Nick Briggs/PBS and our It would be incorrect to refer to him as Lord Robert, however. So sad that she almost burned the house down by accident. Downton Pop-out Trailer.) Why Are So Many Young Men Single And Sexless? Where does Grantham come from? Fetching times four. He conveniently falls in love with Lady Mary, eldest daughter of Robert, and their boy child George now is heir perceptive to the seat and title. What kind of a jerk lets her family undermine him so? They divorced. But honestly I am not at all worried about the future. Unless, the mother is the monarch, of course. A peer may be addressed as My Lord or Your Lordship or Sir. This is Our Violet. As she married two gentlemen with no title she was Lady Mary Crawley and Lady Mary Talbot. Maybe Edith's lady's maid is new and she doesn't quite trust her to do her best when she's going to be seeing the King and Queen. Geogre is the Earl of Granthams heir presumtive he has a title. I also wondered this as I live in a town called grantham where Margret thatcher was born and wondered if there was a connection with the town. Back to the Crawleys, but remember they arent real. As our fictional Downton storyline goes, Robert is the 7th Earl and finds himself without heir. The family name is Crawley. As both are the daughters of an Earl, they use the title Lady in front of their names. These fan theories include secret parentage, undercover spies, and, of course, poison. But Dan is also correct that the entire Edith wedding sequence was some dang good Downton. Epic frame-job fail.). Cookie Notice As his father had no title, only was heir, even if Robert had a second title, which he does not, George wouldnt have it. Although it may not be obvious, Marys need to keep Edith under her thumb belies deep insecuritya profound flaw in her charactermaking her capable of splitting off any guilt in the service of coldly maintaining her fragile superiority. Robert Crawley is addressed asLord Grantham by equals and asYour LordshiporMiLord by servants. Dear Sir or Maam, What We Know About Her Continued 'Today Show' Absence, Drew Barrymore and Ross Mathews Disgusted After Guy Fieri Feeds Them Spray Cheese on 'The Drew Barrymore Show', 'Jeopardy!' The fact she can transform from drab Lady Edith to drop-dead gorgeous glamazon to walk the red carpet, and elicit reactions . I am a Canadian and I wish Canada will re-introduce some of the titles. One thing thats key to the show yet is not widely understood by many are the titles used by members of the family. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Maybe he'll die! save. Elizabeth McGovern as Lady Cora, Laura Carmichael as Lady Edith, and Dame Maggie Smith as Lady Violet. I guess she may not technically be a Lady's Maid but a "maid who does buttons and hooks". As days go by, the bell that connects Alice's room to Mrs. Brymptom's rings at night inexplicably, and Alice hears footsteps coming from the locked door across the hall from her - the former room of Emma Saxon. Addressed by servants asYour Ladyship orMiLady and equals as simply Lady Grantham. Applying the Bare-Minimum Monday Philosophy to Relationships, Mass Shooters and the Myth That Evil Is Obvious, Transforming Empathy Into Compassion: Why It Matters, New Years Eve Survival Guide for the Heartbroken. Lady Mary Crawley (played by Michelle Dockery) has been the resident mean girl on "Downton Abbey" ever since it premiered in 2011 (via IMDb ). As she has married untitled Mr Henry Talbot she is Lady Mary Talbot. A courtesy title doesnt mean the holder is a peer. Of course, the season could move away from this. The fear you hear in Aileens story is similar to Ediths fear that Mary will learn the truth about her illegitimate child, Marigold, and shame her mercilessly. If the Crawleys were richer they could have afforded ladys maids for all their daughters but since they cant, they settled with a senior house maid as an unofficial ladys maid for their eldest child. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. If you have anyquestions relating to the titles used on Downton Abbey, leave them in the comments box below. By Dan Kois, Seth Stevenson, and June Thomas. The existence of two names both being used like a last name by the same family is odd to someone in a country with no titles- especially when the parents use one name but their children use another. Lady Edith Pelham, Marchioness of Hexam (Laura Carmichael) announced that she and her husband Bertie Pelham, Marquess of Hexam, are pregnant. Or at least, Edith did. Now, what does any of this have to do with Downton Abbey? | NPRs Linda Holmes has suggested that, until recently, Ediths suffering was the direct result of allowing her life to be directed by the patriarchal society around her. My Lady is *never* correct, although unfortunately the courts of justice seem to require it when addressing a female judge of senior rank. Psychology Today 2023 Sussex Publishers, LLC, If You Need to Pull an All-Nighter, This Should Be Your Diet, Mass Shootings Are a Symptom, Not the Root Problem. Why was Lady Edith jilted at the altar? And he pretty much said, "I feel so sorry for