Top 25 most popular ‘Downton Abbey’ characters ever revealed – as voted by you!

14th October 201817th April 2022

We love all the characters in Downton Abbey, but everybody has a favourite, right?

Over the past few months, we asked you to vote for your most-loved Downton Abbey character of all time.

Thousands of you took part in our poll and, now that we’ve counted up all the votes, we can reveal the Top 25.

There was one clear winner, with a whopping 18.2% of the votes – can you guess which character it is?

25. Gwen Dawson

24. William Mason

23. Dr Richard Clarkson

22. Mr Mason

21. Phyllis Baxter

20. Henry Talbot

19. Lady Rosamund Painswick

18. Lady Rose MacClare

17. Joseph Molesley

16. Daisy Mason

15. Thomas Barrow

14. Cora Crawley

13. Lady Edith Crawley

12. Isobel Crawley

11. Lady Sybil Crawley

10. Mrs Patmore

9. Robert Crawley

8. John Bates

7. Matthew Crawley

6. Mr Carson

5. Lady Mary Crawley

4. Tom Branson

3. Anna Bates

2. Mrs Hughes

1. Violet Crawley

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