# The Eustace Diamonds — Character guide

> Key figures in The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope.

- [Lizzie Eustace](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/lizzie_eustace.md): A beautiful, unscrupulous widow who clings to a diamond necklace she claims is an heirloom.
- [Lucy Morris](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/lucy_morris.md): A poor but honest governess, loved by Frank Greystock, whose integrity contrasts with Lizzie's.
- [Frank Greystock](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/frank_greystock.md): A rising lawyer and MP, Lizzie's cousin, torn between his love for Lucy and his ambition.
- [Lord Fawn](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/lord_fawn.md): A timid, pompous government official who becomes engaged to Lizzie but tries to break it off.
- [Sir Griffin Tewett](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/sir_griffin_tewett.md): A violent, impoverished baronet who pursues and eventually marries Lucinda Roanoke.
- [Lady Fawn](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/lady_fawn.md): The kind, matriarchal mother of Lord Fawn and his many sisters.
- [Lucinda Roanoke](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/lucinda_roanoke.md): A proud, beautiful heiress forced into a miserable engagement with Sir Griffin Tewett.
- [Mr. Camperdown](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/mr_camperdown.md): The Eustace family solicitor, determined to recover the diamonds from Lizzie.
- [Mrs. Carbuncle](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/mrs_carbuncle.md): A scheming, impoverished social climber who acts as Lucinda's aunt and chaperone.
- [Lady Glencora Palliser](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/lady_glencora_palliser.md): A wealthy, influential society hostess who takes an interest in Lizzie's affairs.
- [Mr. Emilius](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/mr_emilius.md): A oily, foreign clergyman who becomes Lizzie's final suitor and eventual husband.
- [Miss Macnulty](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/miss_macnulty.md): Lizzie's poor, loyal companion who endures her mistress's whims.
- [Lord George de Bruce Carruthers](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/lord_george_de_bruce_carruthers.md): A charming but penniless adventurer who helps Lizzie and later betrays her.
- [Sir Florian Eustace](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/sir_florian_eustace.md): Lizzie's late husband, who dies shortly after their marriage, leaving her the diamonds.
- [Lady Linlithgow](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/lady_linlithgow.md): Lizzie's miserly, ill-tempered aunt with whom she lives after Sir Florian's death.
- [Andy Gowran](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/andy_gowran.md): A stubborn Scottish tenant at Portray who suspects Lizzie of wrongdoing.
- [John Eustace](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/john_eustace.md): Sir Florian's brother, a just man who manages the Eustace estate.
- [Mr. Gager](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/gager.md): A clever detective hired to investigate the theft of the diamonds.
- [Mr. Bunfit](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/mr_bunfit.md): A police detective working on the diamond case, often at odds with Gager.
- [Mrs. Hittaway](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/mrs_hittaway.md): Lord Fawn's married sister, who schemes against Lizzie's marriage to her brother.
- [Patience Crabstick](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/patience_crabstick.md): Lizzie's maid, who becomes a key witness in the diamond theft case.
- [Augusta Fawn](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/augusta_fawn.md): One of Lord Fawn's sisters, who marries Mr. Hittaway.
- [Arthur Herriot](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/arthur_herriot.md): A young man who loves Lucy Morris but is rejected by her.
- [Mr. Dove](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/mr_dove.md): A wise, scholarly barrister who gives legal opinions on the diamond case.
- [Mr. Benjamin](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/mr_benjamin.md): A shady jeweler involved in the diamond theft plot.
- [Mr. Nappie](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/nappie.md): A horse dealer who sells a horse to Lord George.
- [Mr. Palliser](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/mr_palliser.md): Plantagenet Palliser, a rising politician and Lady Glencora's husband.
- [Madame Max Goesler](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/madame_max_goesler.md): A wealthy, clever widow and friend of Lady Glencora.
- [Amelia](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/amelia.md): One of Lady Fawn's daughters, sensible and outspoken.
- [Lady Chiltern](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/lady_chiltern.md): A friend of Lady Glencora, formerly Violet Effingham.
- [Billy Cann](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/billy_cann.md): A small, clever thief who helps steal the diamonds.
- [Mrs. Greystock](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/mrs_greystock.md): Frank Greystock's mother, a widow living in poverty.
- [Major Mackintosh](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/major_mackintosh.md): A police officer who oversees the diamond investigation.
- [Nina](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/nina.md): A young girl at Portray who becomes attached to Lizzie.
- [Mr. Smiler](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/mr_smiler.md): A criminal accomplice in the diamond robbery.
- [Messrs. Harter and Benjamin](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/harter_and_benjamin.md): A firm of shady jewelers involved in the diamond plot.
- [Mr. Bonteen](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/mr_bonteen.md): A politician and associate of Mr. Palliser.
- [Jack Morgan](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/jack_morgan.md): A groom at Portray who assists in the diamond theft.
- [Jane](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/jane.md): A servant or relative at the Fawn household.
- [Barrington Erle](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/barrington_erle.md): A political friend of Frank Greystock and Mr. Palliser.
- [MacFarlane](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/macfarlane.md): A Scottish lawyer involved in the Eustace estate matters.
- [Mr. Legge Wilson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/mr_legge_wilson.md): A barrister who appears in the diamond trial.
- [Sawab of Mygawb](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/sawab_of_mygawb.md): An Indian prince visiting London, courted by Mrs. Carbuncle.
- [Lord Mount Thistle](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/lord_mount_thistle.md): A Scottish peer and neighbor of Lizzie at Portray.
- [Mr. Mopus](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/mopus.md): A disreputable lawyer consulted by Lizzie.
- [Plantagenet Palliser](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/plantagenet_palliser.md): A rising politician and Lady Glencora's husband.
- [Messrs. Garnett](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/garnett.md): A firm of jewellers who value the diamonds.
- [Lord Chiltern](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/lord_chiltern.md): Lady Chiltern's husband, a master of hounds.
- [Orlando](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/orlando.md): A character in a poem or story referenced by Lizzie.
- [Lubin](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/lubin.md): A character in a poem referenced by Lizzie.
- [Violet Effingham](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/violet_effingham.md): Lady Chiltern before marriage, briefly mentioned as a past love.
- [Mr. Harter](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/mr_harter.md): A jeweler and accomplice of Mr. Benjamin.
- [Mr. Burke](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_eustace_diamonds_se/characters/mr_burke.md): A politician who gives speeches in Parliament.

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