you about your dead imaginary scandalous friend and your terrible shame that I will even lie to my wife about where I got this baby, because although it is quite a few decades early for this expression, I am picking up what you are putting down. But would that be the ending that Edith deserves? ), and had a thing for her (yay! (Thinking here of Lady Diana Spencer and others.) Can there be two people holding that title simultaneously? But on the other, there is this: In becoming a mother, Edith got out from under the thumb of her father. But because Edith is Edith, he dumped her at the altar in front of her horrified family, humiliating her in front of the very people who already felt sorry for her and considered her a lost cause who would be better off as the spinster they expected her to become than as the wife of this older disabled veteran (and shame on them, by the way). Lady Ediths boss and lover Michael Gregson is the publisher of a London magazine, The Sketch. The present wife of a peer is, say, the Duchess of York. When Cora said you are being tested as a handheld camera hovered over Edith sprawled in bed and weeping? Should something happen to Robert, the title would pass to George making Cora the Dowager Countess. So if you hear a woman addressed as Lady Roger or Lady George that is not her name or title, but the name of her husband (Thank you Dorothy Sayers, for that one). Julian Fellowes's historical drama about a family of aristocrats and their many servants could never resist a good shocker, and it deployed plenty of them over the course of six seasons. Stevenson: Youre right, Dan. Eventually, Edith and Sir Anthony patch things up, get engaged, and even have a wedding day. Good point. It might be better to take out the part about the two living daughters of the Earl and Countess of Grantham as that is quite a major spoiler for anyone who is in the middle of watching the show, as I am. Slate is published by The Slate Group, a Graham Holdings Company. She should now that she has such a high status, but this particular Lady's Maid doesn't get much mention. He professes his love for her, his wish for her to be in his life and for himself to be in hers. Why does this happen to Edith? The complete crackpot theory is that this was a cover for Matthews infertility, which the doctors wouldnt disclose to him, presumably to preserve his 1920s masculinity. The more senior staff are referred to as Mr/Miss or Mrs and sometimes by their first names if there is a more personal relationship between them. At times, the story of Edith has seemed needlessly sadistic, in that one eventually wonders how many ways (foiled by beautiful sister, dumped at the altar, abandoned in mystery, foiled by wife, foiled by another wife) one woman can be thumped with the giant rubber mallet of life until even the little cartoon birds flying over her head are dizzy. Downton Abbey is, without doubt, one of the most consistently popular TV shows produced in recent times. Thus we get hyphenated names such as Palmer-Douglass who married the only surviving niece of the Douglass family when there were no male heirs. You said the son of Lord Grantham would have been called Lord Downtown, why was this not the case for Robert when his own father was the Lord Gratham? Photograph courtesy of . It just isnt done. My understanding is that the family name is Grantham and that Lady Mary married Matthew Crawley. Thanks to his job, he knows tons of important people, travels all over the world, and speaks multiple languages. This line really embodies the cruelty that Mary expresses towards Edith on a daily basis. Gladys Denker is a maid to the Dowager Countess. 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When they travel to another household with their Lord/Lady, the servants are addressed using the title of their Lord/Lady, (e.g., Mr. Bates would be addressed as Mr. Grantham). I like to imagine her steadily ascending the class ladder until she reappears in Season 9 as the barrister handling Mr. Bates seventh appeal trial. He claims he likes Lady Edith and likens her to the people we all know in life who can never get it together. When the servants are at the home of their Lord/Lady, the servants are addressed by their own surname, (e.g. But since shes a marchioness she would be expected to have a ladys maid to show her status and power. In Downton Abbey 2019, this caused a problem as King George wanted to send Bertie overseas, which would mean missing his own child's birth. Follow Decider onFacebookandTwitterto join the conversation, andsign up for our email newslettersto be the first to know about streaming movies and TV news! It was the same thing when Charles and Diana divorced. Brush up on the best of them before the Downton Abbey movie hits theatersjust in case the whole miscarriage curse comes up. I'm surprised, I would have thought a family that could afford it would have made sure their out in society daughters would have ladies' maids, so they could look their best as they hunt for husbands. That placed the footman in a tricky situation, but it was nothing a little poison couldn't fix, and thats