A

• Marchioness of Auld Reekie. Lady Glencora's aunt. The Marchioness pressured Glencora to marry Plantagenet Palliser.

B

• Lady Baldock. Violet Effingham's aunt.

• Ezekiel Boncassen Father of Isabel. A learned American, he is spoken of as a potential president.

• Isabel Boncassen Perky love interest of Silverbridge in The Duke's Children. Marries him after being assured that his father approves of the match.

• Mrs. Boncassen Mother of Isabel. Somewhat ridiculous in London society, but her great love for her daughter is stressed.

• Mr. Bott. A somewhat overbearing and fawning M.P., he shadows Palliser. He offends Lady Glencora by watching her dance with Burgo Fitzgerald, and also loses his seat in Parliament during the election held whilst the Pallisers are abroad.

• Mrs Bunce. Phineas Finn's landlady.

C

• Miss Cassewary. Companion of Lady Mabel Grex.

• Oswald Standish, Lord Chiltern. Violent brother of Lady Laura Standish.

D

• Mr. Daubeny: Conservative Leader of the House of Commons and later Prime Minister. Believed to be based on Benjamin Disraeli.

• Lady Rosina de Courcy. A shrivelled-up old woman whose aristocratic family is now impoverished. She now dwells in a small cottage near her old home. Plantagenet enjoys her company but Glencora scornfully reminds her husband that Lady Rosina once tried to marry a brewer to solve her financial troubles.

• Lord de Terrier: Conservative leader, Prime Minister at the time of Phineas Finn's entry into the Commons, but ousted soon afterwards.

• Sir Orlando Drought Conservative M.P., Leader of the House of Commons and First Lord of the Admiralty in the Omnium government. He believed that as Leader of the House of Commons, he should be Prime Minister, but found the Duke of Omnium not friendly to his views. Resigned ostensibly over a matter of principle. Appears to have returned to the Conservative Front Bench during the Drummond government.

• Lord Drummond
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   Secretary of State for the Colonies in the Omnium Government; later becomes Conservative Prime Minister, but his government falls near the end of The Duke's Children.

E

• Violet Effingham. Love interest of Phineas Finn in Phineas Finn. Later the wife of Oswald Standish, Lord Chiltern.

• Barrington Erle Liberal MP and minor Cabinet minister. Postmaster General in the Omnium government.

• Lizzie, Lady Eustace. Formerly Lizzie Greystock. The major protagonist of The Eustace Diamonds. The apparent theft of her diamonds rivets society, but at the end of the novel her lies are exposed. Is later seen in Phineas Redux and also in The Prime Minister, in which she repels Ferdinand Lopez's advances and attempts to obtain her money.

F

• Marie Finn: Originally appears in Phineas Finn as Madame Max Goesler, a Viennese widow, and becomes a close friend and confidant to the old Duke of Omnium. At his death she is left diamonds which she refuses to take. She marries Phineas Finn. An intimate friend of Lady Glencora, and thereafter of her daughter Mary, she is shunned by Glencora's widower Plantagenet, now Duke of Omnium, when he believes that she has encouraged the marriage between Lady Mary and Frank Tregear. Later, she and the Duke reconcile.

• Burgo Fitzgerald. Loved by Lady Glencora before she is forced into an arranged marriage with Plantagenet Palliser. Handsome but penniless, he nearly persuades Lady Glencora to run away with her. By the time she encounters him again in a German gambling town, she feels only pity for him, and Mr. Palliser arranges for a small pension to be paid to him there.

• Arthur Fletcher. Elected M.P. for Silverbridge after Grey resigns; marries Emily Lopez (née Wharton) whom he has long loved.

G

• Mrs Arabella Greenow. Daughter of Squire Vavasor, sister of John and aunt of George, Kate and Alice. Married a rich elderly man, Mr Greenow, and was soon his widow. Shows an interest in her niece Kate and takes her to Yarmouth with her. Mrs Greenow is courted by the dashing wastrel Captain Bellfield and also by the less attractive but well-off Mr Cheesacre.

• Mr. Gresham. Liberal leader and friendly rival of Mr. Daubeny. Prime Minister, succeeding the Duke of Omnium. Believed to be based on William Ewart Gladstone
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• Lady Mabel Grex Initial love interest of Lord Silverbridge in The Duke's Children. While not in love with Silverbridge, though in love with Frank Tregear, she plays Silverbridge along in the hope of becoming Duchess of Omnium, but he soon becomes infatuated with Isabel Boncassen. The death of her father, the dissipated Lord Grex, leaves her impoverished, and she is left alone with her companion Miss Cassewary, two old maids together.

• John Grey Love interest of Alice Vavasor and later marries her. A wealthy gentleman farmer, he becomes M.P. for Silverbridge after Palliser gives up that seat to become an M.P. for Barsetshire instead.

