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

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