Eventually, Edith and Sir Anthony patch things up, get engaged, and even have a wedding day. I'm afraid though that your future wife is a very wicked woman indeed and enjoyed every one of your scandalous allusions most thoroughly. I cannot resist: were the fictional Downton Abbey valet Mr. Bates to sire male issue, would the boy at some point be styled or called Master Bates?. Thank you and all at Royal Central for the entertainment and education. Her proper title isThe Countess of Grantham and she, like Lord Grantham, can be addressed as Lady Grantham by equals andMiLady by servants. Addressed by servants asYour Ladyship orMiLady and equals as simply Lady Grantham. 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. As she has married untitled Mr Henry Talbot she is Lady Mary Talbot. She will keep her baby and she will hide it with a farming family close to Downton, damn it! Holmes sees the Marigold storyline as evidence that Edith is learning to take her destiny into her own hands. However I do not feel easy with the title lord because the word lord is associated with the All mighty God. A peeress may be addressed as Your Ladyship or Madam. The staff among themselves follow a hierarchy depending on their position in the household and their personal relationship with each other. In a bit of a confusing adjunct to this, when the wife has no title of her own, the wife of a younger son is addressed as Lady (first name of husband). After finding Edith in London, a plan is concocted whereby the daughter Marigold will be raised in the house with the other two grandchildren already there. 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. 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. Epic frame-job fail.). As for Mary and Edith, they began to realize the importance of their bond as sisters. Interestingly, if Lord Grantham had a son, he would go by the title ofLord Downton (fully as Viscount Downton)because Lord Grantham also holds this as whats called a subsidiary title which is like a secondary, lesser title. All contents 2023 The Slate Group LLC. 2023 Minute Media - All Rights Reserved. Robert dies. Scan this QR code to download the app now. And yet, when Fellowes was interviewed about Edith, he claims that nothing could be further from the truth. Or did he give up Lord Downtown to become Lord Gratham when his father died? Oh, but how I sighed when Ethel showed up among the slatterns. Even Alfred the novice footmanaka tall, 1920s Landry Clarkedoesnt hesitate to walk all over him. At the head of the family is Lord Grantham,whos name is Robert Crawley (played by Hugh Bonneville). But in a way, Edith is where you really see the difficulties that the daughters' lack of autonomy brings. Being American, I fear I have a rather limited understanding of the British system regarding the bestowing of titles. Seth Stevenson: June, you are right that Lady Mary is approaching insufferable queen bee territory. 1,163, This story has been shared 1,143 times. It is television fiction. Anna had better watch out. Daisy evolvedfrom being adowntrodden kitchen maid to a talented chef and naturalleader. The only way she would gain a title is if a title is bestowed on Henry by the monarch or if she marries a person of title in later life such as has happened to Isobelle Crawley, now Lady Merton. What about Sybil? The family name is Crawley. They divorced. Is vulgarity something that one cultivates? Hers, too, it seemed. The son moves up to the earldom, his wife becomes the Countess of Grantham. I explore that reality in my book, My Sister, My Self: The Surprising Ways That Being an Older, Middle, Younger, or Twin Shaped Your Life. When Cora said you are being tested as a handheld camera hovered over Edith sprawled in bed and weeping? What will the title of the daughter of Sybil and Branson be called when she grows up? (This is all leaving aside the fact that Edith's ideas about adoption seem odd, in that an adoptive family, of course, brings its own blessings, meaning the child's life is not simply devoid of joy because she cannot inherit from her birth father.). Inspired by soap operas and weepy 1950s melodramas, John Waters combines the conventions of that genre (soft lighting, teary organ music) with William Castle-like gimmickry for his most polished, biggest budgeted film yet. Thank you! (A mean thing to do, Edith. I still stick with my original theory-that her lady's maid isn't a full-time one like Anna, but that a housemaid might help her or she shares Bertie's mother's lady's maid. Takedown request | View complete answer on downtonabbey.fandom.com. Then she met a newspaper editor named Michael, who offered her a job writing (yay! Since Its never states the ages of Robert and Cora I assume that Cora is no longer able to have children but like a son if they had on George is Vicount Dowton. I think Edith was right when she said that she and Anthony