Sylvia Gray

Sylvia de Maine, Marchioness of Calverton (nee Gray) is the wife of Robert de Maine, Marquis of Calverton, and mother of Alfred, Philip, and Isabel de Maine.

Early Years
Nothing is known of Sylvia's childhood.

As a young woman, she married Viscount Seward, son and heir of the Earl of Farnton.

She was pregnant with her firstborn child when the Earl was honoured with a Marquisate and became the Marquis of Calverton. Shortly before the bestowal of her father-in-law's title, she played hostess to the Manchester Franklins and Edwin Marlowe, among others, personally introducing young Mr. Marlowe to Miss Anthea Franklin. Although she did not know it, she was therefore key to making a match that would lead up to the events of A Widow In Waiting.

A Widow In Waiting
Several decades later, she is seen with her husband at Langley Hall, in mourning for Alfred. Her younger son, Philip, and his wife and children do not come with her, but her daughter Isabel does accompany her, as Sylvia cannot trust the eighteen-year-old to remain alone at home.

Appearance
Sylvia is described in A Widow In Waiting to be "as dark as her lord was fair". She bears her advancing years "lightly".

Powers
Sylvia has no powers.

Other Names
She was born Sylvia Gray, but has been known as Lady Seward, the Countess of Farnton, and the Marchioness of Calverton.