The Iberian Flame

Dramatic Personae

*indicates fictitious character

*Sir Thomas Kydd, captain of HMS Tyger

*Nicholas Renzi, Earl of Farndon, friend and former confidential secretary

Tyger, ship’s company

*Bowden second lieutenant

*Bray first lieutenant

*Brice third lieutenant

*Clinton captain, Royal Marines

*Darby gunner

*Dillon Kydd’s confidential secretary

*Dodd sergeant, Royal Marines

*Doud quartermaster’s mate

*Gilpin midshipman

*Halgren coxswain

*Joyce sailing master

*Maynar master’s mate

*Pinto petty officer

*Rowan midshipman

*Stirk gunner’s mate

*Tysoe Kydd’s valet

Others

Allemand French rear admiral in command Rochefort fleet

*Appleby, Mrs housekeeper of Knowle Manor

Beresford British general under Moore

Bonaparte French Emperor

Brightman captain, Concord

Broadwood captain, Lynx

Burrard commander of British Forces, Iberia

*Campbell flag-captain to Rowley

Canning British foreign secretary

Carlos IV King of Spain

Castlereagh British secretary of state for war

Collingwood commander-in-chief, Mediterranean fleet

Dalrymple lieutenant general

De Courcy admiral,

Tonnant *Dolores de Vargas Spanish patriot

Dom Antonio de Castro bishop and leader of Oporto junta

Dupont French Imperial Army flying column commander

Espartero aide to Montijo

Ezquerra Spanish scholar and jurist

Fernando Prince of Asturias, son of Carlos IV

*Fray Mendoza Spanish cleric

Ganteaume French vice admiral in command Brest fleet

Godoy first minister to Carlos IV

*Grieves lieutenant, 38 th of foot

*Haig an Admiralty secretary

Hayward captain, Vigilant

Herrera secretary to Godoy

Inaki Haro leader, Bilbao junta

*Inglis English envoy to the Spanish Army

Izquierdo envoy to the Emperor of the French

*Jago Renzi’s under-steward and privy assistant

Kellerman French cavalry division commander and negotiator, Treaty of Cintra

Layton captain, Jason

*Marceau French prisoner of war, former captain Preussen

*Mariano Vicente de Lis Spanish scholar

*Mason captain, Riposte

*Meireles captain of the armed forces of the junta of Oporto Douro

Montijo count, Spanish court functionary

Moore commander-in-chief, British forces in Spain

Morla general, the Army of Andalucia

*Morton clandestine agent for French escapees

Mowlam captain, Menander

Murat head of French forces in Spain

Noriega Bilbao freedom junta of Patriots

Nott parole agent

*Ochoa guerrilla

*Packwood colonel and aide-de-camp to Moore

Pepita mistress of Godoy

*Persephone Lady Kydd

Portland British prime minister

Rosily French vice admiral of Iberian squadron in succession to Villeneuve

*Rowley rear admiral, Conqueror

Solano royal governor of Cadiz

Soult Marshal of France and pursuer of Moore

Strachan vice admiral, Rochefort squadron

Thornbrough vice admiral, Royal Sovereign

*Tovey blacksmith, Ivybridge

*Uribe guerrilla commander

Wellesley general, future Duke of Wellington

*Wishart lieutenant, liaison officer to the Spanish Crown