What really happened next remains unknown, although sexual relations are heavily implied. He arrives at Downton before leaving to settle his cousin's affairs, and Edith accepts his proposal. Mr. Pamuk's Death. He has never condemned Mary for any of her more questionable actions, and Mrs Hughes once remarks that "Mr Carson would forgive (Lady Mary) if (she) attacked him with a brick.". In the third series, Isobel wants to hire Ethel to work alongside Mrs Bird. When Bates catches him stealing some wine, Thomas attempts to frame him for the theft. 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. Lady Mary prepares a room for Anna and her husband in the main house so they can spend their wedding night together. It's not such a free place any more. Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham (played by Hugh Bonneville) (b. She also has a nephew, Alfred Nugent, who later becomes a footman at Downton. Joseph Molesley (played by Kevin Doyle) (b. Thomas escorts Jimmy to the guest corridor upstairs and plans to watch the door while Jimmy goes through with it. She runs off and leaves Downton immediately. He is never referred to by name on the show, but the published scripts reveal his first name to be Philip. 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. 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. Edna comforts him, which makes him think she is the only one who understood him those two days. Mr Bates, to Thomas's surprise, intervenes, by informing Lord Grantham of the details and then offering to force O'Brien to call Jimmy off. 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. A timeline of events in Downton Abbey from the 1530s to 1928. She is originally from Argyll, Scotland, where her father was a farmer. Eventually, his wife persuades him to accept the child as his grandson, and Mr Bryant offers to adopt Charlie. Prince Igor Kuragin (Russian: ; played by Rade Sherbedgia) is a former Russian nobleman forced into exile as a result of the 1917 Revolution. Martha sees herself as representing modernity, while Violet seems to represent the pre-war aristocratic world that is gradually becoming obsolete. Movies. Horrified by Major Bryant's refusal to acknowledge Charlie and his father's bullying, Ethel refuses the offer. 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. Tom doesn't learn her true identity until later. At first, it is considered to be a "house of ill repute" (as her first customers turned out to be an adulterous couple), but with the aid of her employers, who take tea there, that image is dispelled once and for all. 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]. Amused instead of scandalised at the revelation, Grantham gently declines Carson's offer, ending the matter as a non-issue. She is replaced in her position by Jane, a war widow. The overjoyed couple once again begin to discuss and plan their future. Edna doesn't think she has done anything wrong, insisting she is just as good as he and that there was nothing improper. 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. 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. When Vera learns that her husband has a larger than expected inheritance after his mother's death, she arrives at Downton Abbey. But because Ivy has a crush on Jimmy, Alfred decides to confront Jimmy about the fact that he's not interested in her. He had planned to make a proposal of marriage to her and took her to the village fair. [5] A Huffington Post poll revealed that 85% of the respondents expressed dislike of Matthew's death. He often helps Ivy in the kitchen with his culinary skills, much to Daisy's ire. Tom is enraged when she tells him if he was good enough for his late wife then she is good enough for him. He hides the Crawley family dog, Isis, whom he hopes to "find" to curry favour with Lord Grantham. 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. He informs Lady Grantham that he suspects the new nanny may be mistreating the children in some way. At other times, Mrs Patmore becomes flustered and takes her frustration out on Daisy. However, this . She would remain through the series end, after she revealed the whole story to Cora and Thomas' attempts to bully her were stopped. Jimmy's whereabouts post-Downton are never revealed. 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. However at the very end, Mrs Patmore notices a familiar face has snuck into the room. 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. He joins his fellow former nobles on an outing to Downton in the spring of 1924. At Brancaster Castle, she helps him embarrass Lord Sinderby's butler at Mary's behest (because the butler was being rude to Tom), and she helps Molesley find evidence exonerating Bates of the murder of Mr Green. 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. Further, Edith discovers she is pregnant with Gregson's illegitimate child. She is played by actress MyAnna Buring. 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. In the first film, set in 1927, Marigold is four or five years old and has returned to Downton with her mother and stepfather for the royal visit. Before she can bring herself to tell him about Marigold, Mary peevishly reveals the truth. Thomas later tells Anna Bates that he's upset because he wasn't special to Jimmy, which Anna very adamantly disagrees with. He would ask Mrs. Hughes to write her a good reference. He is the husband of Cora, son of Violet, and father of Mary, Edith and Sybil. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! He is one of the few people who is prepared to speak frankly to her, and is prepared to leave Downton Abbey to join her at Haxby when she is engaged to Sir Richard Carlisle. She now realises the 10-month trip to Switzerland was a farce. Bates goes with her, and it is thought that his romance with Anna is over. 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. He tends towards nostalgia and fears change (such as the installation of telephones in the house and electricity in the kitchen, as well as the election of a Labour government). Edith stays on (she had intended to resign because she was repulsed that a married man was flirting with her) after Michael expresses his hope that she will, citing how much it cheers him to meet her when they do and to read her column. After a long and somewhat secretive courtship she married Mr Bates in the end of the second series in a private ceremony at a registrar's office. Major Gordon then claims to be Patrick Crawley, the first cousin once removed of the Earl who perished with his father James Crawley in the sinking of the Titanic (neither of their bodies were recovered). Ethel tells Mrs Hughes that her neighbours think she is a war widow but admits that Major Bryant refuses to acknowledge that he is Charlie's father, despite Ethel and Mrs Hughes's best efforts to get him to admit paternity. She dies at the end of the second film. She also felt Edna might have fantasized about Tom in sort of a romantic way in the Christmas Special, but not so in Series 4. During the Crawleys' Christmas celebrations, Anna is seen alone and concerned about her husband. [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". Following that night, Edna relentlessly schemes to get Tom to pledge himself to her, by invading his privacy, such as entering his room without permission, and citing the possibility that she might now be pregnant. Daisy has a close relationship with Mrs Patmore, the cook, which is frequently more mother-daughter than two servants working together. They slept together and Edna lied to Tom that she was pregnant as a ploy for him to marry her. 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. 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. While there, she apparently comes to like Lady Flintshire and manages to arrange to become her lady's maid. A wealthy American heiress, she married Robert in 1890 when the Crawleys were in straitened circumstances; her fortune helped rescue Downton. Bates is less sure, but agrees that Anna will not be convicted. In series Four, Alfred pursues that interest and leaves Downton to become a chef at the Ritz. Mrs Bryant, who had been unhappy abandoning Ethel from the start, agrees and Ethel leaves Mrs Crawley's employment. 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. He crosses the final line when he takes Ivy out and gets a bit too familiar with her. This sums up her second appearance quite well She's not either, she's a rapist. Robert very reluctantly agrees, and feels sorry that Edith is a "spinster" with no boyfriend or prospects in sight. This is at a time when most women did not smoke and it was very rare for a woman to be seen smoking in public. Shortly after the war, Cora has Spanish influenza and nearly dies before making a full recovery. He has a close relationship with Mrs Hughes, built up over a quarter-century of overseeing the household staff. She plays outside with her cousins Sybil and George, as the adults are having tea inside the Downton estate. He attempts suicide but is rescued by his friends. He first appears onscreen after Lord Grantham has given Carson permission to hire another footman in addition to Alfred Nugent. 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. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Edith then invites him to a party at Downton, where he begins to earn her father's respect. At one point Grantham kisses Jane, but they are interrupted by an oblivious Mr Bates and they decide not to have an affair. Baxter is hired on Barrow's recommendation, and Cora is pleased with Baxter. 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. She is best friends with Mrs Patmore. 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). Bates nearly begs to stay, pointing out that he is unlikely to find another position (because of his disability), but Lord Grantham is unmoved. 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. She was forced to leave school at the age of 11.