Daphne Bridgerton

Daphne Basset is the fourth child and first daughter of Edmund and Violet Bridgerton. She is the main protagonist in the first book of the Bridgerton series and is played by Phoebe Dynevor in the Netflix adaption.

Appearance
She has chocolate brown eyes and chestnut hair.

Simon Basset
They have five children and five grandchildren:


 * Amelia (b. 1814), married Robert Joliffe, Viscount Lowestoft, and had two sons, Charles (b. 1836) and Thomas (b. 1838).
 * Belinda (b. 1815), married Kellan Butler, Earl of Wexford, and had a daughter, May (b. 1839).
 * Caroline (b. 1816), married Lord Geoffrey Findlay-Watt and had two children, Henry (b. 1838) and Victoria (b. 1939))
 * David (b. 1817)
 * Edward (b. 1834)

Season 1
Like every debutante, Daphne is presented to the Queen who calls her “flawless” and makes her the catch of the season.

On Lady Danbury’s ball she stumbles into the new Duke of Hastings, not recognising him at first, until Anthony introduces them.