugh suffering a gunshot wound that left him with a limp.
Book Smart: Easily one of the smartest characters in the series and particularly skilled at math.
Freddie Prentice
The first son of the Marquis of Ramsgate. He is gay.
Big Brother Instinct: As children, he kept Hugh away from their parents when they fought.
The Marquis of Ramsgate
Hugh's father.
Other Gentry
Marcus Holroyd, The Earl of Chatteris
The only child of the previous Earl of Chatteris. Marcus met Daniel Smythe-Smith in school, and the two became close friends, so close that the Smythe-Smiths treated him like one of their own children.
Sir George Chervil
Stalker without a Crush: As soon as his father died, George started trying to track Anne down, fully intending to make good on his threats.
Sir Richard Kenworthy
A baronet who returns to London for the first time in three years in search of a wife.
Other Characters
Anne Wynter/Annelise Sophronia Shawcross
Dark and Troubled Past: Anne was ruined for marriage because she had premarital sex with George Chervil. This came to light a few days later, after he sexually assaulted her and she injured him in self-defense. Her father and George's father came to an agreement to keep the incident quiet and prevent further scandal. Anne was disowned and forced to leave her hometown, to be treated by her family as if she did not exist.
