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Revision as of 22:02, 1 April 2013
- "Your grandaddy is a bit of a bully."
- —Mrs Hughes to Baby Charlie[src]
Horace Bryant[1] is the father of Major Charles Bryant.
Background
Season Two
He wrote to the Countess of Grantham in 1918, telling her that his son had been killed in the Battle of Vittorio Veneto, as the Major had stayed at Downton Abbey while it was being used as a convalescent home. When the Bryants arrange to come to Downton, Mrs. Hughes tells Ethel to write them a letter that she can discretely give to them.
Later, when he and his wife, Daphne, stop for luncheon at Downton Abbey on their way to Maryport. While eating, Ethel bursts in to inform he that his late son is the father of her son, Charlie. While Mrs Bryant is more receptive, Mr Bryant demands proof and when Ethel is unable to do so, he demands she leave at once. He is visibly angry, even openly accusing her of falsifying her child's paternity (becasue Major Bryant was an only child) in an attempt to raise her own social standing.
Later Mrs. Bryant writes to Mrs. Hughes to arrange a meeting between the Bryants and Ethel. The Bryants have accepted that Charlie is their grandson and Mr Bryant offers to raise him as his heir since Major Bryant was an only child. He would educate Charlie at Harrow and Oxford. He would tell Charlie that his parents married during the war and his mother died from Spanish flu. Ethel offers to be Charlie's nurse and never tell him that she is his mother and Mrs. Bryant is open to the idea, but Mr. Bryant rejects it calling Ethel "a drudge" and that she will not be able to kept her secret. Mr. Bryant offers Ethel time to consider his offer and he and his wife leave. Later Ethel comes to Mrs Hughes to inform her that she is keeping her son.
Season Three
Mr. Bryant with his grandson.
By 1920, Ethel has fallen on hard times and ultimately decides for the sake of her son's happiness to let Mr. and Mrs. Bryant take him back with them. Mr. Bryant reveals that he had her followed, knowing how far she had fallen and that he could give her a list of his clients. To why he did this, he told her he wanted to keep an eye on his grandson, to whom he immediately becomes affectionate and loving, presenting him with a present of a stuffed animal. To Ethel he says he certainly does not wish her ill. He offers to give her money so that she doesn't have to continue making money the way she has been and so Charlie will not be exposed to it. However, he follows this by snidely commenting that this is assuming that she wants to stop, implying that she enjoys her work. Ethel admits to him that she does not think he is a nice or kind man, but she believes he loves her boy. Charlie is next to his grandfather when he waves goodbye to his mother.
Ethel is working for Isobel Crawley, when Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess of Grantham places an ad in the paper to find her another job. The only response that Ethel finds appealing is the one from a Mrs. Watson from Cheadle, because they live near the Bryants, and Ethel hopes to be able to see Charlie. Violet invites Mrs. Bryant to tea, to learn if the Bryant's will object to this. Mrs. Bryant tells Ethel to take the job. As for Mr. Bryant, she tells them to just leave him for her to deal with in regards to this.
Personality
Mrs. Hughes describes him as a bit of a bully. Ethel Parks says that he isn't a nice or a kind man, but she believes that he loves Charlie.
Relationships
Quotes
Appearances
Behind the scenes
- Mr Horace Bryant is played by Kevin McNally, the real life spouse of Phyllis Logan who plays Mrs Hughes.
Notes