Strallan would be so terribly, terribly happy, but a campaign of undermining by the rest of her family pushed him to abandon her at the altar. Another one suggests that Gregson was a British spy gathering intel on the insurgent Nazisand he might not have died at all. George has the surname Crawley, from his father. This story has been shared 18,354 times. There are worse things happening in the world." Carson: "Not worse than a maid serving a duke . So Edith gave her lady's maid time off for the duration of Edith's trip to Downton. Because Matthew predeceased Robert, Mary was never actually the Countess, but her son would be the earl, so what title does that leave her? Kois: The sight of Carson singing merrily to himself once he heard Mrs. Hughes was OK warmed my heart. Let us return to when we met Edith, four seasons ago. It cleared up my confusion about the names and titles. Otherwise, she would work, and wait, and hope, and be happy. Jan 13, 201310:14 PM. So sad that she almost burned the house down by accident. Theres something evil going on in that stately home in the rolling hills of Yorkshire, and its a lot more nefarious than the re-bedding of the body of the expired Turkish gentleman. There can be an unlimited number of dowagers. By Dan Kois, Seth Stevenson, and June Thomas. He professes his love for her, his wish for her to be in his life and for himself to be in hers. Of course, the season could move away from this. But say Princess Di and everyone knows who youre talking about. IN some cases there are indeed titles that pass through the maternal line such is the case of Mountbatten of Burma Louis Mountbatten having no sons, his eldest daughter is recognized as Countess Mountbatten of Burma in the letters patent. It is a style only, not a title or an ennoblement. 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. This is Our Violet. But when George inherits, it would be proper to call him Lord Grantham. And, of course, because Edith is Edith, she found herself taking television's most common journey: From Virginity To Pregnancy In One Encounter. She writesthat 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 peoples decisions to stay or leave, which is where Ediths father, well-meaning though he may be, has left her. Holmes sees the Marigold storyline as evidence that Edith is learning to take her destiny into her own hands. But isnt it wild to think of Carson and Cora having an affair? Also, at what age do they stop calling George Master George and start calling him Mister? Due to the familys commitment to avoiding any unpleasantness, the only thing that could mitigate this dynamic, the intervention of the parents, does not take place. ", On the surface, this may seem to be the saddest thing of all for Edith, in that it seems to be, for her, a far more profoundly important pain than her various suitors would be alone. But after Mary married Matthew, Anna was promoted to be Mary's personal lady's maid. As you may recall from science class, certain genes are dominant and others are recessive. 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. This sub-plot mirrors the truth about what goes on in so many families, where often an older sister is ruthless in her need to keep her rivals head underwater so she can shine. Downton Abbey is on our screens on Christmas Day in the UK for the Christmas special. Photograph courtesy of . Only married women have lady's maids. Shed be able to manage it on her own since she is the owner of London newspaper. Mary will only gain a title if she marries a person with a title. The title may only be passed to an heir apparent, thus a son of the current Earl, as it is always possible for heir apparent to be born to the earl even up to 9 months after his death the heir presumptive would never be given the title. Violet remains the Dowager Countess of Grantham. A peer only ever uses their most senior title. She became solely Mary's lady's maid once Mary wed. After this, Mary asked Edith how the new maid was doing and Edith said that she missed Anna. So she is styled, for she is not a Duchess, taking her title from her husband. After enjoying a day of fox hunting and an evening of sparkling conversation, Kemal Pamuk drops dead right in Lady Marys bed. He hoped if her family got to know him, it would be easier for them to be on his side. If it is Earl of (name) (Earl of Avon, Earl of Oxford) it is almost always a place. 