History Characters / Belgravia

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: [[spoiler:He's the only one who is in the dark about the paternity of Susan's child.]]

* WhyAreYouNotMySon: It's implied he has a bit of this feeling towards Charles Pope, even though the young man ''is'' his grandson, and is bitter about the fact that Oliver has no ambition or head for business.

!!Lord Peregrine Bellasis, Earl of Brockenhurst

!!Lady Caroline Bellasis, Countess of Brockenhurst

Peregrine's younger brother and heir, a vicar. Husband of Grace and father of John and Emma.

* TheResenter: Towards Peregrine because he's the elder brother who gets everything, just because he's two years older.

* SpannerInTheWorks: His very presence upsets the inheritance for Stephen's family and Lady Templemore's efforts to get her daughter Maria to marry John Bellasis.

%%* SpiritedYoungLady

* WhyAreYouNotMySon: It's implied he has a bit of this feeling towards Charles Pope, even though the young man ''is'' his grandson, and is bitter about the fact that Oliver has no head for business.

!!Sophia Trenchard, [[spoiler:Countess Bellasis]]

* FalseWidow: When Anne and Sophia went up to Derby to bear Charles in secret, the latter pretends to be a Waterloo widow.

** Winds up being proven right that John Bellasis is a scented degenerate.

%%* UpperClassTwit

* WidowWoman: Her husband died when his horse threw him, smashing his head against a rock.

* WidowWoman: Outlived her husband Reverend Pope. When we meet her, she's just about to move out to make room for the next minister.

* WidowWoman: [[spoiler:The fact that Sophia was a widow ''at all'' is a spoiler where it was revealed her secret marriage to Viscount Bellasis wasn't a sham.]]

!!Lady Maria Grey, [[spoiler:Countess Bellasis]]

* {{Bookworm}}: Lady Brockenhurst mentions that Maria used to always have her head in a book. She also intends to become a member of one of the London Library and [[spoiler:makes a secret meeting with Charles at a bookshop in Piccadilly.]]

* HonorBeforeReason: He had a cushy position as a clergyman but chose to reenlist when Napoleon escaped from Elba out of duty to his country.

* WidowWoman: [[spoiler:Since the marriage ''was'' legitimate, she was Edmund's wife and survived him for nine months.]]

* TheConfidant: [[spoiler:Sophia exchanged letters to Jane until her death.]]

* TragicKeepsake: Jane kept a letter written to her by Sophia. She also has a number of documents about [[spoiler:Sophia's marriage to Edmund.]]

* GentlemanSnarker: The scene after Stephen gives a sermon is just one example. Noting the hypocrisy of a gambler giving a sermon about the dangers of money, Peregrine remarks "Next time you should read [the sermon] beforehand. It'll make you less foolish."

* TheGamblingAddict: By the time of the story, Stephen has gambled away nearly all his inheritance.

* {{Hypocrite}}: In the adaptation he gives a sermon on the dangers of money while he deals with a massive gambling problem. Peregrine and Caroline are in the congregation and are fighting the urge to laugh.

* TheLoad: Peregrine views him as an embarrassment and everyone else who knows him is waiting for him to die because of his poor health.

* WrongLineOfWork: It's made pretty clear that Oliver doesn't have the drive or work ethic to be a good businessman like James (he gallivants to go off riding or shooting and intends to sell off the business once his father dies). So at the end of the story [[spoiler:he retires to Glanville to be a country squire.]]

* IGaveMyWord: As a lady, she is honor-bound to say nothing of her secret grandson. Besides, she isn't going to say anything about her son's possibly disgraceful conduct. [[ExactWords However]], she has no problem with ''other'' people figuring out the truth by piquing the interest of everyone in London she know.
* IWasQuiteALooker: While meeting with Anne Trenchard, Lady Brockenhurst points out a portrait when she was 17, just before she married her husband Peregrine. She notes it was a fair likeness back then... not so much now.

-->"She's the daughter of a duke and the sister of a duchess. 26 years ago, [James Trenchard] was a dumpy man with a working-class background and the face of a butcher. With his looks, to get her into bed he'd have to be the Czar of Russia."

* {{Bookworm}}: Lady Brockenhurst mentions that Maria used to always have her head in a book. She also intends to become a member of one of the libraries and [[spoiler:makes a secret meeting with Charles at a bookshop in Piccadilly.]]

!!John Bellasis

* TheDandy: One of his first lines is about how many clothes he has to have to appear fashionable in London. Apparently it's his main expense.

-->'''Speer''': I'm a servant sir. We don't tell anything they don't need to know.

