Character List in Pride and Prejudice
Character List in Pride and Prejudice
Major Families
Mr. BENNET, of Longbourn-house in Hertfordshire; the estate was about #2,000 a year, and #5,000 was settled on his wife and children; _m_.
Their children: Jane, 22, _m_. Charles Bingley;
Elizabeth, 20, _m_. Fitzwilliam Darcy;
Mary, `obtained nothing higher than one of her uncle Philips's clerks' (_Memoir_);
Catherine, `satisfactorily married to a clergyman near Pemberley' (_Memoir_); Lydia, 15-16, _m_. George Wickham.
Charles BINGLEY, 22, #100,000; it is implied that he lived in London; _m_. Jane Bennet.
His sisters: Louisa, #20,000, _m_. Mr. Hurst; Caroline, #20,000.
Mr. Hurst, of Grosvenor-street; _m_. Louisa Bingley.
Mr. DARCY the elder, of Pemberley in Derbyshire, _m_. Lady Anne Fitzwilliam; Fitzwilliam Darcy, his son, of Pemberley (and a town house not named), 28, #10,000 a year; _m_. Elizabeth Bennet.
His sister Georgiana, 16, #30,000
Relatives
Mr. Philips, attorney in Meryton; _m_. Miss ---- Gardiner.
---- Gardiner, daughter of a Meryton attorney,#4,000.
Edward GARDINER, of Gracechurch-street, brother of Mrs. Bennet;
his wife M----; their four young children.
The Rev. William COLLINS, Rector of Hunsford in Kent, cousin and heir to Mr. Bennet; 25; at one of the Universities; _m_. Charlotte Lucas.
Sir Lewis DE BOURGH, of Rosings Park in Kent; his widow, the Rt. Hon. Lady Catherine de Bourgh, daughter of the Earl of ---- and sister of Lady Anne Darcy; their daughter, Anne.
Colonel Fitzwilliam, younger son of the Earl of ----, nephew of Lady Catherine de Bourgh and of Lady Anne Darcy.
Servants, Companions & Housekeepers
Pemberley: Mr. WICKHAM, steward to old Mr. Darcy;
his son George; Lieutenant in the ----shire Militia; Cambridge; _m_. Lydia Bennet.
Mrs. Annesley, companion to Georgiana Darcy.
Mrs. Reynolds, housekeeper at Pemberley.
Mrs. Younge, former governess to Georgiana Darcy.
Netherfield. Mrs. Nicholls, housekeeper at Netherfield.
Longbourn Mrs. Hill, housekeeper at Longbourn.
Militia
Colonel Forster, commanding the ----shire Militia; Harriet his wife.
Captain Carter, of the ----shire Militia.
Mr. Chamberlayne, of the ----shire Militia.
Mr. Denny, of the ----shire Militia.
Mr. Pratt, of the ----shire Militia.
Meryton Neighbors:
Sir William LUCAS, Knight, and Lady Lucas, of Lucas Lodge;
their children, Charlotte, 27, _m_. Mr. Collins;
Maria; younger Miss Lucases; a boy.
Mrs. Long; her two nieces.
Miss Mary King, heiress of #10,000.
Genealogical Charts for the Characters in _Pride and Prejudice_
Bennets, Philipses, and Gardiners
+------+------+------
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Mr. Bennet === Mrs. Bennet Mrs. Philips === Mr. Philips Edward = M- Gardiner
+------+-+-----+------+------+ |
| | | | | +--+--+--+
Jane Elizabeth Mary "Kitty" Lydia | | | |
[Catherine] Four children
Mr. Collins is a cousin of Mr. Bennet.
Darcys, Fitzwilliams, and De Bourghs
The individuals in parentheses died before the main action of
the novel begins.
(Old Earl of ----,
surnamed Fitzwilliam)
|
+------+----+------+
| | |
(Old Mr. === (Lady Anne current Lady === (Sir Lewis
Darcy) | Fitzwilliam) Earl of ---- Catherine | de Bourgh)
| | |
+------+------+ +---+------+ |
| | | | |
Fitzwilliam Georgiana elder Colonel Anne de
Darcy Darcy son(s) Fitzwilliam Bourgh
Lucases and Bingleys
Sir William === Lady +------+------+
Lucas | Lucas | | |
| | | |
+------+------+ Charles Caroline Louisa === Mr. Hurst
| | | Bingley Bingley
Charlotte Maria other boys
Lucas Lucas and girls