The Nutmeg of Consolation - Characters

Characters

• Jack Aubrey - Captain of HMS Diane, post-ship Nutmeg and HM Hired Vessel Surprise.
• Stephen Maturin - ship's surgeon, friend to Jack and an intelligence officer.
• Sophie Williams - Jack's wife
• Mr Edwards - the deceased Envoy's secretary
• Mr Welby - Captain of the Marines
• Mr Hadley - Diane's carpenter
• Mr Nathaniel Martin - parson and assistant ship's surgeon
• Mr Fielding - First Lieutenant on Nutmeg
• "Spotted" Dick Richardson
• Preserved Killick - Captain's steward on Nutmeg
• Barret Bonden
• Mr Reade - midshipman on Diane and Nutmeg
• Ahmed - Stephen's Malay servant, discharged amicably at Java
• Mr Macmillan - surgeon's mate
• Li Po - Chinese junk owner and captain
• Wan Da - powerful Malay pirate
• Sir Stamford Raffles - Lieutenant-Governor of Java
• Kesegaran - seafaring Dyak woman
• "Green Headcloth" - Dyak chieftain
• Mr Sowerby - a Cambridge-educated naturalist
• Mr Adams - acting purser of Nutmeg, formerly captain's clerk
• Jean-Pierre Dumesnil - First Lieutenant of Cornelie; nephew of Captain Christy-Pallière
• Horse-Flesh Goffin - a cashiered British post-captain
• Mr Miller - one of two young gentlemen engaged in Java as "able", soon promoted to midshipman on Nutmeg
• Mr Oakes - the other of two young gentlemen engaged in Java as "able" and promoted to midshipman on Nutmeg
• Mr Seymour - promoted to Third Lieutenant of Nutmeg
• Messrs West and Davidge - cashiered officers on board Surprise

New South Wales:

• Captain Lowe
• Colonel MacPherson
• John 'Anguish' Paulton - a writer and friend of Martin's
• Dr Redfern - a humanitarian doctor in the penal settlement