| | | | London December 1859
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| | Prince Albert | | Prince Consort of the United Kingdom. |
| | Queen Victoria | | Queen of the United Kingdom. |
| | Charles Robert | Darwin | English naturalist, known for contributions to
evolution. |
| | | | Part l |
| 1 | | | June 1860 |
| | Charles F. | Field | Chief Detective and Inspector. Aka: Mr. Bucket. |
| | Stevie | Patchen | Pickpocket and occasional purveyor. |
| | Josiah | Kilbert | Police Constable. |
| | Sam | Llewellyn | Police Constable. |
| | Charles | Dickens | English writer and social critic. |
| | Willie | | Witness. |
| | Cook | | Kitchen maid. |
| | Tom | Ginty | Butcher's apprentice. |
| | Jake | Figges | Tom Ginty's master. |
| 2 | Richard | Mayne | Commissioner. Member of the Royal household. |
| | Horace | Dugdale | One of the member of the Royal households. |
| | William | Shakespeare | English poet. |
| | Robert | Peel | First Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Force. |
| | Jane | Field | Inspector Field's wife. |
| 3 | Philip David | Rendell | Prisoner. |
| 4 | | | Oxford |
| | Samuel | Wilberforce | Bishop of Oxford. |
| | David | Gates | One of Bishop's undergraduates. |
| | William | Wilberforce | Bishop's son. |
| | Jack | Callow | David Gates' friend. |
| 5 | | | London |
| | Martha | Ginty | Tom Ginty's mother. |
| 6 | Bessie | Shoreham | Serving girl. |
| 7 | Richard | Owen | Professor of Anatomy, one of the principal natural historian. |
| | Gideon | Mantell | Paleontologist. |
| | Albert | | Prince of Wales. Queen Victoria's eldest boy. Aka: Bertie. |
| | Thomas | Huxley | Charles Darwin's acquaintance. |
| | Isaac | Newton | Mathematician. |
| | Decimus | Cobb | Chorister. |
| | Jasper | Arpington-Dix | Richard Owen's acquaintance. |
| 8 | Dennis | Merrydew | Butcher. |
| 9 | Karl | Marx | One of the suspects. |
| | Jenny | | Marx's wife. |
| | Lenchen | | Marx's maid. |
| | Friedrich | Engel | Marx's friend. |
| 10 | Will | Tailor | Decimus Cobb's name as a boy. |
| | Artemus | Cobb | Real name of Decimus Cobb. |
| | | | Part ll |
| 11 | Mickie | Goodfellow | Landlord of the saloon bar. |
| 12 | Mrs. | Hamlet | One of Decimus' households. |
| | Belinda | | Young household. Aka: Blinky. |
| | John | Getalong | One of Decimus' households. |
| | Mr. | Hamlet | One of Decimus' households. |
| 14 | | | Richmond Spa |
| | Emma | Darwin | Charles Darwin's wife. |
| | Annie | | Charles Darwin's daughter. |
| | Robert | FitzRoy | Former captain of HMS Beagle. |
| 15 | | | Oxford |
| | Charles ll | | King of England. |
| | Smuts | | Human fence post. Aka: Bulldog. |
| | Rebecca | | David Gates' younger sister. aka: Becca. |
| | Willie | Darwin | Charles Darwin's son. |
| 16 | | | London |
| | Mary | Do-Not | Kitchen maid. |
| | Peter | Sims | Llewellyn's friend. |
| 17 | | | Oxford |
| | Henry | Liddell | Dean of the Great Hall of Christ Church College. |
| | Charles | Dodgson | Mathematics' lecturer. Pen name: Lewis Carroll. |
| | Dickens | | Head butler. |
| 18 | | | Richmond |
| | Philip King | | Duke of Edinburg. Husband of Queen Elizabeth ll of UK. |
| | Miss | Brodie | Nurse. |
| | Mr. | Gates | David Gates' father. |
| 19 | | | Oxford |
