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Matthew Reginald Crawley ^[two] (b. 1885^[3] - September 1921^[iv]) was a lawyer from Manchester and the simply son of the late Dr. Reginald Crawley and of his nurse married woman, Isobel. By his father he was a afar relative of the Earls of Grantham and he became the heir of the championship due the heir's decease. Matthew so met his third-cousin, once removed, Robert Crawley, 7th Earl of Grantham, and moved to Downton a few months after where he met and quickly barbarous in love with Robert's eldest daughter, Mary. He and Lady Mary Crawley entered a tumultuous 8-year relationship ending with Matthew's second proposal in early Jan 1920. Mary finally accepted, five and a half years after the kickoff. They were married in May 1920 and lived together in Downton Abbey. Matthew became co-owner of the estate post-obit the Crawleys' fiscal bug arising from bad investments, when Matthew was able to come to the rescue investing the money inherited from his belatedly fiancée'due south begetter to Downton. Mary soon became pregnant and gave nascence in September 1921 to their son, George Crawley. Unfortunately, Matthew was killed before long subsequently in a car accident after a visit to his wife and newborn son at the infirmary, making George the heir of the title, earldom, estate, and fortune.

Groundwork

Matthew was the third-cousin, in one case-removed of Robert Crawley, fifth Earl of Grantham. His bang-up-neat-gramps was the younger son of the third Earl of Grantham. His late male parent, Reginald Crawley, was a medical doctor who had washed enquiry on infections in children. Reginald Crawley trained, along with his future brother-in-law, Sir Edward Turnbull, nether Matthew's maternal granddaddy, Sir John Turnbull, who was likewise a medical doctor. His mother trained as a nurse during the Anglo-Boer War. Very little is known about Matthew's previous life. Born in 1885, he grew up in Manchester, Lancashire, equally the son of an upper centre class doctor. He was educated at Radley College so went on to Oxford where he studied police. He lived with his mother (his father having died sometime earlier 1912) while working as a solicitor specializing in industrial law. He met Lord Grantham in one case in London before being invited to movement to Downton.

Heir of the Downton Abbey Estate

Matthew was a center grade lawyer from Manchester until he got a letter of the alphabet from Robert Crawley in 1912 that informed him that he was the heir to Robert's manor and would, eventually, exist the 6th Earl of Grantham. He arrived at Downton Abbey in September 1912.

When Matthew learnt that he was to exist the heir of Robert, he tried to reject information technology, only there was no legal means to do and so. He and his mother Isobel travelled from Manchester, Lancashire to Downton village, where he found a task at a law firm in Ripon chosen Harvell and Carter.

The eldest daughter of Lord Grantham, Mary, was less than pleased with Matthew's arrival; every bit a woman, she could non inherit the estate and championship, so originally information technology had been planned for her to ally the previous heir, Patrick Crawley, only he drowned on the Titanic. Though she did not dear Patrick, she had been raised effectually him and at least thought him of a meliorate course than the distinctly middle-class Matthew. Matthew and Mary's human relationship is further complicated by the fact that the first time they run across she overhears him referring to the possibility of the Crawley family's throwing 1 of their daughters at him, thus she initially resented and disliked him, assuming that he was arrogant, and even referred to him once equally a "sea monster."

Matthew Crawley had been raised heart grade and saw no need for servants to exercise everything for someone. Local man Molesley had been hired as his valet, but Matthew stubbornly kept dressing himself. Over time, Matthew came to accept his life in Downton, though he was initially reluctant to admit that his life had changed. All the same, he came to assistance Robert run the manor while working, and grew to accept his fate.

