Being Johnny

by Nigel Gordon

Dramatis Personnae

List of Characters sorted by Family Name

Title

Forename

Family Name

Max

Ableholm

New York based TV and film marketer

George

Anderson

Grace Anderson's husband and uncle of Steve Clucker. George and Grace run the auction rooms in Southmead.

Grace

Anderson

Steve Clucker's Aunt. George and Grace run the auction rooms in Southmead.

Professor

Arlington

Professor of French language - examiner from the institute.

Hannah

Aronowitz

Leah's younger sister betrothed to Ari

Leah

Aronowitz

A girl that Joseph's maternal grandfather want him to marry.

Shimon

Aronowitz

Father of Leah and Hanna

Maddie

Atkins

Cambridge Computer student; Fiancee of Neil Thompson; Taekwondo expert

Chawish

Bagri

Marcia Goldstein Bagri's deceased husband - suicide bomber

Jasmin

Bagri

Marcia's Daughter

Tariq

Bagri

Marcia's Son - Jaydee's boyfriend

Danny

Banyard

Domonic's son

Domonic

Banyard

Ex SAS officer, runs a security company in Lytham

Mrs

Beckstein

Bernard and Debora Lebrun's housekeeper

Mr

Bell

Physics teacher

Graham

Bowles

Temp labourer at yard - former associate of John Henderson

Marge

Bradley

Owner of Marge's Café

Alexander Michael

Carlton

Johnny's half brother born 3rd August

Anne

Carlton

44 year old wife of Mike Carlton. Her first husband John James died some years ago.

Ben

Carlton

Actor and martial artist brother to Mike Carlton, Philip Smith's civil partner. Full name Robert Benjamin Hugh Carlton.

Mike

Carlton

TV and radion personality. Also a technical writer who has published a couple of successful textbooks.

Carol

Carlton- DeGroet

One of Mike Carlton's relatives living in Holland

Beryl Janet

Carlton-Smith

Barrister mother of Johnny.

Johnny

Carlton-Smith

Son of Mike Carlton by Beryl Smith.

Bob

Carluck

Billionair advertising executinve and boat collector.

Nancy

Carver

Student at Southmead College

Professor

Edward

Chapman

Dr Joseph Chapman's father

Georgie

Chapman

Dr Joseph Chapman's wife

Dr

Joseph

Chapman

Historian - Joey from A Kid Named Joey

Nick

Chapman

Dr Joseph and Georgie Chapman's son - four years old

Simon

Claws

Missing yough wanted for urder

Martin

Clay

Solicitor - assistant to Bernard LeBrun

Rhoda

Clucker

Steve Clucker's mother

Steven

Clucker

Horticultural student

Jack

Coalman

Landlord of the Crown and Anchor.

Irene

Colberg

Potter and sister to Marius

Marius

Colberg

Ceramic artist

Marion Collins

Collins

Blacksmith

Sarah

Colman

PhD Archaeology student.

Miranda

Coombes

Series producer with ITV

Brian

Cox

Real person; co-host of real BBC program "Infinite Monkey Cage" https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00snr0w/episodes/downloads

Bob

Crawford

Business Partner of Chawish Bagri

The Honourable

Malcolm Edward

Davenport

Beryl's fiance who sexually abused Johnny

Allen

Davidson

Head of Security at Manston- ex Met police officer.

Donna

de Groet

Mike's Cousin Daughter of Mike's mother's brother.

Richard

de Groet

Relative of Mike in Holland

Henk

de Groot

Gay man who survived the Nazi work camps.

Judy

de Vries

Property management agent in Amsterdam

Sylvia

Dekalt

Production Assistant to De heer Wilhelm

Zelman

Deneberg

Haredi Rabbi from New York

Ms

Dent

Part time cleaner at the Priory

Kathy

Donaldson

Barrister pupil of Sir David Stellerson

Cliff

Dounes

Brother of Rita and part owner of the Simmond Reek salvage yard.

Rita

Dounes

Sister of Cliff and part owner of the Simmond Reek salvage yard.

Karl

Drakenoff

Johnny's friend from prep school

Marc

Dube

John Dupree's grandson.

John

Dupree

Canadian Scientist and educator

Dr

Peter

Eastman

Substitute maths teacher

James

Felton

Solicitor - Patrick's uncle

Patrick

Felton

Johnny's driving instructor

Sir

Harold

Gleeson

Barrister QC

Mark

Gleeson

Film director/producer - in prison for sexual assault on boys.