exactly why some fans believe Thomas slipped something into Mr. Pamuks dinner. Also, one senses that perhaps Edith, who kept her daughter for a few months for the sake of the breastfeeding and therefore had likely formed a fairly fully developed bond with her, would rather she weren't quite so far away, and perhaps were even somewhere that Edith might occasionally see her. However, if Crowborough was really being forced to seek an heiress in America, perhaps he was trying to cut his budget for staff and made do with a footman or butler who could do buttons and buckles when he was at home and borrowing his hosts' when he was visiting. One of the soapiest subplots of Downton Abbey's first season involved poor Mr. Pamuk, the dashing Turkish diplomat who makes a fateful visit to the Abbey. In the film they seem to be pretty good friends (despite having previously attempted to ruin each other's lives on multiple occasions), so I don't think she would insist on having one just to spite Mary with her high status and number of servants. They then called him Tom when he became part of the family although the dowager did so reluctantly. The show, which gives a look at the life of the Crawleys, a fictional aristocratic family who run and own the Downton estate. Peers divorce. I understand that they are called Lord and Lady Grantham, I just dont understand why they go by Violets last name. Oh, some Scottish Lords of the Manor title get up for sale via the Internet, but dont count on anyone feeling them real. The Dowager Countess of Grantham. At the head of the family is Lord Grantham,whos name is Robert Crawley (played by Hugh Bonneville). And anyway, that wedding disaster was such a stupid, great Downton momentI screamed with laughter when he muttered, I cant do this. And poor Edith! Excuse me, I know this isnt relevant to Downtown Abbey, but hypothetically, if one was to buy the title Lord and Lady of the Manor of and this person had four daughters, what would their daughters be called? Pretend a different storyline, in which Robert has an heir, a married son. But alas, in a humiliating turn of events, poor Edith is left at the altar when her betrothed backs out of the deal, claiming it's for her own good due to the age gap between them . Anna was always maid to the girls, as it was her one of her numerous duties as head housemaid. In the movie, Bertie says they don't have servants with them (the inference being a valet and lady's maid who would normally travel with them) when they go to DA because they are "modern folk". Also, at what age do they stop calling George Master George and start calling him Mister? So Edith might not actually be able to manage it on her own. We had watched for weeks as Mary not only pushed Edith down, but also mocked her for herfeebleattempts to shine. The Grantham household is in turmoil. It would, however, be incorrect to refer to Lady Grantham as Lady Cora. It's mentioned in series 4 (IIRC) - Lady Mary ask Anna to look after Rose while they are in London because they can't take Madge away from Lady Edith who is staying at Downton Abbey. 1,201, This story has been shared 1,163 times. Takedown request | View complete answer on downtonabbey.fandom.com. 1,804, This story has been shared 1,592 times. Most of the other underdogs on Downton Abbey eventually get their due. 1 level 1 [deleted] We have many more delightfully implausible frolics ahead of us. I was torn about the scene with Isobel and her fallen women. And thats what I aim to explain in this article. (A mean thing to do, Edith. Read up on all the merriment there. Why is the familys last name Crawley if that is Lord Granthams mothers last name? Three generations easily distinguished. Only his present wife is the Princess of Wales. Cora refers to Violet as Mama pronounced in the English manner. Im thinking that both her and Cora could not be a Dowager Countess. After that, Edith decided to start a little thing with a married farmer, but his wife found out, and it was adios to Old MacDonald. But really, this is one of the first times Edith has well and truly made her own decision, in defiance of her family, and has taken care of business, as it were. The new husband is required to take the family name in order to receive his father-in-laws title. Jan 13, 201310:14 PM. 2,161, This story has been shared 1,804 times. So Edith was alone again, naturally. He would almost certainly enlist, as show creator Julian Fellowes himself has suggested. But after Mary married Matthew, Anna was promoted to be Mary's personal lady's maid. After all, thats the triumph of Sybils storyline. Shed be able to manage it on her own since she is the owner of London newspaper. 