Mr. Bayham Badger A London physician who provides training for Richard Carstone.
Mrs. Bayham Badger His wife, who constantly talks about her three husbands.
Matthew Bagnet The owner of a music shop; a former soldier who has kept up a friendship with George Rouncewell.
Mrs. Bagnet Matthew's sensible, wholesome, good-natured wife.
Malta, Quebec, and Woolwich Bagnet The Bagnets' happy children.
Miss Barbary Lady Dedlock's sister who raised Esther Summerson for a time and who was once Boythorn's beloved.
Lawrence Boythorn The passionate, boisterous, but good-hearted friend of Mr. Jarndyce modeled on the poet Walter Savage Landor, a friend of Dickens).
Inspector Bucket A shrewd, relentless, but amiable and thoughtful detective.
Mrs. Bucket The detective's keen-witted and helpful wife.
William Buffy, M.P. A political friend of Sir Leicester Dedlock.
Richard Carstone A cousin of Ada Clare; a restless, indecisive ward of Mr. Jarndyce.
The Reverend Mr. Chadband A pompous, insincere preacher, the incarnation of religiosity.
Mrs. Chadband Formerly Mrs. Rachael, who knew Esther Summerson as a child.
The Lord High Chancellor The presiding official of the Chancery Court.
Ada Clare A ward of Mr. Jarndyce and a close friend of Esther Summerson; like Esther, she is an ideally virtuous young woman.