K

• Robert Kennedy: Member of Parliament and Phineas Finn's rival for the affections of Lady Laura Standish. He eventually becomes insane.

• Sarah Kennedy. Elderly mother of Robert, whom she survives.

L

• Lady Linlithgow. Acerbic aunt of Lizzie Eustace.

• Ferdinand Lopez: Of doubtful origins, he marries Emily Wharton for her money. Persuades Glencora, Duchess of Omnium, to back him as a candidate in the Silverbridge by-election, which is won by Arthur Fletcher. When in dire financial straits, he throws himself beneath a train at the Tenway Junction.

M

• Mrs Marsham. She was a friend of Plantagenet Palliser's mother but is disliked by Lady Glencora. Mrs Marsham eventually marries Mr Bott, to Plantagenet's disgust.

• Miss McNulty. Companion of Lady Linlithgow, Lizzie Eustace's aunt, and afterwards of Lizzie herself.

• Countess of Midlothian. A meddlesome old woman who helped to pressure Lady Glencora to marry Plantagenet Palliser. The Countess also interferes in Alice Vavasor's life, though Alice indignantly rejects her advice.

• William Mildmay: Liberal Prime Minister early in the series, greatly admired by Palliser.

• Joshua Monk. Radical MP for the Potteries, risen from humble origins. Later becomes Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Omnium Government, and Prime Minister as the series ends.

O

• George Plantagenet Palliser, Duke of Omnium; Plantagenet Palliser's uncle. Never married and responsible for the building of the monstrous Gatherum Castle, with some love affairs in his younger years. Former MP for Silverbridge. Considers marrying Madame Max Goesler (later Marie Finn) but does not do so. Dies, leaving Madame Goesler all his jewels.

P

• Lord Gerald Palliser. Second son and second child of the Duke and Duchess of Omnium. Is sent down from Cambridge for unexcused absences. Is later enrolled at Oxford. Loses money at cards.

• Lady Glencora Palliser (daughter). Mentioned once in The Prime Minister and never before or after as Plantagenet and Glencora Palliser's eldest daughter. Possible oversight by Trollope as there is no mention of her death and in The Duke's Children it is made clear that the Omniums have only three children, Lord Silverbridge, Lord Gerald and Lady Mary.

• Jeffrey Palliser. Cousin of Plantagenet Palliser and at the time of Can You Forgive Her? next in line to the Dukedom of Omnium after him. Later marries and lives in Gloucestershire.

• Lady Mary Palliser. Youngest child and daughter of Plantagenet and Glencora. Falls in love with Frank Tregear. Her father's initial refusal to accept the match and gradual reconciliation to it forms much of the plot of The Duke's Children.

• Plantagenet Palliser
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   (father). See main article.

• Plantagenet Palliser (son), given the courtesy title Earl of Silverbridge. See under "Earl of Silverbridge".

• Sexty Parker. Partner of Ferdinand Lopez in The Prime Minister and ruined by him.

S

• Duke of St. Bungay. Liberal politician, who offers Palliser the post of Chancellor of the Exchequer
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  in Can You Forgive Her? Is spoken of as a possible prime minister in Phineas Finn. Serves in a variety of Cabinet posts, and is a close friend and confidant of Palliser.

• Plantagenet Palliser, Earl of Silverbridge Eldest child of Plantagenet and Glencora Palliser. His love initially for Lady Mabel Grex and later for Isabel Boncassen forms much of the plot of The Duke's Children. Involved in a betting scandal. He serves as an initially Conservative, but later Liberal Member of Parliament.

• Lady Laura Standish. Friend and love interest of Phineas Finn in Phineas Finn.

T

• Frank Tregear. Falls in love with Lady Mary Palliser. Her father's objections to the match are gradually worn down, especially once he is elected as an M.P.

V

• Alice Vavasor A friend and cousin of Lady Glencora's, eventually marries John Grey after long rejecting him.

• Arabella Vavasor Daughter of Squire Vavasor. See under Greenow, Mrs Arabella.

• George Adam St George Vavasor A ne'er do well, who takes money from Alice to finance ruinously expensive runs for Parliament. Briefly sits in the Commons, but is disinherited by his grandfather and eventually flees to America.

• John Vavasor Alice's father and George's uncle. Heir to the Vavasor fortune after George is disinherited.

• Kate Vavasor Sister of George Vavasor and cousin of Alice Vavasor.

• Squire Vavasor Strong-willed father of John and grandfather of George, Kate and Alice. Though a strong believer in primogeniture, he eventually disinherits George shortly before his own death.

W

• Emily Wharton Marries Ferdinand Lopez and is widowed when he kills himself. Later marries Arthur Fletcher.

• Everett Wharton. Emily's brother.

• Mr. Abel Wharton Emily's father. Attorney.