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These two do not like each other, and theyre quite public about it. Sometimes the ex-wife wants to hold onto a title, but cannot. She can raise her daughter in peace, write popular novels that satirize upper crust customs, and live a life out of Lady Marys all-too-perfect shadow. I meant physically she might not know how to do all of the fancy hairstyles and thingsbut yes. I interviewed over 400 women, teens, and girls about their sister relationships, and heard many stories of how damaging the constant day-to-day abuse can be to the recipients self-esteem. Hes the downstairs Edith. But in a way, Edith is where you really see the difficulties that the daughters' lack of autonomy brings. Is vulgarity something that one cultivates? This has led some fans to speculate that Lady Mary is actually the daughter of Carson, the familys beloved butler who has always acted as as sort of second father to Mary. One younger sister who participated in the study, Aileen, told about her relationship with Dinah, three years older. Margaret Sweeney married the Duke of Argyll. For the most part, any of the staff that the family has routine contact with such as the butler, valet, footmen, chauffeur and ladys maids are called by their family name only. Edith is justthere. In season 3, Lady Mary claims to have undergone a small operation that will help her start a family with Matthew. Maybethere is a silver lining to all of Edithsheartache. If Robert had a second title, the son would be known as Viscount Downton. It is nonsense to even ponder an impossibility. 1. But Decider has more specifically theorized that George would join the Royal Air Force (RAF), with a desire to rebel against his emotionally distant mother and find purpose in a greater cause. Sounds like George would be taking part in some dangerous missions, putting the entire familys future at risk. He eventually disappears inside Germany in season 4, and later dispatches to the Crawley family imply that he was a victim of Adolf Hitlers thugs. (The show timeline places Gregson in Munich right around the time of the Beer Hall Putsch.) Could you please explain when the serverants should be addressed by their first name or surename? Very sad, but at peace. The rivalry between the two sisters is one of the most defining relationships for Mary throughout the series. (Though I liked the idea of a succession of increasingly diminutive names. Perhaps the lesson of all these stories of Edith being left and left and left again is nothing brings in misery like being entirely at the mercy of other people's decisions to stay or leave, which is where Edith's father, well-meaning though he may be, has left her. That would be nice, except it seems clear from the start of season five that Edith is sadder than ever. Its almost as if Downton Abbeys creator and head writer, Julian Fellowes has it out for poor Lady Edith. PostedMarch 4, 2015 The title is still claimed by his heirs through their maternal line in Italy. The farmer's wife spills the truth to Edith's mother, Lady Grantham. If it is Earl (name) (Earl Attlee, Earl Jellicoe) then it is the last name of the person granted the title. My own belief is that the Crawleys would still be there.. 'Mandalorian' Funko Pops up to 77% Off Baby Yoda and More for Season 3, Who Plays the Armorer in 'The Mandalorian'? The eldest son of a titled person (peer) usually uses his fathers second highest title as his own. In the case of Downton Abbey, the butler, housekeeper and Cook are Mr and Mrs accordingly and are called by all staff as such as well as among themselves. She is persistently tormented by an unknown feeling, a sort of vague discomfort at the knowledge of a possibly sinister presence . That would be charming except the rest of the clip is just Downton Abbey cast members puzzling over her epic bad luck. Well. So Edith gave her lady's maid time off for the duration of Edith's trip to Downton. Lord Grantham is in fact the short form of his title, the proper title is The Earl of Grantham, though in Britain Barons, Viscounts, Earls and Marquesses can be referred to as Lord X instead of by their full title this is why you may have heard him called Lord Grantham and the Earl of Grantham throughout the show. is never taken to task for the comments she makes putting her little sister down. Its in series 3, I wont ruin it for you. Diana, Princess of Wales was the daughter of an Earl so, prior to her marriage, was addressed as Lady Diana Spencer. But isnt it wild to think of Carson and Cora having an affair? We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. I dont remember Annas position prior to her being a ladys maid but she was known to the family and staff as Anna and they appeared to wish to continue to call her Anna after she became a ladys maid if there was not any objection. Being American, I fear I have a rather limited understanding of the British system regarding the bestowing of titles. If Robert had two sons, lets just say he named them Thomas and William. Titles cannot be passed through the mother only through the father. There are worse things happening in the world." Carson: "Not worse than a maid serving a duke . ), but had an institutionalized wife (boo!). Her aunt bundled her off to Switzerland for the mysterious, months-long absence everyone either agreed to consider not suspicious at all or actually did not consider suspicious because they cannot imagine Edith having a sex life. No Mr/Mrs or Miss. But what if everyones assumptions about Bates are exactly right? "Downton Abbey's" serial mistreatment of Edith Crawley, the ultimate middle child, is one of its most telling quirks. Edith is the only one of Lord Grantham's daughters to hold a title, Marchioness of Hexham. The family would call them by their first name if it were known to them or perhaps nothing at all. Finally, a clear explanation of where Grantham comes from when it isnt anyones name! 