Richard Carvel
Characters
Characters
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**The Carvels**
* Richard Carvel, the narrator, a headstrong and hot\-tempered young man
* Lionel Carvel, Richard's grandfather, a wealthy shipowner, loyal to the Crown
* Captain Jack Carvel, Lionel's older son, Richard's father, a brave and reckless soldier, killed in the [French war](/wiki/French_and_Indian_War "French and Indian War") when Richard is a small child
* Elizabeth Carvel, Richard's mother, adopted by the Carvels as a child after a shipwreck
* Grafton Carvel, Lionel's younger son, jealous, manipulative and unscrupulous; estranged from the family after questioning Elizabeth's parentage
* Caroline Carvel, Grafton's wife, the daughter of a successful grocer
* Philip Carvel, the son of Grafton and Caroline, Richard's cousin
* Daniel Clapsaddle Carvel, Richard's grandson, the editor of his grandfather's memoirs

**The Carvel Hall servants**
* Mrs. Willis, the housekeeper
* Scipio, the butler
* Chess, the cook
* Harvey, the coachman and head groom
* Hugo, Richard's personal servant

**Historical figures**
* [George Washington](/wiki/George_Washington "George Washington")
* [John Paul, later John Paul Jones](/wiki/John_Paul_Jones "John Paul Jones"), a sea captain
* [Horace Walpole](/wiki/Horace_Walpole "Horace Walpole"), a cultured man\-about\-town
* [Charles James Fox](/wiki/Charles_James_Fox "Charles James Fox"), an English politician and inveterate gambler
* [Lord Baltimore](/wiki/Frederick_Calvert%2C_6th_Baron_Baltimore "Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore")
* [David Garrick](/wiki/David_Garrick "David Garrick"), an actor
* [Edmund Burke](/wiki/Edmund_Burke "Edmund Burke"), a Whig politician and orator

**Others**
* Captain Daniel Clapsaddle, a close friend of the Carvel family
* Dorothy Manners, Richard's capricious childhood playmate, later a society beauty
* Marmaduke Manners, Dorothy's foppish father
* Dr Courtenay, a Maryland [macaroni](/wiki/Macaroni_%28fashion%29 "Macaroni (fashion)") who courts Dorothy
* Patty Swain, Richard's friend, a sympathetic Maryland girl
* Henry Swain, Patty's father, a [Whig](/wiki/Whig_%28American_Revolution%29 "Whig (American Revolution)") lawyer
* Tom Swain, Patty's brother, a drunken wastrel
* Mr Allen, an amoral, self\-serving clergyman, tutor to Philip and Richard
* Jack, Lord Comyn, Richard's friend, a great\-hearted English nobleman
* The Duke of Chartersea, a dissolute aristocrat
* Banks, Richard's faithful English servant


How did Grafton Carvel's actions affect his relationships with others?