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Cora Crawley (née Levinson), Countess of Grantham (played by Elizabeth McGovern) (b. 1868), usually called Lady Grantham, is the wife of Robert and mother of Mary, Edith and Sybil. A wealthy American heiress of Jewish descent, she married Robert around 1890 when the Crawleys were in straitened circumstances; her fortune helped rescue Downton ...
Lord Gillingham, who is ending his engagement to Lady Mabel Lane Fox, visits briefly, still pursuing Mary. After learning about Green's crime, Mary asks Gillingham to dismiss Green without explaining the reason; Gillingham agrees to her request. The Downton church bazaar is held, organised by Cora. During it, Lord Grantham unexpectedly arrives ...
Downton Abbey is a British historical drama television series set in the early 20th century, created and co-written by Julian Fellowes.It first aired in the United Kingdom on ITV on 26 September 2010 and in the United States on PBS, which supported its production as part of its Masterpiece Classic anthology, on 9 January 2011.
Hugh Richard Bonniwell Williams [1] DL (born 10 November 1963), known professionally as Hugh Bonneville, is an English actor. [2] He is best known for portraying Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham, in the ITV historical drama series Downton Abbey from 2010 to 2015.
wife: Patrick Crawley 6th Earl of Grantham [i] (deceased) Violet Crawley Dowager Countess of Grantham [ii] (deceased) Isidore Levinson [iii] (deceased) Martha Levinson [iii] Roberta: husband: Dr. Reginald Crawley [iv] (deceased) Isobel Grey [v] Baroness Merton (formerly Mrs Crawley, née Turnbull) [iv] Richard "Dickie" Grey Baron Merton: James ...
May 1924: Violet takes Isobel to visit Russian aristocrats, now living in poverty. Tom and Mary push the housing development. Rose's father, Lord Flintshire (Shrimpie) announces he and his wife are divorcing. Lord Merton proposes to Isobel. Miss Baxter witnesses Thomas self-medicating. Mary tells Lord Gillingham she has decided not to marry him.
News arrives that threatens Downton Abbey's future: Lord Grantham's (Robert Crawley) cousin, James Crawley, heir presumptive to the earldom, and his son Patrick have died in the RMS Titanic disaster. Meanwhile, Robert hires his former batman , John Bates, as his valet, though the Downton staff object due to his having a limp they think impedes ...
The second series covers the last two years of the war and the first year of peace. Events mentioned or directly affecting the Crawley household include the Battle of the Somme, the Easter Rising, the Battle of Arras, the Russian Revolution, the Battle of Passchendaele, the Battle of Amiens, the Battle of Vittorio Veneto, the Armistice, and the Spanish flu epidemic.