Elizabeth Cordingley

Housekeeper Elizabeth Cordingley is a longstanding and trusted member of the Shibden domestic staff. She is fiercely loyal to Anne Lister, having served as her lady’s-maid for many years.

The smattering of French she picked up with Anne in Paris proves helpful in communicating with the new French maid, until Eugenie intimates details about Anne’s private life that make Cordingley question how well she really knows her boss...