| | Willette | | Young sergeant of the Thames Valley Policeman Constabulary. |
| | Mrs. | Andrews | Owner of the guest house. Aka: Mrs. Coffin. |
| 20 | | | Oxford |
| | Professor | Perkins | Secretary of the British Association. |
| | John Stevens | Henslow | Darwin's old mentor from Cambridge. |
| | | Draper | Professor from New York University. |
| | | Daubney | Botanist. |
| | | Dingle | Reverend. |
| | Joseph | Dalton Hooker | Botanist. Darwin's closest friend. |
| | Henry | Fawcett | Cambridge's economist. |
| 21 | Sister Claire | | Nurse. |
| | Mary | Withers | Real name of Mary Do-Not. |
| | Mrs. | Thomas | Withers' first household. |
| | | | Part lll |
| 23 | | | London |
| | Harris | | Queen's acquaintance. |
| | Button | | Small boy along the River Thames. |
| | Mr. | Apfel | Manager of the Moorgate branch of ETC. |
| 24 | Lord | Lytton | English statesman. Conservative politician. |
| | Lady | Lytton | Lord Lytton's wife. |
| 26 | | Crawley | Junior constable. |
| | Thomas | Wakeley | Chief coroner. |
| | Augustus | Egg | Artist. Charles Dickens' close friend. |
| 27 | | | Buckingham Palace |
| | Princess |
Victoria | Prince Albert and Queen Victoria's first born and favorite child. |
| | Prince |
Frederick | Crown Prince. Princess Victoria's husband. Aka: Fritz. |
| | Mr. | Wells | Goodfellow's acquaintance. |
| | Mr. | Carmichael | Reverend. |
| | Mrs. | Carmichael | Reverend's wife. |
| 28 | Thomas | Beckett | Venerated as Saint by both Catholic and
Anglican churches. |
| | Henrietta | Huxley | Thomas Huxley's wife. |
| | Noel | | Thomas and Henrietta's first born. |
| | Mr. | McBride | Turned out to be the manager of Mayfair church. |
| | Mr. | Cable | One who had a telegram. |
| 29 | Donelly | Andrews | Church organist. |
| 30 | Mr. | Peale | Old constable. |
| | | Quinn | Constable. |
| | | Abercrombie | In-charge of the detectives. |
| | Francis | Drake | Naval officer and explorer. |
| | | | Part lV |
| 31 | Lily 1 | | Tom Ginty's sister. |
| | Julie | | Brown mare. |
| | Lily 2 | | Tom's horse. |
| 32 | | | London |
| | Galileo | Galilei | Italian astronomer. |
| | Archimedes | | Greek Mathematician. |
| 33 | James | Clark | Queen Victoria's personal physician. |
| | Henry | Ponsonby | Quenn's private secretary. |
| | Joseph Julius | Kanne | Quenn's travel arranger. |
| 34 | | | Antwerp - Frankfurt - Coburg, Germany |
| | Leopold | | King of the Belgians, Queen's uncle. |
| | Dieter | Klimt | German Police. |
| | Marie | | Dowager Duchess. Prince Albert's stepmother. |
| | Major | Davenant | Head groom. |
| | Suzette | | Queen's horse. |
| 35 | Adolf | | Old bishop. |
| | Ernest | | Duke of Saxe - Coburg and Gotha. Prince Albert's brother. |
| 37 | | | Coburg |
| | Sheldon | Olderwiser | Valet. |
| | Mrs. | Hobbs | Nurse. |
| | Franz | Joseph | Emperor. Prince Frederick's father. |
| | Alexandrine | | Duke Ernest's wife. |
| | Martin | Luther | German professor of Theology. |
| 40 | | | Coburg |
| | Theresa C. | Luise | Queen Consort of Bavaria. |
| | Napoleon | Bonaparte | French statesman. |
| | | | Part V |
| 42 | | | Coburg |
| | Molly | English | London born migrated to Hamburg. |
| | Mr. | Bowers | Inspector Field's old friend. |
| 43 | Erasmus | | Darwin's brother. |
| 44 | Princess Alice | | Grand Duchess of Hesse. |