Although Matthew is taken with Mary from first sight, he slowly tries to build a friendship with her. Every bit the months progress in 1913 and 1914, their human relationship matures, and Mary slowly falls in honey with Matthew. He eventually proposes in 1914, but Mary decided to wait to requite him an answer, equally she was having trouble trying to tell him of her relationship with Kemal Pamuk, believing that not to tell him would be a prevarication, and if he found out, he would exit her. Matters were further complicated past the fact that Cora, who had concluding given birth xviii years ago, became meaning. If the infant were to be a male child, Matthew would exist displaced equally heir. Mary took advice from her aunt, Rosamund Painswick, who idea she should wait and see. Mary couldn't quite do this, and admitted to Matthew all the advice she had received, but her lack of an reply injure Matthew, and he believed her lack of an reply was only due to his status equally a eye-class land lawyer, and possible deportation of beingness the heir. After Cora miscarries, and Mary continues to not give him her answer, Matthew on the verge of tears, retracts his proposal at the garden party, and tells Mary he is moving back to Manchester: "the experiment is at an finish." He walks abroad, leaving Mary in tears, with only Carson to comfort her. Minutes later, Lord Grantham tells the garden political party that Britain has declared war on Germany. Information technology is August 4, 1914.

The Great War

When the Outset World War started, Matthew enlisted in the army, being ranked equally Lieutenant Crawley, and stayed away from the Crawleys for ii years. In 1916/1917 he was made an ADC of a British General and was promoted to the Rank of Captain. As a result, he went on a recruitment drive in Northern England. During the war he met his future fiancée Lavinia Swire, the girl of a solicitor. He briefly returned to Downton to introduce her to the Crawleys in 1916, before leaving for the forepart again. Early on in the morn at the train station before he boarded, Mary surprises him, by beingness the only one at that place to see him off. Mary gives him a proficient luck charm, a blimp canis familiaris from her childhood, kissed him on a cheek, and asked him to take care. Despite this exchange, the two kept their lingering feelings for each other subconscious, peculiarly since Mary was now being courted by Sir Richard Carlisle. Back in the trenches, when Matthew is on patrol or well-nigh to fight, he rather than putting Lavinia's framed photo in his pocket, he always puts Mary'due south skilful luck canis familiaris with him.

In 1917, upon the urging of Lord Grantham, Mary writes Matthew a alphabetic character that arrives in the trenches. Matthew is upset to receive a letter from her informing him that she is now engaged to Sir Richard. Although Matthew himself is engaged, the news deeply shakes him, and he tells William (Downton'due south footman who is now Matthew's batman in the war), that he wants to go out on patrol with him only. William questions Matthew about this abrupt decision. While on patrol, they are outflanked by the German Infantry, causing them to be reported every bit missing in action. Robert hears the news, and simply tells Edith. Robert is very shaken up by this, telling Bates that he "loves Matthew like a son." Afterward Edith feels she needs to inform Mary about Matthew beingness missing, non to exist spiteful, but because she knows Mary all the same loves him, and Edith wants to prepare her. Unfortunately, she tells Mary this news right before she is to perform a duet (Edith on pianoforte, Mary equally the singer) for the recovering wounded at Downton. Matthew and William both turn upwards at Downton Abbey while Mary is performing the song "If you were the only girl in the globe." Mary is extremely relieved that Matthew is safe, and Matthew joins in with Mary to finish the vocal. Although they clearly love each other, Matthew asks about her date and saddens Mary when he tells her he is anxious to go to London to see Lavinia while on cursory leave.

In 1918, he fought at the Battle of Amiens, where he and William Bricklayer were caught by a falling shell during a charge. Bravely, William threw himself in front of Matthew, protecting Matthew from the blast, but in doing so, the two fall down into a muddy ditch, with William falling on pinnacle of Matthew, with Matthew's dorsum hitting a cleaved wood wagon wheel below. This heroic human action saved Matthew's life. Molesley wakes Robert up to inform him almost William and Matthew'due south serious injuries. Mary is heartbroken, just relieved he is notwithstanding alive. Both of them are sent back to Downton. Although William does non appear injured, he has sustained serious lung damage, and the physician warns both his begetter and Williams' love Daisy, that he will surely dice. William is then transferred to one of the Abbey's bedrooms to residue, rather than in hospital, where he marries Daisy on his expiry bed. Matthew is transported to the Downton hospital upon arrival where Sybil Crawley and Mary were waiting. Afterwards being cleaned, dressed, and rested, his mother Isobel returned from France to come across him. Mary devotes herself to being Matthew's nurse.