Manny

Goldberg

Aunt Ruth's youngest brother = he was one of the apprentices rescused by John Mitchell on the Lady Ann.

Marcia

Goldstein Bagri

Mature student at Southmead College.

Dr

Clarissa

Graham

GP in Dunford, wife of Dr Nygyra

Dr

Greenlay

University Tutor in French - examiner from the institute.

Solomon

Grundy

A London businessman of dubious reputation

Miss

Grunthorn

Head of Hort and Ag/Acting Principle

John

Henderson

Peter Henderson's nephew. Robert Henderson's youngest son.

Professor

Hendricks

Luuk's professor/academic tutor

Madam

Hurenburg

Friend of Miss Jenkins who give briefing about criminal orgnisation.

Bran

Jefferies

Worker at the yard

Tim (Tipper)

Jeffries

Lad who shares a workbench with Johnny in metal work. Bran's brother.

Ian

Jenkins

Trainee hairdresser

John

Jenkins

The deceased father of Ian and Terry Jenkins - Miss Jenkins' nephew

Mary

Jenkins

Ian Jenkins' Mother. Events manager at Manston

Terry

Jenkins

Ian's older brother

Miss

Edith

Jenkins

Head of the Thompson/Porter family.

Steve

Johnson

Manager of the. Hamden boat yard

Jenny

Jones

Tyler's girlfriend

Katherine

Jones

Boatwright

Hans

Kammler

Nazi SS Officer - Head of NAZI R&D. He was reported as having died at the end of the war, though there have been persistent rumours that he survived after doing a deal with the Americans.

Irene

Kaufman

Talent Agent

Chris

Klempt

Radio producer at BBC

Thij and Christina

Kneynsberg

Dutch architects

Mrs

Krone

Housekeeper

Sheila

Lane

Accountant to Mike Carlton.

Cecil

Laughton

Previous owner of the Priory

Dr

Marion

Laurent

Johnny's French Tutor

DS

Lawlan

Homicide Investigator

Tyler

Lawrence

Co-star to Trevor Spade

Bernard

Lebrun

Solicitor. Mike's best friend and Johnny's godfather. Senior partner in LeBrun, Dean and Cohen.

Debora

Lebrun

Bernard's wife

Joseph

Lebrun

Bernard Lebrun's younger son. Johnny's Boyfriend

Micah

Lebrun

Bernard Lebrun's oldest son.

Andrew (Drew)

Lee

Arthur's uncle brother of Theodore

Arthur

Lee

Friend of Johnny - boyfriend of Trevor Spade and MD of computer services company in which Mike, Johnny and Miss Jenkins have an interest.

Elisa

Lee

Arthur's paternal grandmother

Jarome

Lee

Arthur's paternal grandfather

John

Lee

Arthur Lee's foster/ adoptive father and uncle by birth

Johnson Arthur

Lee

Arthur's father

Margaret Elizabeth

Lee

Arthur Lee's birth mother; Sister of John Lee

Theodor (Theo)

Lee

Arthur's uncle

Mrs

Lee

.Arthur's adoptive/ foster mother; wife of John Lee

Miss

Leonard

Physics teacher

Matthew

Lewis

Stage Name of Philip Smith.

Jessie

Long

Blacksmith

Janet

Long

Agent in Bob Southern's agency, specialises in TV and film scripts.

Peter

Lovell

Steve's partner and consultant trauma doctor as St John's.

Dr

Timothy

Lowstuff

Yacht designer

Sylvia

Makepiece

University Tutor in French - examiner from the institute.

DCI

John

Manley

Met Detective Chief Inspector

Alf

Manning

Retired boat breaker - used to work in the Salvage Yard

Elle

Martin

Press Agent for Matthew Lewis (Phil Smith) and Ben Carlton

Colin

Matterson

Johnny's best friend from his boarding school

Professor

Gertrude

Mayer

Retired professor

Zachary

Mayer

Financier

Andrew Mark

Mayers

Film production assistant AKA Dean

Detective Sergeant

Peter

McCormac

DS in local police. Brother in law to Peter Henderson and treasurer to the church.

