Commons should be Prime Minister, and his political ambitions have been frustrated. He is replaced as First Lord of the Admiralty by Phineas Finn and as Leader of the House of Commons by Joshua Monk, who retains his post as Chancellor of the Exchequer. The name of Finn's replacement as Chief Secretary for Ireland is not mentioned. Sir Timothy Beeswax resigns over the County Suffrage Bill. No replacement for him is mentioned. List of minor characters A Marchioness of Auld Reekie. Lady Glencora's aunt. The Marchioness pressures Glencora to marry Plantagenet Palliser. B Lady Baldock. Violet Effingham's aunt. Ezekiel Boncassen Father of Isabel. A learned American, he is spoken of as a potential President. Isabel Boncassen Love interest of Silverbridge in The Duke's Children. Marries him after being assured that his father approves of the match. Mrs Boncassen Mother of Isabel. Somewhat ridiculous in London society, but her great love for her daughter is stressed. Mr Bott. A somewhat overbearing and fawning MP, he shadows Palliser. He offends Lady Glencora by watching her dance with Burgo Fitzgerald, and also loses his seat in Parliament during the election held while the Pallisers are abroad. Mr and Mrs Bunce. Phineas Finn's landlady and her husband. C Miss Cassewary. Companion of Lady Mabel Grex. Oswald Standish, Lord Chiltern. Violent brother of Lady Laura Standish. D Mr Daubeny: Conservative Leader of the House of Commons and later Prime Minister. Believed to be based on Benjamin Disraeli. Lady Rosina de Courcy. A shrivelled-up old woman whose aristocratic family is now impoverished. She lives in a small cottage near her old home. Plantagenet enjoys her company, but Glencora scornfully reminds her husband that Lady Rosina once tried to marry a brewer to solve her financial troubles. Lord de Terrier: Conservative leader, Prime Minister at the time of Phineas Finn's entry into the Commons, but ousted soon afterwards; based on Lord Derby Sir Orlando Drought Conservative MP, Leader of the House of Commons and First Lord of the Admiralty in the Omnium government. He believes that as Leader of the House of Commons, he should be Prime Minister, but finds that the Duke of Omnium is not friendly to his views. Resigns, ostensibly over a matter of principle. Appears to have returned to the Conservative Front Bench during the Drummond government. Lord Drummond Secretary of State for the Colonies in the Omnium Government; later becomes Conservative Prime