Charles Raggles
Butler for Miss Crawley, he owes his start in life to the Crawleys. Rawdon and Rebecca cheat and ruin him, and he ends in debtors' prison.
Lord of Steyne
Lord Steyne, ugly and depraved, has won his wife at a gaming table. He takes Rebecca as protégé until Rawdon catches them. Through him she is presented at Court. He gives her money, position. Ordinarily his greatest fun is to torture his wife and family, but he appreciates his wife's defense of Rebecca.
One of his sons is insane; the other has no children. The threat of madness hanging over the house may account for Steyne's excesses. Never forgiving an insult, he will not be reconciled to Becky. Of Vanity Fair, he represents the landed aristocracy of his time.
The Marchioness of Steyne
Wife of Lord Steyne, of excellent family, she becomes silent, superstitious, religious. She shows her innate kindness to Rebecca.
Young Lord Gaunt
Son of Lord Steyne, he marries Lady Blanche Thistlewood of the House of Bareacres. They have no children.
George Gaunt
He marries the Honorable Joan of John Johnes, first Baron of Helvellyn. They have children, but George is insane, gets the order of the "Strait Waistcoat!"
Wenham
Wenham is Lord Steyne's man who prevents a duel with Rawdon and ruins Becky's reputation with Sir Pitt.
Colonel Michael O'Dowd
This valiant soldier receives the rank of major-general after Tiptoff's death. He has served in all parts of the world and is Dobbin's commanding officer. He obeys his wife.
