Edward Ferrars — Sense and Sensibility Character Profile

About Edward Ferrars

Stays with the Dashwoods and develops a friendship with Elinor. Secretly engaged to Lucy Steele for five years, he refuses to break it off for honor, loses his inheritance, but is later freed when Lucy marries Robert. He proposes to Elinor and becomes a vicar.

Edward Ferrars's Known Relations

• Elinor Dashwood — Spouse

Character Facts

Played by

Hugh Grant

Appears in

Sense and Sensibility (1995)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (9)

• Edward Ferrars — spouse — Elinor Dashwood (Emma Thompson)
• Edward Ferrars — related — John Willoughby (Greg Wise)
• Edward Ferrars — related — John Willoughby (Greg Wise)
• Edward Ferrars — Romantic Secret Engagement — Lucy Steele (Imogen Stubbs)

  A hidden five-year romantic commitment maintained in secrecy.

• Edward Ferrars — Conflict Social Rival — John Willoughby (Greg Wise)

  Indirect rivalry within the local marriage market.

• Edward Ferrars — Social Society Peer — Miss Grey (Lone Madsen)

  Shared social standing in London's elite circles.

• Edward Ferrars — Social Acquaintance — Mrs. Jennings (Elizabeth Spriggs)

  Familiarity established through prior estate visits.

• Edward Ferrars — Social Acquaintance — Sir John Middleton (Robert Hardy)

  Indirect social familiarity through shared circles.

• Edward Ferrars — Social Household Guest — Mrs. Dashwood (Gemma Jones)

  Continued social ties despite economic shifts.

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• Elinor Dashwood (Emma Thompson)
• Marianne Dashwood (Kate Winslet)
• Colonel Christopher Brandon (Alan Rickman)
• Charlotte Jennings Palmer (Imelda Staunton)
• Mrs. Dashwood (Gemma Jones)
• Mr. Dashwood (Tom Wilkinson)
• Maid to Mrs. Jennings (Josephine Gradwell)
• Curate (Alexander John)
• Pigeon (Allan Mitchell)
• Betsy (Isabelle Amyes)
• Margaret Dashwood (Emilie François)
• Robert Ferrars (Richard Lumsden)