Jock

McLoughlan

Police civilian communications officer

Professor

Keith

Merrick

Professor of Environmental Studies from Darwin

Jenny

Mitcham

Anne's Sister

John

Mitchell

Partner of Duke of Dunlavin; Instrumental in helping Jewish diamond cutters escape the Nazis

Thomas

Monk

Owner of Australian yacht builders

Antonio

Montero

Student at Southmead College

John

Munroe

Partner in Munroe and Claymore

Dr

Anthony

Nygyra

GP in Lynnhaven, husband of Dr Graham

Dr

John

Nygyra

Mike Carlton's Doctor prior to move to The Priory; Su Graham's husband

Susan

Peatry

Peter Lovell's half-sister - High Court Judge

Mr

Peters

Owner of the Peters' Yard - the boat yard next to the Hamden Yard.

Richard

Phillips

Owner of the Salvage Yard.

Henrik

Porter

Simone and Neal's cousing who lives in Antwerp

Michael

Porter

Henrik's father, diamond merchant

Stanley

Porter

Father of Neil Porter-Thompson - Driver/Bodygaurd and confident of Miss Jenkins

Doctor

Porter

Architectural Historian at County Museum.

Neal

Porter-Thompson

Miss Jenkin's nephew

Professor

Susan

Prendegast

Professor of Psychology in Chelmsford

Matt

Price

Architect and Charted Surveyor; also Mike's Drinking buddy at the Anchor

June

Ravensbrook

Junior Barrister (name not given in chapter 19)

Antony (Tony)

Richards

Johnny's ex-lover from prep school

Lily

Robins

Jim's cousin.

Cliff

Rownton

Lad Johnny meets on Lytham Green

John

Rownton

Cliff's brother

Robert (Bob)

Rownton

Cliff's father

Jarrome

Sanderson

Lee's cousin - taekwondo teacher.

Lee

Sanderson

Personnal Assistant to Mike Carlton - Lee is of Trinidadian descent and has recently been released from prison.

Peter

Sanstone

Insurance company representative for Yaland Insurance

Grace

Seymour

Jaydee's mother

Mister

James Daniel

Seymour

Jaydee's father - consultant in emergency medicine and trauma surgery

James Daniel

Seymour Jnr

Tariq's Boyfriend -- legal name. See listing for Jaydee.

Martin

Shelt

Producer with independent TV production company.

Mary

Simon

One of the Black Aunties from Brixton

Mary

Simpson

The unmarried name of Mary Jenkins and the name she is known by professionally,

Flora

Smith

Wife of Jack Smith and mother of Beryl and Philip. Retired cleaner

Jack

Smith

Miner father of Beryl and Philip.

Philip

Smith

Actor better known under his stage name of Mathew Lewis and brother to Mike's ex-wife Beryl Smith.

Eric Trevor

Southern

Birth name and legal name of Trevor Spade.

Robert (Bob)

Southern

Mike's Literary Agent

Susan

Southern

Bob's wife

Trevor

Spade

Actor son of Bob and Susan. Trevor Spade is his stage name see Eric Southern

Mr

Spragg

Johnny's metalwork teacher

Professor

Stuurman

Professor at Luuk's university

Frank (Freddy)

Talbot

School pal of Mike and Bernard's. Now a freelance financial journalist. Transvestite.

Mr

Taunton

Johnny's maths teacher

Leonard

Taylor

Driver, handyman, factotum for Ben and Phil

Harry

Tayton

Murdered youth

Albert

Thompson

Edith Jenkin's life partner, currently incarcerated

Delcie

Thompson

Cousin of Neal, works at Southmead Hall and holds a black belt in Atemi Jutsu.

George

Thompson

Former client of Mike Carleton's father; also Neil Thompson's grandfather

Marcel

Thompson

Simone's younger brogher at school in France.

Mark

Thompson

Screenwriter; part of Miss Jenkins family.

Simone

Thompson

One of Edith's many "neices" enrolling in Southmead College

Simone

Thompson

Neil's French Cousin.

Jim

Timmings

Horticultural student, Stephen Clucker's boyfriend.

Gert

van Lottum

Production Assistant to De heer Wilhelm

Luuk

van Lottum

Gert's brother - Architectual student in Amsterdam

Prince

Dimitri

Vorontsov

Olga's father

Olga

Vorontsov

Johnny's great grandmother

Steve

Webber

Local reporter; Matt's brother in law

De heer

Wilhelm

Dutch media mogel. Owns TV stations and film production companies.