Medico Clarkson subsequently informed Robert that Matthew had sustained spinal cord harm and that he believed Matthew would non but never walk once again, but never be able to father children. Mary subsequently told Matthew that his spinal cord had been damaged later asks her repeatedly what is incorrect with him, and Matthew realizes he is paralyzed from the waist down. Later deducing himself that he was likely impotent, Matthew broke off his engagement with Lavinia then she would not have to spend the rest of her life equally his childless nurse.

Mary Pushing Matthew

During his recovery, he was nursed by Mary in infirmary and so at Downton Abbey, which caused friction in her relationship with Sir Richard. Every bit the war ended on November 11, 1918, Matthew began to feel sensation coming dorsum into his legs, but only informed John Bates, who sustained leg injuries in the Boer War with Robert, and swore Bates to secrecy. Bates helps Matthew every bit well, wheeling him around, and helping him into his pocket-size hospital bed that has been put into a small-scale Downton bedchamber for his utilise.

After the State of war

"Y'all loved her once - you sure you lot can't love her over again? "

—Violet to Matthew about his dear for Mary

Every bit Matthew recovered, Cora and Sir Richard believed that Mary was getting too close to Matthew, and so Cora invited Lavinia to Downton nether the pretense that Matthew had wished information technology; her appearance there clearly shocked Matthew, Mary, and Robert.

When Matthew broached the subject field of their relationship with Mary, he said he could not male parent an heir while Sir Richard could give her children. Later, Lavinia informed Matthew that she was notwithstanding in love with him and would accept care of him, no matter what, which touched him profoundly. Lavinia was willing to sacrifice her life because of her deep dearest for him, no affair what.

Whilst solitary in a room, Lavinia went to remove a tray of tea cups, but tripped over a footstool, this prompted a wheelchair-bound Matthew to stand up up by reflex and grab her arm, to stop her from falling and injuring herself. His standing stunned both of them. Whilst well-nigh people in the house were happy with Matthew'due south recovery, Sir Richard had become worried that Mary would now leave him for Matthew. Doctor Clarkson likewise revealed that he had been cautious with Matthew's diagnosis because he hadn't wanted to requite him fake hope most walking. Matthew then announced he would ally Lavinia after all.

As he recovered, Matthew used a cane to walk and remained at Downton Abbey, rather than Crawley House with his mother, slowly learning to walk himself down the nuptials aisle. However, Violet visited him in his room and informed him that Mary was still in honey with him, and she wanted him to marry her instead of Lavinia. Violet warned him that "divorce" was not an option for someone in his position, and said he should think very carefully. Matthew, despite loving Mary, believed information technology was his duty to marry the caring Lavinia since she wished to marry him despite his being a cripple and impotent.

Past April 1919, Matthew was getting ready for his marriage to Lavinia, however the Spanish Influenza epidemic had past and so reached Downton and Charles Carson, Cora and Lavinia were infected with the disease, as well as others. Initially, Cora was the one who was extremely sick, whilst Lavinia appeared only to take a mild example, and rested at Downton afterward excusing herself from dinner. Whilst she rested, Matthew tested the gramophone they had been given as a hymeneals present and invited Mary to join him for a trip the light fantastic. While they were dancing, they discussed their human relationship. Matthew and then apologised for rescinding his proposal, told her about Violet confronting him and confided that he was marrying Lavinia out of duty and implied he was still in love with her. They then kissed whilst unbeknownst to them, Lavinia stood on the stairs behind them. Lavinia so announced herself, feigned ignorance of their discussion and headed dorsum to bed.