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Anna used to look after all the girls. Bb), but if you plot out genetic probabilities on a basic Punnett square, two blue-eyed parents with double bbs have seemingly no shot at producing a Bb baby. The show has always made a point of depicting her as a bitter loser, which is not only unkind, but unfair. But before that, like Im the case of Mary, the senior housemaid would be an acting ladys maid. I can just imagine the googly eyes! According to this theory, the miscarriage kicks off a curse of deadly pregnancies: Lady Sybil dies in childbirth; Matthew Crawley dies in a car accident soon after the birth of his son; and when the maid Ethel Parks becomes pregnant with Major Bryants child, he dies, too. All the named maids (Anna, Gwen, Lily, Edna, etc) have either been promoted or left, so Edith may be waited on by one of the unnamed maids, or she may have simply elected not to have a maid at all. It is oddly her grandmother, the Dowager Countess, who seems to understand most fully that Edith's options are limited, and that this is not to be taken as a happy thing, only one the D.C. would argue cannot be changed. Newspapers dont care much for proper style today. 5 Spiritual Practices That Increase Well-Being. Thank you for explaining though, I found it frustrating that the article left that key point out. The family name of the Duke of Rutland is Manners. You must not have watched the entire series thus far, or you would know why Sybil was not mentioned. The farmer agreed to pretend to accept her story that this baby totally belonged to a terribly scandalous friend of Edith's, and Edith couldn't keep her in the house because of the terrible shame that would result from her family being associated with this scandalous friend. The valet was suspected of murder (twice). When Tom Branson was the chauffeur the family called him Branson. I always had a soft spot for this particular ginger maid, who was treated poorly by her baby daddys parents, but once is enough for that story line. Well, the countys name is Grantham so, obviously, the Robert is Lord of Grantham. Season 4 of "Downton Abbey" introduces a major shift in plot, as well as a shift in style, evident in the fashion of the character Lady Edith Crawley, played by Laura Carmichael. Are you seriously asking if Julian Fellowes can find some other wringers to put his characters through? On a related note, is there any change to Lady Marys address due to her being the widow of the late heir (Matthew Crawley) or the mother of the current heir? She was well-known for her role as Lady Mary throughout the years and had a similar look to her character, perhaps because Lady Mary often did her best to move ahead with the times, especially with her hairstyles. She would love to take the wind out of your sailsif you were excited about something, it was only a matter of time untilpunch! Dinah would be sure to bring her down. Lady Mary retained her married name Lady Mary Crawley, until she remarries at which point she takes her new husbands title or name. Then, Edith got engaged to Anthony, the same guy Mary drove off once before, after convincing him she loved him in spite of his war-torn arm. Thank you so much! Sadly, Sybil died giving birth to their daughter. This is the case for all daughters of Earls, Marquesses and Dukes, formally their titles areThe Lady Mary CrawleyandThe Lady Edith Crawley, addressed normally as Lady Mary and Lady Edith and by servants asMiLady. One of the Crawley sisters got knocked up by her older married boyfriend, who promptly went missing. Let us return to when we met Edith, four seasons ago. Your understanding is incorrect. Ill consider this tidbit an early Christmas gift. If Downton is the estate and Roberts last name and his fathers last name is Crawley, is Earl of Grantham the title itself awarded by a monarch as you described? Septimus Spratt is her butler. 2,664, This story has been shared 2,161 times. So she is styled, for she is not a Duchess, taking her title from her husband. The title is Grantham, not the family name. She will never hold the title of Countess of Grantham, so what would her title be? Peerages are created by the British monarch, like all Crown honors, being affirmed by Letters Patent affixed with the Great Seal of the Realm. Robert Crawley is an Earl, his wife is a Countess, and his mother is the Dowager Countess. The son moves up to the earldom, his wife becomes the Countess of Grantham. Lady Marys son George is only five years old in the series finale of Downton Abbey. But because Edith is Edith, he dumped her at the altar . Another case is that some of the Scottish Earldoms, such as the Earldom of Newburgh. 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