Abraham Joseph

Woodstone (Holzstein)

Debora Lebrun's father

Alan

Composite boatbuilder

Ari

Aunt Leah's son

Arron

Hasidic Rabbi

Bains

Driver for Manston House and the estate.

Barry Dee

Small time black gangster - drug dealer

Bart

Schoolboy friend of Henk's and Rom's lover

Bethany

Micah LeBrun's wife

Bethany's parents

Parents of Micah Lebrun's wife

Bill and Janet

Tenant of Mike Carlton's Golders Green property

Broden and Dunstar

Solicitors in Southmead

Chris Rownton

Cliff's uncle, Bob's brother

Clive

Beryl's former lover; helpful and supportive to Johnny

Colin

Labourer in yard - former associate of John Henderson

Crooked Man

Pub on the road from Priory to Dunford. Just under half a mile from the Priory

Dammu

Casual laborer clearing Salvage Yard

Dan

Neil Porter-Thompson's second cousin.

Dan

One of Aunty's heavies.

Dean

See Andrew Mark Mayers

Dicky Boy

nickname for Richard Phillips.

Miss

Dolly

see Frank Talbot

Dorothy Richard's

Mike's pen name

Dunford

Small town about four miles from Lynnhaven as the crow flies but more like twenty by road.

Gerald

House Manager at Manston

Gutterham and Mayers

Solicitors where Johnny's mother interned.

Jack Felton

Police superintendent - Patrick's uncle, James' brother

Oncle

Jacques

Marcel's uncle.

Jake

Barman in the Pig and Whistle

Master

James

Sado/masochistic leader of bike gangs in the rural Midlands

Jan

Ex wife of auto mechanic Chris, who is, in turn, a cousin of Marcia Goldstein Bagri.

Aunt

Jane

Aunt of Mike Carlton

Jaydee

Tariq's Boyfriend -- nickname see James Daniel Seymour Jnr

Jim

Australian consultant neurosurgeon and keen yachtsman - owns the Flying Dragon

Jimmy the Creep

Pimp in West London

Aunt

June

The youngest sister of Mike's father.

Kurt

Resistance member and lover of Henk

Aunt

Leah

Sister of Debora LeBrun

Leni

Nickname for Leonard Taylor

Lenny

Casual laborer clearing Salvage Yard

Lex Klein

Schoolboy friend of Henk and possibly Toma's boyfriend at one point

Lynnhaven

Small costal village where Mike's bungalow is located.

Mrs

M

"Housekeeper" at Manston. Actually she runs the place.

Madge

Employee of Bernard LeBrun's law firm.

Manston

Elizabethan Hall and country estate owned by Phil and Ben, run as an exclusive events venue.

Marcel

French youth, two years older than Johnny.

Margaret Elizabeth Lee

Arthur's mother

Mark

Composite boatbuilder

Marron

American schoolboy and friend/lover of Tony Richards

Martin

Lee's Aiki Ju Jitsu teacher

Mary

Owner of the Crooked Man

Miram

Debora Lebrun's mother

Aunt

Miriam

Reform Rabbi

Munroe and Claymore

Solicitors in Dunford

Old Man Laughton

Former owner of the Priory

Robert

Tramp ship's captain and Henk's lover in Australia

Rodney White

Car Journalist

Rom

Schoolboy friend of Henk's and Bert's lover

Aunt

Ruth

Flemish Jewess, cousin of Aunt Sarah now living in a retirement home near Brighton. Spent time in Bergan Belsen.

Sandra

PR assistant acting for Mike's Australian publishers

Aunt

Sarah

Bernard's mother. As close to Mike as his own mother as he and Bernard were growing up, she was like a second mother to him.

Southmead College

FE College in Southmead - former Agricultural College.

Susan

Steve Johnson's and Peter Lovell's foster daughter

Timothy and Richard

Rodney White's grandsons

Tom

A regular summer employee of Steve's - something of a loner.

Tom

John Rownton's friend

Tom

Jim's partner

Tomas

Schoolboy friend of Henk's - member of the NBS

Tommy

Steve Johnson & Peter Lovell's foster son

Wim

Luuk's boyfreind

Yaland Insurance

Insurance company faced with a £20 million payout to Johnny

Duke of Dunlavin

Owner of yacht used to smuggle Jewish diamond cutters out of Holland during WW 2.