Lady Mary and Matthew dancing

Due to the illness in the house, Lavinia and Matthew postponed their wedding ceremony. Lavinina did not want her father to come either, as he had a weak chest and Spanish Influenza would put his health in danger. As Lavinia lay, appearing only slightly ill, with Matthew abreast her, she confronted him most what she had heard and told him that she loved him, simply did not wish to marry him since he loved Mary. She besides stated that she was a "small person" and realized the Downton estate and championship were enormous, and that she did non want to exist "Queen of the County." Matthew was stunned past this and tried to make her reconsider, merely she asked him to exit as she was tired. Matthew did and then, just wished to continue the discussion at a afterward time.

But a cursory time after, as Matthew was eating dinner, Sybil rushed in to inform him that Lavinia'southward condition had worsened considerably. The illness had settled in her lungs, making it incurable. The family rushed to her bedside, where Lavinia told Matthew that information technology was better this mode because "he won't have to make a hard decision" (whether to ally her or Mary) and that she just wanted him to be happy. She and so died, every bit Matthew tried to reassure her and concur her paw. After her funeral, Matthew revealed to Mary that Lavinia had seen and heard them before her expiry. He believed that she died of a cleaved heart and that they were the cause. He called their relationship "cursed" and stated that they could never be together. Crushed merely understanding, Mary accepted Sir Richard's offer to walk her home.

1919 Christmas

"You lot lived your life and I lived mine, now it's time we live it together."

—Matthew'southward second proposal to Mary

Past Christmas of 1919, Matthew had repaired his friendship with Mary, although information technology was plain for everyone to see that they were all the same in love. Richard Carlisle became jealous that Mary would not set a date for their wedding and the two began to argue. Matthew tells Mary that she does not take to marry Richard, or ally anyone for that affair, and that as long as he is live, Mary volition have a home at Downton Abbey e'er. Lavinia's father Reginald (likewise the proper name of Matthew's father and Matthew'south own middle name), meanwhile has died, and it is Matthew's job to bring his ashes to Lavinia'southward grave. Mary asks if she can be there when this is done, which also upsets Richard, as he is not invited. While they depart Lavinia'southward grave in the rain, Isobel tells Matthew to fight for Mary, and not to surrender by blaming Lavinia'south memory. Even though Matthew insisted that he deserved unhappiness, his love for Mary soon prevails.

When Robert Crawley'southward dog went missing, Matthew helped to search for her and asked Mary why she wished to withal marry Sir Richard, when it is obvious they do not get along. Despite initially resisting, she eventually admits that she lost her virginity to Kemal Pamuk and that he died in her bed, which shocks Matthew. He also realized that Sir Richard was keeping the story from publication, initially out of fondness to Mary, but now equally a sort of blackmail. Later keeping the Kemal secret from Robert for many years, Cora likewise finally tells Robert that Kemal did not die of a center assail in his ain bed, but that Kemal died in Mary's bed, and she helped Anna and Mary move his trunk back to his room. Mary later admits this to her father. Robert in his own sort of way, besides tells Mary that she is non the only one to take "made a error." Robert had almost slept with a housemaid, and just did non, when Bates near walked in on them. When Robert urges Mary to break off the engagement, and to move to the U.S. to find a "cowboy" Mary is relieved and breaks information technology off with Sir Richard. Sir Richard is extremely mad, and every bit he argues with Mary, Matthew enters the room. Sir Richard upset by Matthew protecting Mary all the same again, prompts Richard to tell Matthew that Lavinia had admitted to him that she knew Matthew never loved her. A fight so bankrupt out between the two men, which was broken up by Robert. Richard left the following day and Mary told Matthew she would become to New York to visit her maternal grandmother to look out the scandal.

That evening, during the Servant'due south Ball, Mary goes outside to stand up by herself in the softly falling snow. Afterwards Matthew broke off their original engagement on August 4, 1914 at the garden political party, Mary asked him, "would you have stayed, had I accepted you?" This time around Jan iii, 1920, Matthew asks Mary, "will you stay, if I ask you to?" Mary is worried Matthew volition bring up the "Kemal incident" and won't be able to get how he betrayed Lavinia out of his head. Matthew assures her that "he has lived his life, and she has lived hers, and now information technology is time to alive them together." Mary is stunned, and Matthew gets downward on his knee to propose again, every bit Lady Mary happily accepts, and Matthew scoops her up to hug her in the snow.

