The Mauritius Command - Characters

Characters

See also Recurring characters in the Aubrey–Maturin series

• Jack Aubrey - Captain in the Royal Navy and appointed Commodore during this story. Also captain of HMS Boadicea.
• Stephen Maturin - ship's surgeon, friend to Jack, and intelligence officer.
• Captain Pym - captain of HMS Sirius
• Lord Clonfert - captain of HMS Otter and then HMS Néréide
• Captain Corbett - captain of HMS Néréide and then HMS 'Africaine
• Lady Clonfert - wife to the above, wanted passage with the squadron
• Captain Eliot - captain in HMS Raisonnable
• Mrs. Williams - Jack's mother in law, now bankrupt.
• Sophie Aubrey - Jack's long suffering and patient wife.
• Charlotte and Fanny - Jack and Sophie's twin, infant daughters.
• Cecilia - Young daughter of Mrs. William's middle daughter. Niece of Sophie and Jack.
• Bessie - cook at Ashgrove Cottage
• Lt. Colonel H Keating - army commander
• Colonel Fraser
• Colonel McLeod
• Tom Pullings
• Mr. Farquhar - temporary governor of La Réunion
• Mr. John Fellowes - Bosun
• Bonden - Jack's Coxswain
• Colonel Saint-Susanne - French army commander on La Réunion
• Killick - Jack's steward
• Captain Lambert - captain of HMS Iphigenia
• Captain Curtis - captain of HMS Magicienne
• Hamelin - French commodore, based in the Vénus
• Lord Narborough (Garron) - captain of HMS Staunch
• Lt. Webber - 2nd in HMS Néréide
• Lt. Lemuel Akers - 1st in HMS Boadicea detached to sail HMS Hyaena to Gibraltar.
• Duvallier - French commander in Port South East
• McAdams - Surgeon in HMS Néréide
• Mr. Satterly - Master in HMS Néréide
• Lt. Seymour - 2nd in HMS Boadicea (acting 1st)
• Lt. Trollope- 3rd in HMS Boadicea (acting 2nd)
• Buchan - Master in HMS Boadicea
• Johnson - master's mate in HMS Boadicea
• Admiral Bertie - who calls a halt to the squadron's independence
• General Abercrombie - commander of the invasion army
• Golovnin - Russian fleet lieutenant, captain of sloop Diana
• Fortescue - captain of the schooner Wasp