List of Characters sorted by Forename

Title

Forename

Family Name

Abraham Joseph

Woodstone (Holzstein)

Debora Lebrun's father

Alan

Composite boatbuilder

Albert

Thompson

Edith Jenkin's life partner, currently incarcerated

Alexander Michael

Carlton

Johnny's half brother born 3rd August

Alf

Manning

Retired boat breaker - used to work in the Salvage Yard

Allen

Davidson

Head of Security at Manston- ex Met police officer.

Andrew (Drew)

Lee

Arthur's uncle brother of Theodore

Andrew Mark

Mayers

Film production assistant AKA Dean

Anne

Carlton

44 year old wife of Mike Carlton. Her first husband John James died some years ago.

Dr

Anthony

Nygyra

GP in Lynnhaven, husband of Dr Graham

Antonio

Montero

Student at Southmead College

Antony (Tony)

Richards

Johnny's ex-lover from prep school

Ari

Aunt Leah's son

Arron

Hasidic Rabbi

Arthur

Lee

Friend of Johnny - boyfriend of Trevor Spade and MD of computer services company in which Mike, Johnny and Miss Jenkins have an interest.

Bains

Driver for Manston House and the estate.

Barry Dee

Small time black gangster - drug dealer

Bart

Schoolboy friend of Henk's and Rom's lover

Ben

Carlton

Actor and martial artist brother to Mike Carlton, Philip Smith's civil partner. Full name Robert Benjamin Hugh Carlton.

Bernard

Lebrun

Solicitor. Mike's best friend and Johnny's godfather. Senior partner in LeBrun, Dean and Cohen.

Beryl Janet

Carlton-Smith

Barrister mother of Johnny.

Bethany

Micah LeBrun's wife

Bethany's parents

Parents of Micah Lebrun's wife

Bill and Janet

Tenant of Mike Carlton's Golders Green property

Bob

Carluck

Billionair advertising executinve and boat collector.

Bob

Crawford

Business Partner of Chawish Bagri

Bran

Jefferies

Worker at the yard

Brian

Cox

Real person; co-host of real BBC program "Infinite Monkey Cage" https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00snr0w/episodes/downloads

Broden and Dunstar

Solicitors in Southmead

Carol

Carlton- DeGroet

One of Mike Carlton's relatives living in Holland

Cecil

Laughton

Previous owner of the Priory

Chawish

Bagri

Marcia Goldstein Bagri's deceased husband - suicide bomber

Chris

Klempt

Radio producer at BBC

Chris Rownton

Cliff's uncle, Bob's brother

Dr

Clarissa

Graham

GP in Dunford, wife of Dr Nygyra

Cliff

Dounes

Brother of Rita and part owner of the Simmond Reek salvage yard.

Cliff

Rownton

Lad Johnny meets on Lytham Green

Clive

Beryl's former lover; helpful and supportive to Johnny

Colin

Matterson

Johnny's best friend from his boarding school

Colin

Labourer in yard - former associate of John Henderson

Crooked Man

Pub on the road from Priory to Dunford. Just under half a mile from the Priory

Dammu

Casual laborer clearing Salvage Yard

Dan

Neil Porter-Thompson's second cousin.

Dan

One of Aunty's heavies.

Danny

Banyard

Domonic's son

Dean

See Andrew Mark Mayers

Debora

Lebrun

Bernard's wife

Delcie

Thompson

Cousin of Neal, works at Southmead Hall and holds a black belt in Atemi Jutsu.

Dicky Boy

nickname for Richard Phillips.

Prince

Dimitri

Vorontsov

Olga's father

Miss

Dolly

see Frank Talbot

Domonic

Banyard

Ex SAS officer, runs a security company in Lytham

Donna

de Groet

Mike's Cousin Daughter of Mike's mother's brother.

Dorothy Richard's

Mike's pen name

Dunford

Small town about four miles from Lynnhaven as the crow flies but more like twenty by road.

Miss

Edith

Jenkins

Head of the Thompson/Porter family.

Professor

Edward

Chapman

Dr Joseph Chapman's father

Elisa

Lee

Arthur's paternal grandmother

Elle

Martin

Press Agent for Matthew Lewis (Phil Smith) and Ben Carlton

Eric Trevor

Southern

Birth name and legal name of Trevor Spade.

