Lady Constance "Connie" Chatterley
the protagonist of the novel, who is exploring her sexuality; wife of Clifford Chatterley.
Clifford Chatterley
husband of Constance Chatterley; aristocrat; confined to a wheelchair after World War I.
Hilda Reid
Constance's sister, undergoing a divorce at the end of the novel.
Geoffrey Chatterley
Clifford's father, a patriot and aristocrat.
Emma Chatterley
Clifford's sister.
Herbert Chatterley
Clifford's elder brother; heir to the Wragby estate, but dies in 1916.
Sir Malcolm Reid
Constance's father, a sensualist who wants Constance to have a healthy sexual life.
Lady Eva Bennerley
aunt of Clifford, who visits him occasionally.
Tommy Dukes
former classmate at Cambridge with Clifford; an intellectual; a Brigadier General.
Charles May
an Irishman who writes scientifically about the stars; he was a classmate of Clifford at Cambridge.
Hammond
a writer who was a classmate of Clifford's at Cambridge.
Mellors
the gamekeeper of Wragby Estate, whom Constance takes as a lover.
Connie Mellors
the gamekeeper's daughter.
Harry Winterslow
a visitor at Wragby.
Jack & Olive Strangeways
wife and husband who visit Wragby Estate.
Mrs. Bolton
Clifford's nurse, from a lower class; a widow.
Bertha Coutts
Mellors' wife.
Field
the driver of the Chatterleys.
Squire Winter
a coal magnate and relative of Clifford; believes in the aristocracy.
Michaelis
an Irishman and playwright, with whom Constance has an affair early on in the novel.
Duncan Forbes
an artist friend of Constance who is willing to pretend to be Constance's lover and father of her child.
Giovanni
a gondolier who services Constance in Italy.
