Alfred Sterne
(INCOMPLETE) NPC - played by Aida
Alfred is the second son of Thomas Sterne, the 5th Earl of Essex, by his second wife, Anne Williams. He is the uncle of Delilah Witherington, and the great-uncle of Jane Middleton and Thomas Sterne. He has never married and he is a retired Colonel from the ???.
Alfred pretends to be almost deaf, but the truth is that he nearly always hears whatever is said in his vicinity even without the help of his ear horn.
Family
Father: Thomas Sterne, 5th Earl of Essex, (1700-1744). Mother: Anne Sterne née Williams, Countess of Essex, (1726-1761). Half-Brother: Richard Sterne, 6th Earl of Essex, (1720-1779). Half-Sister: Philomena Prommett, (1747-). Half-Sister: Louisa Witherington née Prommett, (1757-1786).
Half-Niece: Delilah Witherington, (1786-).
Half-Grand-Nephew: Richard Sterne, 8th Earl of Essex, (1773-). Half-Grand-Niece: Jane Middletone née Sterne, (1776-), married to Percival Middleton, Esquire. Half-Grand-Nephew: Thomas Sterne, (1784-).