Flora

Smith

Wife of Jack Smith and mother of Beryl and Philip. Retired cleaner

Frank (Freddy)

Talbot

School pal of Mike and Bernard's. Now a freelance financial journalist. Transvestite.

George

Anderson

Grace Anderson's husband and uncle of Steve Clucker. George and Grace run the auction rooms in Southmead.

George

Thompson

Former client of Mike Carleton's father; also Neil Thompson's grandfather

Georgie

Chapman

Dr Joseph Chapman's wife

Gerald

House Manager at Manston

Gert

van Lottum

Production Assistant to De heer Wilhelm

Professor

Gertrude

Mayer

Retired professor

Grace

Seymour

Jaydee's mother

Grace

Anderson

Steve Clucker's Aunt. George and Grace run the auction rooms in Southmead.

Graham

Bowles

Temp labourer at yard - former associate of John Henderson

Gutterham and Mayers

Solicitors where Johnny's mother interned.

Hannah

Aronowitz

Leah's younger sister betrothed to Ari

Hans

Kammler

Nazi SS Officer - Head of NAZI R&D. He was reported as having died at the end of the war, though there have been persistent rumours that he survived after doing a deal with the Americans.

Sir

Harold

Gleeson

Barrister QC

Harry

Tayton

Murdered youth

Henk

de Groot

Gay man who survived the Nazi work camps.

Henrik

Porter

Simone and Neal's cousing who lives in Antwerp

Ian

Jenkins

Trainee hairdresser

Irene

Colberg

Potter and sister to Marius

Irene

Kaufman

Talent Agent

Jack

Coalman

Landlord of the Crown and Anchor.

Jack

Smith

Miner father of Beryl and Philip.

Jack Felton

Police superintendent - Patrick's uncle, James' brother

Oncle

Jacques

Marcel's uncle.

Jake

Barman in the Pig and Whistle

Master

James

Sado/masochistic leader of bike gangs in the rural Midlands

James

Felton

Solicitor - Patrick's uncle

James Daniel

Seymour Jnr

Tariq's Boyfriend -- legal name. See listing for Jaydee.

Mister

James Daniel

Seymour

Jaydee's father - consultant in emergency medicine and trauma surgery

Jan

Ex wife of auto mechanic Chris, who is, in turn, a cousin of Marcia Goldstein Bagri.

Aunt

Jane

Aunt of Mike Carlton

Janet

Long

Agent in Bob Southern's agency, specialises in TV and film scripts.

Jarome

Lee

Arthur's paternal grandfather

Jarrome

Sanderson

Lee's cousin - taekwondo teacher.

Jasmin

Bagri

Marcia's Daughter

Jaydee

Tariq's Boyfriend -- nickname see James Daniel Seymour Jnr

Jenny

Jones

Tyler's girlfriend

Jenny

Mitcham

Anne's Sister

Jessie

Long

Blacksmith

Jim

Timmings

Horticultural student, Stephen Clucker's boyfriend.

Jim

Australian consultant neurosurgeon and keen yachtsman - owns the Flying Dragon

Jimmy the Creep

Pimp in West London

Jock

McLoughlan

Police civilian communications officer

John

Dupree

Canadian Scientist and educator

John

Jenkins

The deceased father of Ian and Terry Jenkins - Miss Jenkins' nephew

John

Lee

Arthur Lee's foster/ adoptive father and uncle by birth

Dr

John

Nygyra

Mike Carlton's Doctor prior to move to The Priory; Su Graham's husband

John

Henderson

Peter Henderson's nephew. Robert Henderson's youngest son.

DCI

John

Manley

Met Detective Chief Inspector

John

Mitchell

Partner of Duke of Dunlavin; Instrumental in helping Jewish diamond cutters escape the Nazis

John

Munroe

Partner in Munroe and Claymore

John

Rownton

Cliff's brother

Johnny

Carlton-Smith

Son of Mike Carlton by Beryl Smith.

Johnson Arthur

Lee

Arthur's father

Joseph

Lebrun

Bernard Lebrun's younger son. Johnny's Boyfriend

Dr

Joseph

Chapman

Historian - Joey from A Kid Named Joey

Judy

de Vries

Property management agent in Amsterdam

June

Ravensbrook

Junior Barrister (name not given in chapter 19)

Aunt

June

The youngest sister of Mike's father.

