Caroline Talbot

## MissCaroline Talbot

Mr. Talbot (paternal grandfather)
 Mrs. Talbot (paternal grandmother)
 Edith Pelham, Marchioness of Hexham (maternal aunt)
 Lady Sybil Branson † (maternal aunt)
 Alexander Crawley, 8th Earl of Grantham (maternal uncle)
 Josephine Crawley, Countess of Grantham (maternal aunt)
 Herbert Pelham, Marquess of Hexham (maternal marital uncle)
 Mr. Tom Branson (maternal marital uncle)
 Miss Sybbie Branson (maternal first cousin)
 Miss Marigold Pelham (maternal first cousin)
Peter Pelham, Earl of Brancaster (maternal first cousin)
 Lord Theodore Pelham (maternal first cousin)
 Arthur Crawley, Viscount Downton (maternal first cousin)
Lord Benedict Crawley (maternal first cousin)
 Lord Christopher Crawley (maternal first cousin)
 Lady Diana Crawley (maternal first cousin)
 Lord Edmund Crawley (maternal first cousin)
Rosamund Painswick (grandaunt)
 Mr. Marmaduke Painswick † (marital granduncle)
 Miss Delilah Mellark (martial grandaunt)
 Mr. Harold Levinson (granduncle)
Mrs. Martha Levinson † (great-grandmother)
 Mr. Isidore Levinson † (great-grandfather)
 Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham † (great-grandmother)
Patrick Crawley, 6th Earl of Grantham † (great-grandfather)
 Hon. Victoria Rachel Cora Aldridge (maternal third cousin)
 Hon. Hugh Daniel Atticus Aldridge (maternal third cousin)
 Hon. Robert Alexander David Aldridge (maternal third cousin)
 Maud, Lady Bagshaw (distant cousin)

Caroline Talbot (1940)

**Miss Caroline Talbot** (b. 21 August, 1926) is the daughter of Lady Mary Crawley and Henry Talbot, and the younger half-sister of George Crawley. She is the fourth grandchild and third granddaughter of Robert and Cora Crawley, and therefore the fourth great-grandchild of Isidore & Martha Levinson, and Patrick & Violet Crawley.

She is a member of the Crawley and Talbot families by birth.

Caroline has three aunts: Lady Edith Pelham, the late Lady Sybil Branson and Lady Josephine Crawley; and four uncles: Alexander Crawley, the late Matthew Crawley, Tom Branson, and Herbert Pelham.

## Biography

Mary learned she was pregnant with Caroline in December 1925, shortly before her sister's wedding. She tells the news to her husband Henry at his new car dealership and swearing both him and her brother-in-law Tom Branson to secrecy, so as not to steal Edith's thunder. She later said to Henry they could announce her pregnancy as soon as Edith had left on honeymoon.

Caroline is the second of the Crawley grandchildren to be born at the Downton Hospital, with the first one being her half-brother. She is also the first Crawley grandchild to have both parents alive—and both parents who eventually divorced. She was only two years old when her parents parted ways.

## Appearance and Personality

Caroline is a copy of her mother—with her dark brown hair and beautiful brown eyes. As she grew older, her emerging elegance is being compared to her mother as well. She bears a slightly noticeable resemblance to her maternal grandmother, Cora Crawley.

Caroline is very much the princess of her family, despite not being the youngest granddaughter. She is very much doted—especially by her maternal grandparents. She is very much close friends with Johnny Bates, the son of Anna (her mother's ladies' maid) and John Bates (her maternal grandfather's valet).

## Name Etymology

* **Caroline** is a female name of of French origin, meaning *"free man"*.
	+ She was named after her father, Henry Talbot.

* **Violet** is female name of Latin origin, meaning *"purple"*.
	+ She was also named after her maternal great-grandmother, Violet Crawley.