The Suspicions of Mr Whicher

LIST OF CHARACTERS

AT ROAD HILL HOUSE

Samuel Kent, sub-inspector of factories, aged 59 in June 1860

Mary Kent, née Pratt, Samuel's second wife, 40

Mary Ann Kent, daughter of Samuel Kent's first marriage, 29

Elizabeth Kent, daughter of Samuel Kent's first marriage, 28

Constance Kent, daughter of Samuel Kent's first marriage, 16

William Kent, son of Samuel Kent's first marriage, 14

Mary Amelia Kent, daughter of Samuel Kent's second

marriage, 5

Saville Kent, son of Samuel Kent's second marriage, 3

Eveline Kent, daughter of Samuel Kent's second marriage, 1

Elizabeth Gough, nursemaid, 22

Sarah Cox, housemaid, 22

Sarah Kerslake, cook, 23

LIVE-OUT SERVANTS

James Holcombe, gardener, groom and coachman, 49

John Alloway, odd-job boy, 18

Daniel Oliver, assistant gardener, 49

Emily Doel, assistant nursemaid, 14

Mary Holcombe, charwoman

Anna Silcox, retired monthly nurse, 76

OTHER VILLAGERS

The Reverend Edward Peacock, perpetual curate of Christ

Church, 39

Hester Holley, washerwoman, 55

Martha Holley, daughter of Hester, 17

William Nutt, shoemaker, 36

Thomas Benger, farmer, 46

Stephen Millet, butcher, 55

Joe Moon, tilemaker, 39

James Fricker, plumber and glazier, 40

James Morgan, baker and parish constable, 56

THE POLICE

Superintendent John Foley, 64, of Trowbridge

Police Constable William Dallimore, 40, of Trowbridge

Eliza Dallimore, police 'searcher', 47, of Trowbridge

Police Constable Alfred Urch, 33, of Road

Police Constable Henry Heritage, of Southwick

Police Sergeant James Watts, of Frome

Captain Meredith, the Chief Constable of Wiltshire, 63, of

Devizes

Superintendent Francis Wolfe, 48, of Devizes

THE DETECTIVES

Detective-Inspector Jonathan Whicher, 45

Detective-Sergeant Frederick Adolphus Williamson, 29

Detective-Sergeant Richard Tanner, 29

Ignatius Pollaky, private inquiry agent, 31

IN NEIGHBOURING TOWNS

George Sylvester, surgeon and county coroner, 71, of

Trowbridge

Joshua Parsons, surgeon, 45, of Beckington

Joseph Stapleton, surgeon, 45, of Trowbridge

Benjamin Mallam, physician, of Frome

Rowland Rodway, solicitor, 46, of Trowbridge

William Dunn, solicitor, 30, of Frome

Henry Gaisford Gibbs Ludlow, landowner, magistrate for

Wiltshire and Deputy Lieutenant for Somersetshire, 50, of

Westbury

William Stancomb, wool manufacturer, magistrate for

Wiltshire and Deputy Lieutenant for Wiltshire, 48, of

Trowbridge

John Stancomb, wool manufacturer and magistrate for

Wiltshire, 45, of Trowbridge

Peter Edlin, barrister, 40, of Bristol

Emma Moody, wool-worker's daughter, 15, of Warminster

Louisa Hatherill, farmer's daughter, 15, of Oldbury-on-the

Hill, Gloucestershire

William Slack, solicitor, of Bath

Thomas Saunders, magistrate and former barrister, of

Bradford-upon-Avon