Spousal relationship

Just a few months later in the Spring of 1920, Matthew's union to Mary was soon to take place, when he received news that he may be the heir to the fortune of Reggie Swire. He believed that he had played a function in Lavinia's death, that he had broken her center and her will to alive when she was sick with Spanish Influenza. Matthew did not want to accept the sizeable inheritance, a decision which Mary somewhat initially agreed with. Equally the hymeneals plans moved forth, Robert Crawley learnt that all of the estate's coin, including Cora's fortune, had been lost in his bad investment with a Canadian railroad visitor, and he informed Mary. Mary believed that the money Matthew may inherit could save the estate, but, as Matthew does not desire to accept it, they debate. Mary felt that this was a primal difference in their personalities, and mulls over cancelling her wedding ceremony. Thanks to Anna and Tom, now Sybil's married man, they reconciled and finally married the following day later on a 8 year on-and-off courtship.

Matthew and Mary shortly before the church doors are closed

The problem of the money plagued the beginning of their marriage, and they argued more about it subsequently Mary's maternal grandmother, Martha Levinson, was unable to give them whatever more of her husband'south fortune to save Downton. Martha is merely immune to give Cora a dress allowance each year and that is it. Matthew had learned that the two other potential heirs to Reggie Swire's fortune had died, and that he would definitely inherit, but he was however adamant to give the money away. However, they soon discovered that Reggie Swire gave Matthew the money knowing full well that he and Lavinia wouldn't accept gotten married if she had lived. Lavinia had written her begetter a letter of the alphabet before she died informing him that Matthew was a good human being equally he was still willing to ally her because of his promise, despite loving Mary. After learning this, Matthew accustomed the money and put it into running Downton, becoming the co-owner with Robert.

The co-ownership was not initially a polish 1 as Matthew discovered that Robert's manner of running the manor was very wasteful, and it acquired great friction every bit his father in-law wished to keep things the same. In the middle of all this, Sybil and Tom returned to Downton, and Sybil gave birth to a girl earlier dying of eclampsia hours later with Matthew as one of the witnesses. Sybil's death caused a lot of mourning and tension within the house, however it did strengthen Matthew'due south bond with Mary and they continued to try to have a babe.

Matthew soon teamed up with Tom, and together they were able to convince a reluctant and sad Robert that the running of Downton needed to change. Together, they prepare about keeping Downton safe for the future by ownership back farms that weren't being farmed properly from older tenants, adding sheep, and expanding wisely. Additionally, Matthew also came to believe he may be sterile due to his war injury since Mary was not yet pregnant. Whilst at a fertility doctor, he asked if his wife had come to see him. Because of doctor/patient confidentiality, the doctor says he cannot discuss that, only he was not aware of a "Mrs. Crawley" beingness a patient. When Matthew goes downstairs to exit, he discovers Mary there (using her mother'south maiden proper name, Levinson). He takes her to a restaurant to cheer her up, over what he believes is his fertility problem. Mary tells him though that information technology was she who had a problem, which stuns Matthew. She doesn't tell him what kind of operation she had, explaining that she can't "talk near this sort of affair, fifty-fifty to [Matthew]." They hadn't had sexual relations in weeks, and Matthew says he was beginning to worry that Mary had "gone off" him. He is relieved that her recovery from the operation was the reason for the abstinence. Mary informs Matthew that the doctor assured her that she would become meaning within half dozen months.

Son'due south birth and death

Matthew and Mary with their newborn Son.

"I experience similar a swallowed a box of fireworks"

—Matthew well-nigh his son's birth

Mary becomes pregnant in January 1921^[5], and in September of 1921, whilst eight months forth, she and Matthew went with her family and a few servants to visit their relatives at Duneagle Castle in Scotland. Matthew and Robert were both very concerned with Mary's condition, particularly because of what happened to Sybil, and wanted her to stay home, Carson was besides worried of the safety of Mary, but she insisted. Whilst Mary spent fourth dimension with the other women, trying to exist careful as everyone wished, Matthew went stalking with Robert and Hugh MacClare, and subsequently fished with Michael Gregson, giving him advice about his human relationship with Edith, stating that they should end it due to Gregson existence married.

