Something Fresh

Ashe Marson — author, under the pen-name Felix Clovelly, of Gridley Quayle, Investigator, a monthly series published by the Mammoth Publishing Company.

Joan Valentine — an attractive young woman who contributes short stories to Home Gossip, another Mammoth publication;   adopts the pseudonym "Simpson" for her visit to Blandings Castle.

Mrs Bell — Ashe's and Joan's landlady in Arundell Street

Hon Frederick (Freddie) Threepwood — younger son of the 9th Earl of Emsworth;   engaged to Aline Peters.

Clarence, Ninth Earl of Emsworth

R Jones — a corpulent man, about 50 years old, known as Dickie to his acquaintances, who tend to be young men with lots of money and little sense.

Percy, Lord Stockheath — Freddie's cousin, recently the losing defendant in a breach-of-promise court case.

Adams — head steward of the Senior Conservative Club's dining room.

Mr Simmonds — a relatively new member of the Senior Conservative and one who, in Lord Emsworth's opinion, takes too large mouthfuls when eating.

J Preston Peters — an American multi-millionaire with chronic dyspepsia, a fine collection of scarabs and one fair daughter, Aline.

Thorne — Lord Emsworth's head-gardener.

Aline Peters — J Preston's daughter, Freddie's fiancée and Joan's old school friend.

George Emerson — an Englishman working in the Hong Kong police (Something Fresh) or an American working in a New York law firm (Something New);   wants to marry Aline.

Rupert Baxter — Lord Emsworth's secretary, his efficiency is matched only by his suspicious nature.

Beach — the Blandings Castle butler;   a portly hypochondriac, with "a dignified inertia which almost qualified him for inclusion in the vegetable kingdom".

Merridew — the under-butler

James and Alfred — footmen

Mrs Twemlow — the Blandings Castle housekeeper

Mr Judson — Freddie's valet

Mr Ferris — Lord Stockheath's valet

Miss Willoughby — Lady Mildred Mant's lady's maid

Miss Chester — Lady Ann Warblington's lady's maid

Eddie Waffles — the "official bad boy" of the locality when Ashe was at school, he taught Ashe the useful art of imitating a cat-fight.

Lady Ann Warblington — Lord Emsworth's sister

Algernon Wooster — Lord Stockheath's cousin

Colonel Horace Mant — Lady Mildred's husband

Bishop of Godalming — a house guest at Blandings;   though it is implied that he is a member of the family, the exact relationship between him and Lord Emsworth is left undefined.

Lady Mildred Mant — Lord Emsworth's married daughter

Mrs Jack Hale — "of the collateral branch of the family";   like the Bishop, the relationship between her and the Threepwoods is unclear.

Muriel — Lady Ann's Persian cat

Dr Bird — A doctor in Market Blandings

Slingsby — the Blandings Castle chauffeur

Meredith — the man doing Emerson's work while the latter is on leave (Something Fresh), one of the partners in his New York law firm (Something New).