| | | | Book 1 |
| 1 | Rudolf | Santonix | A famous architect. Michael's half brother. |
| | Geordie | | Deceased. |
| | Major | Phillpot | The village "God" in Gipsy Acre. |
| | Ester | Lee | An elder gypsy. |
| 3 | Dmitri | Constantine | One of Santonix's customers. |
| | Joshua | | Michael's uncle. |
| 4 | Fenella | Goodman | The woman that Michael falls in love with. |
| | Michael | Rogers | Protagonist. Narrator. Aka: Mike. |
| 5 | Greta | Andersen | Ellie's friend. Secretary. |
| | Frank | Barton | Cora's husband. |
| 7 | Cora | Van Stuyvesant | Ellie's step-mother. |
| | | | Book 2 |
| 9 | Minnie | Thompson | The oil heiress. |
| | Mr. | Crawford | Ellie's lawyer. |
| 10 | Nora | Bennington | Ellie's acquaintance. |
| | Andrew | Lippincott | Ellie's principal guardian. |
| 11 | William | Pardoe | Ellie's cousin. Aka: Reuben. |
| | Stanford | Lloyd | One of Ellie's trustees. A banker. |
| 14 | Gervase | Phillpot | Major Phillpot's wife. |
| | Dr. | Shaw | One of Major Phillpot's neighbors. |
| | Claudie | Hardcastle | Ellie's neighbor. A horse lover. |
| | Mrs. | Corgi | One of Ellie's neighbors. |
| | Queen | Anne | The Queen. |
| 15 | Sergeant | Keene | The police sergeant. |
| 17 | Mrs. | Carson | The cook. |