| Tubby | Archer | Daniel's friend. |
| Daniel | Bookham | Hugh's cousin. |
| Minnie | Buttles | The vicar's daughter. |
| King | Canute | The town's king. |
| Mr. | Caraway | Joshua's book publisher. |
| Joy | Charter | Craigmore's fiancé. |
| Miss | Clauvert | A French teacher. |
| Arthur | Day | A German soldier. |
| Mr. | Devere | The local butcher. |
| Miss | Devon | An English, sewing, and history teacher. |
| Mr. | Dimbly | A gymnast teacher. |
| Mr. | Dobbins | A mathematics' teacher. |
| Queen | Elizabeth | The Queen of England. |
| Alice | Finch | Minnie's friend. |
| Celeste | Fontaine | The Belgian princess. |
| Mr. | Fontaine | Celeste's father. |
| Bettina | Fothergill | The Town's mayor. |
| Frederick | Fothergill | The Rye's mayor. |
| Major | Frank | The director in charge in the hospital. |
| Algernon | Frith | Mr. Tillingham's friend. A writer. |
| Amberleigh | Frith | Mr. Tillingham's wife. Aka: A.A. De Witte. |
| Hugh | Grange | Protagonist. |
| Jack | Heathly | The son of a local shepherd. |
| Samuel | Heathly | Jack's brother. |
| Old | Jones | A landlord. |
| Agantha | Kent | Hugh and Daniel's aunt. The Rye Leader. |
| John | Kent | Agatha's husband. A senior official in foreign office. |
| Dr. | Lawton | Hugh's companion. |
| Bill | Longshanks | A poet from Pimlico. |
| Lord | Marbely | Lady's Marbely's wife. Beatrice's aunt. |
| Beatrice | Nash | A schoolteacher. |
| Joshua | Nash | Beatrice's father. |
| Lady | North | The earl's wife. |
| Lancelot Chalfont | North | Only son of Earl North. Daniel's friend. Aka: Viscount Craigmore. |
| Lord | North | The earl. Craigmore's father. |
| Ernie | Phillips | A German soldier. |
| Arnold | Pike | Arty Pike's uncle. |
| Arty | Pike | The Town's ironmongers. |
| Cedric | Pike | Arnold's older brother. |
| Charles | Poot | Mrs. Fothergill's nephew. |
| Mr. | Puddlecombe | Hugh and Daniel's Latin teacher. |
| Walter | Raleigh | An English statesman. |
| Alex | Ramsey | One of the England's leading surgeons. Hugh's boss. |
| Lucy | Ramsey | Alex's daughter. |
| Mrs. | Rogers | A French Chef. |
| Mr. | Samuel | A wine seller. |
| Mr. | Satchell | The ship owner. |
| Mrs. | Saunders | A housecleaner. |
| Richard | Sidley | A bicycle repair shop owner. Snout's father. |
| Richmund Edmund | Sidley | One of Beatrice's students. Aka: Snout, Dickie. |
| Mrs. | Smith | The chauffeur's wife. |
| Maria | Stokes | A doctor. |
| Mr. | Tillingham | An American author. |
| Mrs. | Turber | Beatrice's landlady. |
| Henry | VIII | The King of England. |
| Colonel | Wheaton | Lady Emily's husband. Eleanor and Barry's father. |
| Eleanor | Wheaton | Col. Wheaton's wife. |
| Emily | Wheaton | Harry and Eleanor's mother. Aka: Lady Emily. |
| Harry | Wheaton | Eleanor's brother. A colonel. |
| Abigail | | Mrs. Turber's housemaid. |
| Archie | | Hugh's colleague. |
| Bill | | Hugh's driver. |
| Bowen | | A farmer. |
| Carruthers | | One of Alex Ramsey's assistants. |
| Coleridge | | An English poet. |
| Cook | | Agatha's servant. |
| Craigmore | | Lord North's son. A viscount. |
| Gerta | | Eleanor's nanny. |
| Headmaster | | The school principal. |
| Jenny | | Agatha's maid. |
| Johnny | | A painter. |
| Liesl | | Eleanor's maid. |
| Michael | | One of Alex Ramsey's assistants. |
| Otto | | Eleanor's husband. |
| Smith | | Agatha's chauffeur. |
| Wolfie | | Snout's dog. |
