Patmore, Daisy, Ivy and Carson, all of whom thought that Jimmy was just being spiteful and jealous.Īfter receiving notification the he did not get into the Ritz's chef training program, he is despondent. At one point, he made the savories for an Upstairs dinner, winning the respect and gratitude of the family.Īlong the way, he had to contend with the scorn and ridicule of Jimmy, who thought that Alfred's dreams were stupid. She praised him with the success of his sauces, saying they ate it and enjoyed it. This was solidified when he helped make the sauces for the final dinner of a house party which had noted singer Dame Nellie Melba in attendance. He had found out about a testing at the Ritz hotel in London, and it fit well with his dreams and ambitions. He felt more at home there, than he had ever felt as a footman. He was always drawn to the work of preparing food. However, Alfred did not want to be a footman forever (he became a footman to please his mother). (James had eyes for Ivy, but she wanted nothing to do with him) This led up to a rivalry between the two women. The plan was to have Thomas being caught in a compromising position, with the end result of him hopefully being sacked without a reference and being thrown into prison for having gay sex (homosexuality being a criminal offense in the UK at that time).Īlfred however, would become a target of the affections of Daisy Mason, the assistant cook, but he only had eyes for Ivy Stuart, the new kitchen maid. Much later, O'Brien had egged new footman, James Kent, into currying favor with Thomas, she also encouraged Thomas into a thought that James was attracted to him. Later on, visiting lady's maid, Reed, the lady's maid to Cora's mother, Martha Levinson, would find the shirts and give them to Alfred to return. At first, O'Brien took the evening shirts of Robert Crawley in an attempt to make him look stupid, which succeeded. He and his aunt had planned to trip Thomas up, after he went too far in trying to derail Alfred. It was clear that Alfred became Carson's favorite. Although he made a few blunders, Alfred was very good and he gained the trust of Carson. This was one of the factors which ended Thomas' friendship with Miss O'Brien, who had, up to that time, been friends and co-schemers.Īlfred was very tall, which was initially met with disdain by Charles Carson, the butler, but he gave him a shot, and found to his surprise that Alfred was not only a good worker, but he knew what he was doing. This did not sit well with Thomas Barrow, who was, at that time, the valet to the Earl of Grantham, as his regular valet, John Bates, was in prison. To this end, his aunt, Sarah O'Brien, the lady's maid of The Countess of Grantham, (his mother was O'Brien's sister) put his name up as footman. He worked in a hotel after the war as a waiter and his family wanted him to aspire to being a butler. He was played by actor Matt Milne.īane of Thomas' existence.and Sarah O'Brien's nephew Īn eager and willing worker, Alfred Nugent is one of the three footmen at Downton Abbey, a country house and estate in Northern England. Footman Alfred Nugent (Matt Milne) with Reed (Lucille Sharp), the lady's maid to Martha Levinson.Īlfred Nugent was a character on the UK-US produced period piece, Downton Abbey.
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