Karl

Drakenoff

Johnny's friend from prep school

Katherine

Jones

Boatwright

Kathy

Donaldson

Barrister pupil of Sir David Stellerson

Professor

Keith

Merrick

Professor of Environmental Studies from Darwin

Kurt

Resistance member and lover of Henk

Leah

Aronowitz

A girl that Joseph's maternal grandfather want him to marry.

Aunt

Leah

Sister of Debora LeBrun

Lee

Sanderson

Personnal Assistant to Mike Carlton - Lee is of Trinidadian descent and has recently been released from prison.

Leni

Nickname for Leonard Taylor

Lenny

Casual laborer clearing Salvage Yard

Leonard

Taylor

Driver, handyman, factotum for Ben and Phil

Lex Klein

Schoolboy friend of Henk and possibly Toma's boyfriend at one point

Lily

Robins

Jim's cousin.

Luuk

van Lottum

Gert's brother - Architectual student in Amsterdam

Lynnhaven

Small costal village where Mike's bungalow is located.

Mrs

M

"Housekeeper" at Manston. Actually she runs the place.

Maddie

Atkins

Cambridge Computer student; Fiancee of Neil Thompson; Taekwondo expert

Madge

Employee of Bernard LeBrun's law firm.

The Honourable

Malcolm Edward

Davenport

Beryl's fiance who sexually abused Johnny

Manny

Goldberg

Aunt Ruth's youngest brother = he was one of the apprentices rescused by John Mitchell on the Lady Ann.

Manston

Elizabethan Hall and country estate owned by Phil and Ben, run as an exclusive events venue.

Marc

Dube

John Dupree's grandson.

Marcel

Thompson

Simone's younger brogher at school in France.

Marcel

French youth, two years older than Johnny.

Marcia

Goldstein Bagri

Mature student at Southmead College.

Margaret Elizabeth

Lee

Arthur Lee's birth mother; Sister of John Lee

Margaret Elizabeth Lee

Arthur's mother

Marge

Bradley

Owner of Marge's Café

Dr

Marion

Laurent

Johnny's French Tutor

Marion Collins

Collins

Blacksmith

Marius

Colberg

Ceramic artist

Mark

Gleeson

Film director/producer - in prison for sexual assault on boys.

Mark

Thompson

Screenwriter; part of Miss Jenkins family.

Mark

Composite boatbuilder

Marron

American schoolboy and friend/lover of Tony Richards

Martin

Clay

Solicitor - assistant to Bernard LeBrun

Martin

Shelt

Producer with independent TV production company.

Martin

Lee's Aiki Ju Jitsu teacher

Mary

Jenkins

Ian Jenkins' Mother. Events manager at Manston

Mary

Simon

One of the Black Aunties from Brixton

Mary

Simpson

The unmarried name of Mary Jenkins and the name she is known by professionally,

Mary

Owner of the Crooked Man

Matt

Price

Architect and Charted Surveyor; also Mike's Drinking buddy at the Anchor

Matthew

Lewis

Stage Name of Philip Smith.

Max

Ableholm

New York based TV and film marketer

Micah

Lebrun

Bernard Lebrun's oldest son.

Michael

Porter

Henrik's father, diamond merchant

Mike

Carlton

TV and radion personality. Also a technical writer who has published a couple of successful textbooks.

Miram

Debora Lebrun's mother

Miranda

Coombes

Series producer with ITV

Aunt

Miriam

Reform Rabbi

Munroe and Claymore

Solicitors in Dunford

Nancy

Carver

Student at Southmead College

Neal

Porter-Thompson

Miss Jenkin's nephew

Nick

Chapman

Dr Joseph and Georgie Chapman's son - four years old

Old Man Laughton

Former owner of the Priory

Olga

Vorontsov

Johnny's great grandmother

Patrick

Felton

Johnny's driving instructor

Peter

Lovell

Steve's partner and consultant trauma doctor as St John's.

Detective Sergeant

Peter

McCormac

DS in local police. Brother in law to Peter Henderson and treasurer to the church.

Peter

Sanstone

Insurance company representative for Yaland Insurance

Dr

Peter

Eastman

Substitute maths teacher

Philip

Smith

Actor better known under his stage name of Mathew Lewis and brother to Mike's ex-wife Beryl Smith.

Rhoda

Clucker

Steve Clucker's mother

Richard

Phillips

Owner of the Salvage Yard.