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I dont know why this is so but it is the tradition. Lord Granthams wife, Cora Crawley (played by Elizabeth McGovern) is known asLady Grantham. The detection and treatment of breast cancer circa 1920 is rather a gloomy subject even for a show that leaves lovely ladies at the altar for laughs. Earlier in the episode, the Crawleys closeted footman, Thomas Barrow, made a pass at Pamuk, which the diplomat rejected quite forcefullyso much so that he threatened to get Thomas fired. Well, to Americans this isnt obvious. Most of the other underdogs on Downton Abbey eventually get their due. The lower ranking staff usually have minimum contact with the family on a regular basis and are often supposed to keep out of the familys eyesight. For an in-universe explanation, how about Edith was really looking forward to some quiet moments with Anna, even though Anna would be dividing her time with taking care of Mary. Stevenson: I cant seem to work up much excitement over Thomas and OBriens endless Spy vs. Spy battle. 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By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Theres damage being done here! Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! And so, Edith undid the informal arrangement and brought her baby back to Downton (while everyone else is away), and placed her with a local farmer and his family. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. 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. 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. She's unluckier than Bates, and he went to jail for something he didn't do, for what certainly felt like a really, really long time. Edith (played superbly by Laura Carmichael) has always been the quiet rebel in the family--unlike the sprightly Lady Rose who was ready to marry a black man, partly to shock her mother--and we have been waiting for this all along since Lady Edith began her relationship with a married editor, Michael. 1,804, This story has been shared 1,592 times. "Downton Abbey's" serial mistreatment of Edith Crawley, the ultimate middle child, is one of its most telling quirks. Nick Briggs/PBS Or it could just be a sign that Rosamund cares about her niece. Can there be two people holding that title simultaneously? This is perhaps most easily understood through eye color, where brown eye color, a dominant gene, is expressed as BB and blue eye color, a recessive gene, is expressed as bb. They hardly ever name the county explicitly in the show, just refer to the estate or the nearby towns. 1,592, This story has been shared 1,546 times. The article was so frustrating when it left that out. Even Matthews death happened right after he blissfully met his son. The family would call them by their first name if it were known to them or perhaps nothing at all. With rapier wit, effortless beauty, and keen social. Exit Anthony, pursued by Edith's terrible luck. Why add Edith's lady's maid, who doesn't have anything really interesting to do? 2,664, This story has been shared 2,161 times. Carson: "We may have to have a maid in the dining room." The Earl of Grantham: "Cheer up, Carson. Three generations easily distinguished. Maybethere is a silver lining to all of Edithsheartache. 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). Alas, no. As she married two gentlemen with no title she was Lady Mary Crawley and Lady Mary Talbot. As debunkers have noted, two blue-eyed people can have a brown-eyed child, because recessive genes arent that simple. 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. Hope you are doing well and had a great holiday season. ), Aunt Rosamund shame-bullied Edith into the Swiss adoption, which she never wanted, and when it came right down to it, Edith ultimately did what Edith thought was right, for reasons other than wanting to get married already before she gets old. 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. 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. Mary gets whatever she wantsan archbishop to perform her wedding, her husband to accept a legacy that makes him uncomfortable so that she can live in the house she wants to, despite its impracticalitywhile everyone else gets to decide whats right for her sister Edith. The Grantham household is in turmoil. So the divorced Margaret had to settle for being styled Margaret, Duchess of Argyll. All rights reserved. and our In which case, they would be identified by their order. 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. It's probably really a case of storytelling trumping historical accuracy. But since shes a marchioness she would be expected to have a ladys maid to show her status and power. Sorry I forgot to put this in the other posts but another aspect to consider is that a Marchioness, ranking so high, would probably be expected to dress better and overall put on a better impression than the unmarried middle daughter of an Earl. Or at least, Edith did. When Lord Grantham inherited the title Earl of Grantham, the title Viscount Downton, became his subsidiary title. . They then called him Tom when he became part of the family although the dowager did so reluctantly. Well, the countys name is Grantham so, obviously, the Robert is Lord of Grantham. The second and subsequent sons are styled The Honourable William. In season 3, Lady Mary claims to have undergone a small operation that will help her start a family with Matthew. Septimus Spratt is her butler. 