* GenerationXerox: Inherited his father's kind heart and honesty and his mother's ambition. And like his mother, he falls for an aristocrat several degrees above his station.

* WalkingSpoiler: Many of the revelations throughout the show pertain to his identity, parentage and legitimacy.

* ItsAllAboutMe: It's indicated that her pushing the match between Maria and John is so ''she'' can spend her remaining years in comfort.

* SelfMadeMan: Made his fortune as an army supplier and architect in Belgravia.

* InSeriesNickname: The servants call Susan "Mrs. Oliver" to differentiate her from her mother-in-law Mrs. Trenchard.

%%* TheQuietOne: Not a man for words.
%%* SugarAndIcePersonality

Countess of Brockenhurst. Peregrine's wife and Edmund's mother.

* IWasQuiteALooker: While meeting with Anne Trenchard, Lady Brockenhurst points out a portrait when she was 17, just before she married her husband Peregrine. She notes it was a fair likeness... not so much now.

* DragonInChief: While Stephen makes the initial suggestion to blackmail Lady Brockenhurst, it's John who actually does the legwork by bribing the servants and persuading Susan to get information from her mother-in-law. Stephen's more direct approach winds up being [[BlackmailBackfire much less successful]].

* WhyAreYouNotMySon: It's implied he has a bit of this feeling towards Charles Pope, even though the young man ''is'' his grandson.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Oliver is correct in saying that there's clearly something about Charles Pope his parents aren't telling him. Unfortunately he goes about it the wrong way.

* WrongLineOfWork: It's made pretty clear that Oliver doesn't have the drive or work ethic to be a good businessman like James (he intends to sell off the business once his father dies). So at the end of the story [[spoiler:he retires to Glanville to be a country squire.]]

* OhCrap: Has an ''epic'' one when she sees Richard Bouverie in army uniform, believing she'd been duped into a false marriage.

* BerserkButton: Charles Pope is a walking, talking one for Oliver; he hates everything about Pope.

** Knows that Susan is making eyes at John Bellasis, but never once does he think that [[spoiler:John sired Susan's child]].

* OneHundredPercentAdorationRating: Everyone has something nice to say about him except for the Trenchards.

* TheResenter: Towards Peregrine because he's the elder brother who gets everything.

* MissingMom: To Charles Pope. Even if she survived she would have played no part in his life.

* TheSociopath: Fits most of the criteria. Superficially charming? Check, given he gets the Countess of Templemore to arrange a marriage between him and her daughter Maria and start an affair with Susan on the side. ManipulativeBastard? Check; weasels his way into getting information on the Trenchards through their servants. LackOfEmpathy? He only got engaged to Maria just to keep up appearances, dumps Susan when [[spoiler:she reveals she's pregnant]], and is the only person in the entire novel/miniseries to [[spoiler:attempt murder]]. The only person he might care for are his parents, and even then [[spoiler:he has no problem stealing from them just to pay his spies.]]

* {{Greed}}: Speer mentions he's money-hungry, and through his dealings in the black market and [[spoiler:John Bellasis,]] it's an accurate description. He even holds letters hostage because he knows [[spoiler:John]] will need them.

* TheSociopath: Fits most of the criteria. Superficially charming? Check, given he gets the Countess of Templemore to arrange a marriage between him and her daughter Maria and start an affair with Susan on the side. ManipulativeBastard? Check; weasels his way into getting information on the Trenchards through their servants. LackOfEmpathy? He dumps Susan when [[spoiler:she reveals she's pregnant]], and is the only person in the entire novel/miniseries to [[spoiler:attempt murder]]. The only person he might care for are his parents, and even then [[spoiler:he has no problem stealing from them just to pay his spies.]]

* OnlyOneName: Only ever referred to as Speer at any point.

* GenerationXerox: Inherited his father's kind heart and honesty and his mother's ambition.

* SpannerInTheWorks: His very presence upsets the inheritance for Stephen's family and Lady Templemore's efforts to get Maria to marry John Bellasis.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Greatly resembles his father Edmund; his grandmother Caroline practically has a heart attack when she meets him for the first time.

* {{Retirony}}: Originally retired, Bouverie rejoined the fighting when Napoleon escaped from Elba. He then died at Waterloo.

%%* WalkingSpoiler

* IGaveMyWord: As a lady, she is honor-bound to say nothing of her secret grandson. Besides, she isn't going to say anything about her son's possibly disgraceful conduct. [[ExactWords However]], she has no problem with ''other'' people figuring out the truth by piquing the interest of everyone in London.

* ShipperOnDeck: Winds up becoming this to Maria Grey and Charles Pope as Maria seeks to escape her impending ArrangedMarriage to John Bellasis.