An outing in a carriage and a trip the light fantastic toe at a ball caused Mary to experience unwell and decide to head habitation. Matthew insisted upon coming with her, but Mary promptly refused because she said it would be rude to Hugh and Susan to leave, and she wanted Matthew to enjoy himself before fatherhood arrived. Upon arrival at the train station, Mary goes into labor and Anna and the driver accept her directly to the infirmary. Anna informs Carson, who gets word to Duneagle to return dwelling house as presently as possible by railroad train. While Matthew's female parent Isobel Crawley was comforting her during labour, Mary told her "she only feels one-half herself without Matthew there." Carson informs the chauffeur to bring Matthew's automobile to the train station and to exit information technology there, and so when he gets off the train, he tin can drive himself straight to the hospital. Although the baby was three weeks early, Mary safely gives birth to their son, afterward to be named George Crawley. While Mary was holding their nevertheless unnamed infant, Matthew appears at the door asking her if a "hot and dusty traveller" could come in. Matthew is overjoyed with happiness, telling Mary that "he'southward dancing a jig" and felt as though "he's swallowed a box of fireworks." He tells Mary she will be a wonderful female parent, and that she would exist "his Mary for all eternity" and that he "loves her more than and more than every twenty-four hours."

On his drive dorsum to Downton to tell the family nearly his son, a happy and proud Matthew was speeding and not paying attending to the road, instead looking at the trees on the right. Downward a small-scale hill to the left side, a modest delivery truck was coming towards Matthew and he swerved to the left, at the last second, to avoid hit the truck head-on. His automobile overturned on top of him and Matthew appeared to have suffered from a broken cervix or serious head injury, as blood slowly trickled downwards his face.^[6] He appeared to have died instantly at the age of 36, while Mary still held their son in hospital, unaware he was dead.

After his death

It is now February 1922, and Matthew's funeral is non shown, merely Molesley'south male parent and the Dowager watch as the final headpiece decoration to Matthew'due south grave is added. This can only be added 6 months after death, every bit the basis has to settle for that long. Mary sleeps on Matthew'southward side of the bed, with their wedding photograph on the nightstand, and another photo of him on her dressing table. Mary is in very deep mourning vi months on. Matthew's female parent Isobel has by and large been by herself at Crawley house, with a slightly different wedding photo of Mary and Matthew on the drape. Edith goes to visit her, and she urges her to come to the house to visit her grandson. Isobel said when you lose your only kid, yous are nil really. The Dowager (Violet) besides visits Isobel and urges her to be an involved grandmother too. A securely mourning Isobel tells Violet that she is but an onetime adult female who eats off trays now, and has no need for Molsley anymore at all. Isobel is surprised, that a meticulous lawyer such as her son, seemingly has died without leaving a will. As a result, Robert believes that Mary merely owes 1/vi of Downton, and that he is too in charge of George's half, and that Mary really should not take any say in how Downton is run. However, a letter is soon plant that Matthew had written the day earlier the family allow for Duneagle.  Matthew reveals his intention to return and make an official volition naming Mary his sole heiress, that she "take" charge as he knew not if their then unborn child would exist a boy or girl simply would exist a babe.  He admitted he had not drawn up a volition and felt better writing it down at that moment.  Most of the family seemed delighted for Mary, but Robert was sure it was not an official will and could not stand up as ane. Even so, his lawyer affirmed it was, that cheers to Matthew, Mary now owned half of the entire manor.

