# Lady Rose’s Daughter — Character guide

> Key figures in Lady Rose’s Daughter by Mary Augusta Ward.

- [Julie Le Breton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lady_rose_s_daughter_se/characters/julie_le_breton.md): The novel's protagonist, a brilliant and enigmatic woman whose past and ambitions drive the central plot.
- [Sir Wilfrid Bury](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lady_rose_s_daughter_se/characters/sir_wilfrid_bury.md): A prominent politician and Julie's father, whose career and reputation are deeply affected by her actions.
- [Jacob Delafield](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lady_rose_s_daughter_se/characters/jacob_delafield.md): A wealthy, influential man who becomes entangled with Julie and the Delafield family's affairs.
- [Captain Warkworth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lady_rose_s_daughter_se/characters/captain_warkworth.md): A military officer and a central figure in the romantic and social intrigues of the novel.
- [Lady Henry Delafield](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lady_rose_s_daughter_se/characters/lady_henry_delafield.md): A society matron whose life is intertwined with the Delafield family and Julie's schemes.
- [Lord Lackington](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lady_rose_s_daughter_se/characters/old_lord_lackington.md): An elderly nobleman and political figure, often a voice of wisdom and tradition.
- [Mr. Montresor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lady_rose_s_daughter_se/characters/mr_montresor.md): Montresor belongs to the older generation of political and social insiders who gather around Sir Wilfrid Bury, and his grief over his son's death in the relief of Lucknow gives him a gravity the others lack. He is a conf
- [Lady Blanche Moffatt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lady_rose_s_daughter_se/characters/lady_blanche_moffatt.md): Lady Blanche moves through the novel's fashionable world as a woman of rank and careless cruelty, especially toward servants and dependants, a trait that both fascinates and repels Captain Warkworth. Her gossip about Sim
- [Aileen Moffatt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lady_rose_s_daughter_se/characters/aileen_moffatt.md): Aileen belongs to the wealthy Moffatt family, and her money is the quiet engine behind Warkworth's calculations even as her guardians watch him with suspicion. She knows nothing of the world and loves him with a child-an
- [Dr. Meredith](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lady_rose_s_daughter_se/characters/dr_meredith.md): Meredith is a self-made man of mysterious origins whose mastery of German and Russian and whose rumored Jewish descent set him apart from the aristocratic circle he moves in. He has promised Julie four hundred pounds a y
- [Evelyn Crowborough](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lady_rose_s_daughter_se/characters/evelyn_crowborough.md): The Duchess moves between the Duke's exasperated pragmatism and her own impulsive generosity, arranging the little Heribert Street house and defending Julie against every charge Lady Henry can raise. Her manners shift so
- [Lord Uredale](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lady_rose_s_daughter_se/characters/lord_uredale.md): A nobleman and political figure, part of the broader social and political landscape.
- [Duke of Chudleigh](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lady_rose_s_daughter_se/characters/duke_of_chudleigh.md): A high-ranking nobleman, part of the social elite.
- [Duchess of Chudleigh](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lady_rose_s_daughter_se/characters/duchess_of_chudleigh.md): The wife of the Duke of Chudleigh, a society hostess.

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