Police Officers
- Stanislaus Oates of Scotland Yard first appears in Look to the Lady. At that time he is an Inspector but he is promoted as the series goes on, becoming Chief of Scotland Yard by More Work for the Undertaker. Campion is godfather to his son.
- Charles Luke (normally called Charlie) is introduced in More Work for the Undertaker as a Divisional Detective Inspector. He comes from the East End of London, and speaks in a Cockney accent; he is also notable for using his hands and face to describe whatever he is talking about. In The Beckoning Lady he falls in love with Prunella Scroop-Dory, the last of an old aristocratic family, to the dismay of Campion who considers that she was brought up to live in a world that no longer exists. She dies in childbirth before the start of The China Governess, after which Luke's mother takes care of him and his baby daughter.
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