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. Hello, Lady's maids were often held onto even when the rest of the staff were decreasing rapidly, and a marchioness would certainly be expected to have one. She died, but her daughter lives, so we cant be too sad. This line really embodies the cruelty that Mary expresses towards Edith on a daily basis. 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! So would George just be Mister like his father Matthew? We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. Lady Mary retained her married name Lady Mary Crawley, until she remarries at which point she takes her new husbands title or name. I would like an explanation of the names used for the servants both at Downton and in Scotland. Or would only one daughter inherit the title? Speaking of nobility travelling without valets, when the Duke of Crowborough showed up at Downton without a valet in the very first episode my first thought was he left his valet behind so that Thomas would be taking care of him, and that would give them a chance to have a quiet talk about not wanting his indiscretion with Thomas to become well known. There doesnt always appear to be a firm rule among this group except in the way they address the butler, housekeeper and cook and vice versa. Reviewed by Ekua Hagan. OK, so if Robert Crawley, Seventh Earl of Grantham, had a son he would the the Viscount Downton. (I will admit that I skipped some of the middle of this season, while Edith was getting herself into all this mess, and was interested to see her right back in the thick of misery when I returned. Despite its exhaustively polished veneer, Downton Abbey was always a soap opera. June Thomas: Chaps, will you join me in my campaign for justice for Lady Edith? Downton Abbey Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. When they visited the possible future Downton Place, I got a bit excited, because for me the issue undercutting this whole plot point about whether the family might lose Downton Abbey is that of course the television program is called Downton Abbey. The family of a Lord of the Manor have no courtesy titles, so their daughters would remain as is a Lordship of the Manor can be left to anyone and is transferred just like any other type of property and can be left in a will. 1 level 1 [deleted] Pretend a different storyline, in which Robert has an heir, a married son. Thomas: Im glad that Mrs. Hughes lump turned out to be benign. She was the Jan, as Brady Bunch viewers immediately recognized. The cause, it is later revealed, was a heart attack, but many viewers suspected something more sinister. Follow Decider onFacebookandTwitterto join the conversation, andsign up for our email newslettersto be the first to know about streaming movies and TV news! I took a tiny bit of (guilty) pleasure in the working-class womens mockery of herthough in true high-Tory style, Julian Fellowes had the woman who made fun of Isobel be a lazy good-for-nothing who is constantly demanding to be handed a fish rather than signing up for fishing lessons. Diana, Princess of Wales was the daughter of an Earl so, prior to her marriage, was addressed as Lady Diana Spencer. Why was Lady Edith jilted at the altar? Was that a correct form of address? Mr. Bates). 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. Gladys Denker is a maid to the Dowager Countess. It's hard out there for Lady Edith Crawley. In my mind, her happiest ending would be taking Marigold to America. On the one hand, Edith's story like Mary's contains a sort of gross "don't have sex when you're not supposed to or you'll pay a horrible price" lesson. As his father had no title, only was heir, even if Robert had a second title, which he does not, George wouldnt have it. The title is still claimed by his heirs through their maternal line in Italy. Laura Carmichael as Lady Edith, whose rather appalling luck seems destined to follow her. Hope you are doing well. Younger sons of Dukes and Marquesses are the only people that should be addressed as Lord [First Name] and daughters of Earls, Marquesses and Dukes should be addressed as Lady [First Name]. Continue to watch and you will find out. Brush up on the best of them before the Downton Abbey movie hits theatersjust in case the whole miscarriage curse comes up. is never taken to task for the comments she makes putting her little sister down. Kois: But maybe the return of this ginger maid augurs a return of the other, even cuter ginger maid, Gwen Dawson, though hopefully not as a visitor to Mrs. Crawleys Home for Aged Prostitutes. The family name of the Duke of Rutland is Manners. Are you seriously asking if Julian Fellowes can find some other wringers to put his characters through? 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