Richard

de Groet

Relative of Mike in Holland

Rita

Dounes

Sister of Cliff and part owner of the Simmond Reek salvage yard.

Robert

Tramp ship's captain and Henk's lover in Australia

Robert (Bob)

Rownton

Cliff's father

Robert (Bob)

Southern

Mike's Literary Agent

Rodney White

Car Journalist

Rom

Schoolboy friend of Henk's and Bert's lover

Aunt

Ruth

Flemish Jewess, cousin of Aunt Sarah now living in a retirement home near Brighton. Spent time in Bergan Belsen.

Sandra

PR assistant acting for Mike's Australian publishers

Sarah

Colman

PhD Archaeology student.

Aunt

Sarah

Bernard's mother. As close to Mike as his own mother as he and Bernard were growing up, she was like a second mother to him.

Sheila

Lane

Accountant to Mike Carlton.

Shimon

Aronowitz

Father of Leah and Hanna

Simon

Claws

Missing yough wanted for urder

Simone

Thompson

One of Edith's many "neices" enrolling in Southmead College

Simone

Thompson

Neil's French Cousin.

Solomon

Grundy

A London businessman of dubious reputation

Southmead College

FE College in Southmead - former Agricultural College.

Stanley

Porter

Father of Neil Porter-Thompson - Driver/Bodygaurd and confident of Miss Jenkins

Steve

Webber

Local reporter; Matt's brother in law

Steve

Johnson

Manager of the. Hamden boat yard

Steven

Clucker

Horticultural student

Susan

Peatry

Peter Lovell's half-sister - High Court Judge

Professor

Susan

Prendegast

Professor of Psychology in Chelmsford

Susan

Southern

Bob's wife

Susan

Steve Johnson's and Peter Lovell's foster daughter

Sylvia

Dekalt

Production Assistant to De heer Wilhelm

Sylvia

Makepiece

University Tutor in French - examiner from the institute.

Tariq

Bagri

Marcia's Son - Jaydee's boyfriend

Terry

Jenkins

Ian's older brother

Theodor (Theo)

Lee

Arthur's uncle

Thij and Christina

Kneynsberg

Dutch architects

Thomas

Monk

Owner of Australian yacht builders

Tim (Tipper)

Jeffries

Lad who shares a workbench with Johnny in metal work. Bran's brother.

Dr

Timothy

Lowstuff

Yacht designer

Timothy and Richard

Rodney White's grandsons

Tom

A regular summer employee of Steve's - something of a loner.

Tom

John Rownton's friend

Tom

Jim's partner

Tomas

Schoolboy friend of Henk's - member of the NBS

Tommy

Steve Johnson & Peter Lovell's foster son

Trevor

Spade

Actor son of Bob and Susan. Trevor Spade is his stage name see Eric Southern

Tyler

Lawrence

Co-star to Trevor Spade

Wim

Luuk's boyfreind

Yaland Insurance

Insurance company faced with a £20 million payout to Johnny

Zachary

Mayer

Financier

Zelman

Deneberg

Haredi Rabbi from New York

Professor

Arlington

Professor of French language - examiner from the institute.

Mrs

Beckstein

Bernard and Debora Lebrun's housekeeper

Mr

Bell

Physics teacher

Ms

Dent

Part time cleaner at the Priory

Dr

Greenlay

University Tutor in French - examiner from the institute.

Miss

Grunthorn

Head of Hort and Ag/Acting Principle

Professor

Hendricks

Luuk's professor/academic tutor

Madam

Hurenburg

Friend of Miss Jenkins who give briefing about criminal orgnisation.

Mrs

Krone

Housekeeper

DS

Lawlan

Homicide Investigator

Mrs

Lee

.Arthur's adoptive/ foster mother; wife of John Lee

Miss

Leonard

Physics teacher

Mr

Peters

Owner of the Peters' Yard - the boat yard next to the Hamden Yard.

Doctor

Porter

Architectural Historian at County Museum.

Mr

Spragg

Johnny's metalwork teacher

Professor

Stuurman

Professor at Luuk's university

Mr

Taunton

Johnny's maths teacher

De heer

Wilhelm

Dutch media mogel. Owns TV stations and film production companies.

Duke of Dunlavin

Owner of yacht used to smuggle Jewish diamond cutters out of Holland during WW 2.

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