Mary Crawley

Mary and Matthew at a fair

"I am more than in love with you lot every day which passes "

—Matthew to his wife

At their less-than-cordial start meeting, Mary snidely remarked that the idea of him beingness the new heir is a joke. Even though Mary refused to acknowledge him, and frequently fabricated rude remarks nigh his centre-class life, he savage in beloved with her immediately. Eventually they got more than acquainted and slowly became friends. After he saved Lady Sybil from a riot (Episode Six), while Sybil was upstairs dealing with her furious parents, Mary and Matthew had their first opportunity to be lone together, over sandwiches. Mary remarked that he "must exist careful not to intermission Sybil'south heart" and that she thought Sybil "has a crush on him." Matthew replied that, "no one could accuse yous (Mary) of that" meaning, of having a crush on him. Mary replied, "Oh, I don't know". This shocked Matthew by her admitting out-of-the-blue, that she had a vanquish, and more, on him. They finally shared a passionate buss, and off-camera, Matthew proposed.

Mary and Matthew share sandwiches

Mary told her stunned mother that she was in beloved with Matthew, and probably had been longer than she had admitted to herself. She took time to call up it over, only considering she was worried that she would have to tell him that she lost her virginity to the Turkish diplomat, Kemal Pamuk, who died of a heart set on in her bed, right afterward sleeping with Mary. Later her aunt (Mary'due south father'southward sister, Rosamund Painswick), reminded Mary that Matthew was only a middle-class solicitor, he was non rich or powerful at all, and said she would be bored with him. Ultimately, Mary decided to wait before giving Matthew her decision, which was further complicated by her mother's unexpected pregnancy. If the baby was a boy, then Matthew would no longer be the heir and Mary would but be the married woman of a middle-form lawyer. The delay caused Matthew to uncertainty her feelings and he withdrew his proposal.
At the start of Series two, he is engaged to a Miss Lavinia Swire. Even so, he breaks off this engagement later on he is told that he can never have sexual relations or walk due to his injury. Mary, though she is also newly

Matthew and Miss Lavinia Swire

engaged to Sir Richard, becomes his master caregiver, until Lavinia is secretly invited back to Downton by Cora and Sir Richard. When Lavinia trips over a footstool, Matthew steadies her without realising that he is standing upwardly. He slowly begins to recover and they announce they are over again to be married at Downton in Apr 1919. On the dark of their annunciation, Violet tells Matthew that Mary is still in love with him, only he knows that his loyalties prevarication with Lavinia, even though his love for Mary has been re-ignited, especially when she cared for him in the hospital and in his wheel chair.

In the Series 2 finale, both Cora and Lavinia contract Castilian flu and must remain bed-ridden at Downton. While Lavinia recuperates, Matthew talks to Mary and suddenly apologises for breaking upwardly with her, and admits he is in love with her (Mary) earlier they share a passionate kiss while dancing privately. However, Lavinia leaves her ill bed and comes downstairs, and sees them kissing. Lavinia later confronts Matthew while in sick bed, about not only what she saw, but what she heard him say. Her condition of a sudden worsens only a brusque time later, and on her deathbed, she alludes to the fact that Matthew won't accept to brand the determination between her and Mary, equally she knows she is about death. She simply wishes Matthew happiness and for him to recall her fondly. Matthew is convinced that he killed Lavinia because she heard and saw what he did with Mary. He tells Mary at the graveyard that their life together is "cursed" and that it is the "stop for both of them." Sir Richard helps a distraught Mary walk dorsum to her dwelling house.

In the Christmas special, everyone heralds the start of the 1920s. Cora reveals to Robert that Mary is only marrying Sir Richard every bit he has threatened to betrayal details of her one dark stand with Pamuk. Robert later talks to Mary and gives her permission to call off the engagement. Mary tells Matthew what had happened between her and Kemal Pamuk, which leaves him admittedly stunned. Still, he tells Mary that he never would, and never could, despise her.

