List of characters in Monarch of the Glen
The following is a list of minor fictional characters in the Scottish BBC drama TV series Monarch of the Glen.
Lancelot Fleming - Simon Slater
Lancelot Fleming comes to Glenbogle on behalf of Lascelles Bank to close the Glenbogle Estate down after their huge debts. But Laird Archie MacDonald has different ideas, he gets housekeeper Lexie McTavish to use her looks and charm to convert Fleming's feelings about Glenbogle. Although Duncan McKay attempted to kill and drown Fleming, Lexie's flirting skills made Fleming give Archie more time to repay the banks debts. He returned later on in the series, and along with Duncan he was devasted to find that Archie shared a bed with Lexie in a train on the way back to Glenbogle from London. They all made up and in the next series Fleming and his fellow bank managers came to Glenbogle and went through a test of physicality. Fleming kissed Lexie and left his job as a bank manager to pursue his dream of professional piano playing.
Series Details
- Series 1 - Episodes 2 and 9
- Series 2 - Episode 1
PC Callum McIntyre - Gavin Mitchell
PC Callum McIntyre is the local police officer for Glenbogle, and the son of Molly MacDonald's brother Jolyon. PC Callum has delt with Hector MacDonald, Lord Kilwillie and Donald MacDonald many times. He has also arrested Duncan McKay and Molly MacDonald once.
Series Details
- Series 3, Episodes 9 and 10.
- Series 5, Episodes 2 and 3.
- Series 6, Episodes 2, 5, 6 and 9.
- Series 7, Unknown, UNCONFIRMED.
Badger - Angus Lennie
Badger is Kilwillie's loyal butler. He helps Lord Kilwillie with clothes, baths and meals. Badger is a big supporter of toys in baths such as rubber ducks and rubber army boats. Lady Dorothy dismissed Badger at the end of series five.
Series Details
- Series 4, Episodes 1, 2, 7 and 10.
- Series 5, Episodes 2 and 3.
Maureen MacLean - Carole Cassidy
Maureen MacLean is a teacher the Glenbogle School, she was nearly dismissed by headteacher Katrina Finlay when the school was due to be closed down.
Series Details
- Series 1, Episodes 1-2.
- Series 2, Episodes 4 and 7.
Elizabeth 'Lizzie' MacDonald
Abigail Cruttenden / Hilary Maclean / Saskia Wickham
Elizabeth 'Lizzie' MacDonald is the daughter of Hector and Molly MacDonald. She is known in Monarch of the Glen for her rows with her brother Archie MacDonald. She had a daughter is series two, whom she called Martha MacDonald after her father's mother - Martha. In series five she returned to Glenbogle and persuaded Archie to climb a mountain in Nepal with her in honouro f their late father. Archie accepted but had to temporarily leave his wife Lexie MacDonald behind.
Family Details
- Father - Hector MacDonald
- Mother - Molly MacDonald
- Brothers - Archie MacDonald, Jamie MacDonald and Paul Bowman-MacDonald (half-brother)
- Daughter - Martha MacDonald
Episode Details
- Series 1 - Episode 5 (Abigail Cruttenden)
- Series 2 - Episode 7 (Hilary Maclean)
- Series 5 - Episode 6 (Saskia Wickham)
Jamie MacDonald
James 'Jamie' MacDonald is only ever seen in a flashbacks and pictures in the series, and in the flashbacks he is played by an unknown actor.
Jamie, son of Hector MacDonald and Molly MacDonald, drowned as a teenager. Jamie and his brother Archie were playing with their dog on a boat in the loch when Archie started to rock the boat, the dog fell in and Jamie went in after it. The dog survived, but underwater Jamie got caught in reeds and eventually drowned. The police looked in the loch for six hours for him, and eventually found the dead teenager.
Jamie was seen in flashbacks in Series 1, Episode 3 and Series 4, Episode 4.
Family Details
- Father - Hector MacDonald
- Mother - Molly MacDonald
- Brothers - Archie MacDonald and Paul Bowman (half-brother)
- Sister - Lizzie MacDonald
- Uncles - Donald MacDonald and Jolyon
Alex Faversham - Steven Elder
Alex Faversham was Paul Bowman's army officer until Paul left the army. Alex joined the Ministry of Defence, and when a World War II fighter plane was found in the loch at Glenbogle, Alex thought it to be a great idea to take up the mission whilst seeing how Paul was. Alex tries his hardest to stick to the mission, and bets Paul he can find the pilot of the plane before Paul can. Neither of them find him/her until Isobel Anderson's friend Irvine Taylor owns up. Alex quits his job at the MOD, and becomes estate factor at Glenbogle, trying to make everything make traditional, like Laird Paul wearing old clothes, Ewan and Jess respecting the Laird. No-one likes these changes, especially Isobel, who has Alex planning to cut down all the trees on her farm. Isobel and Alex kiss, but Isobel finds out about the trees and leaves him. Alex leaves Glenbogle admitting Paul was always better in the army than him, and that Paul is a natural leader.
Series Details
Series 6, Episodes 4 and 5.
Pamela Morton - Aline Mowat
Pamela Morton, nee McAlpine is the mother of Lexie MacDonald. Pamela has been married several times. First of all to Alec McTavish, with who she had Lexie with, and also Eric Morton, the millionaire she is currently married to. In series two Pamela found out about Archie's new marriage facilities at Glenbogle and eventually married Eric. In series three Pamela returned to Glenbogle for Lexie and Archie's wedding. However Pamela tried taking over the ceremony and Lexie asked her to keep out of it, and things got even worse when Pamela offered to pay the late Hector MacDonald's death duties. Archie accepted the offer making Lexie unhappy, and she ran away. But in the end (after a car/bus chase) Archie and Lexie decided to stay together. Pamela has not appeared since.
Series Details
Series 2, Episode 6. Series 3, Episode 11.