Matthew's mother Isobel urges Matthew to "fight" for Mary. Matthew later interrupts an argument between Mary and Sir Richard after Mary calls off the engagement. When Sir Richard makes another threat, Matthew literally does fight for her, by punching Richard in the face up. Matthew does this after Sir Richard informs Mary and Matthew that Lavinia supposedly told him years ago that she knew Matthew was still in dear with Mary, and that Lavinia was worried. Lavinia supposedly told Richard that she was just waiting for Mary and Matthew to acknowledge it then they (Lavinia and Richard) could discover true love with others. Matthew and Richard fight, breaking a very valuable vase before beingness stopped by Robert, with his typical classic line "stop this at once!"  Sir Richard leaves Downton the following twenty-four hour period, and Mary apologizes for using him. Later that night Matthew asks Mary if she will reconsider going to America if he asks her to stay at Downton. He and so assures her that her history with Pamuk and his disastrous ending with Lavinia volition never come up between them in their present and hereafter life together. Astonished and delighted, Mary accepts his formal proposal of marriage, but makes Matthew get down on his articulatio genus, something he did not do six years previously.

In the third season, Matthew is set to wed Mary, but disagreements lead to arguments for them. Mary wishes to remain living at Downton. Matthew however wishes to alive further abroad, in a much simpler manner, knowing the future is changing and uncertain. In terms of rescuing Downton, he sees his principles and morals equally having priority, which further upsets Mary to the signal that Matthew does non believe she will show upwards at their wedding ceremony. She does, yet, and they are married and go on a honeymoon in France. Matthew forms a friendship with Tom Branson, the former chauffeur who married Lady Sybil. He asks Tom to be his best man, and he also tries to help him fit in into the Crawley family. Matthew receives word that Lavinia'due south father has named him his heir, but he nonetheless feels guilty near Lavinia's death so he refuses to claim his inheritance, causing friction in his relationship with his married woman. When he receives a letter of the alphabet from the dead man, he refuses to read information technology, and is angry when Mary does. When the letter explains that Mr. Swire had known all that passed between his daughter and Matthew, he refuses to believe it until Mary finds testify that Lavinia posted a letter the very solar day she died. Matthew and then claims the money and invests it in the estate, becoming co-owner of Downton while Tom becomes the manor'south agent afterward the original agent resigns. Mary and Matthew finally become increasingly closer and loving later on Sybil'south death, only keep to struggle to conceive a child. Matthew blames himself, since he was impotent and paralyzed after existence injured about the stop of WWI. Cora sends Mary to a fertility doctor in London and Mary discovers the issue was on her side. She has an functioning to right information technology. Both Mary and Matthew secretly go to the same fertility doc in London. Upon Matthew leaving his appointment, he finds Mary checking in. Mary tells Matthew reluctantly most her operation, and that the doctor thinks she will get meaning soon. Mary becomes meaning around January 1921. She gives birth iii weeks early, in September 1921, and only moments afterward Matthew meets his son (George Crawley) for the first time, dies in a car accident racing back to Downton Abbey to tell the entire family most their new heir.

Lavinia Swire

Lavinia Swire was Matthew'due south fiancée during the war. She contracted the Spanish Flu and witnessed Matthew and Mary dancing together and kissing. She then confronts Matthew on her deathbed and told him what she saw and heard and that she loved him very much and wanted to ally him, but she postpones their wedding ceremony as he loves Mary. In her last moments, Lavinia tells Matthew to be happy for her sake and to recall her fondly before dying. At her funeral, Matthew is tortured with guilt and remorse and believes that he killed Lavinia and that she died of a broken middle.

Tom Branson

During series one and two, Matthew and Tom's relationship was a normal human relationship between a fellow member of the family unit and a servant. When it appeared that Sybil had a beat on Matthew when he saved her from a rally in Ripon, Tom was jealous. In series three, after Tom and Sybil's wedding, Matthew and Tom become close friends, because Matthew wanted to help him to fit in with the Crawleys and fifty-fifty asked him to exist the best homo at his hymeneals with Mary. After Sybil's decease, Matthew and Tom become all-time friends and first to develop plans for a new direction for Downton Abbey. Matthew teaches Tom to play cricket and the two bail with their father-in-law, Robert Crawley.

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