peter egan played william mason in downton abbey.
peter egan played william mason in downton abbey.
who did peter egan play in downton abbey?
william mason
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peter joseph egan (born 28 september 1946) is a british actor known for his tv roles, including hogarth in "big breadwinner hog", the future king george iv of the united kingdom in "prince regent" (1979); smooth neighbour paul ryman in the sitcom "ever decreasing circles" (1984–89); and hugh "shrimpie" macclare,









































marquess of flintshire, in "downton abbey" (2012–15). he is married to retired actress myra frances.









































section::::early life.
peter egan
hugh macclare, marquess of flintshire (played by peter egan), is a scottish nobleman nicknamed "shrimpie" and married to susan, the niece of violet, the dowager countess of grantham. they have three children, the youngest being rose. lord flintshire is mentioned offscreen in series two as being a minister in the first world war; violet and edith successfully contact him so he can pull strings to allow william mason, who was seriously wounded in france, to be sent to a hospital in leeds, and return to downton to die in familiar surroundings. his nickname, "shrimpie" is derived from his being the smallest of three children. in 1921, as laird of duneagle, he hosts the crawleys at duneagle castle, his family's scottish estate with susan and rose, who has returned home after living at downton for a time. it becomes clear he is deeply unhappy about his marriage to susan, who seems determined to argue with him, and trample on rose's ambitions, at every opportunity. full of regret, shrimpie later privately confesses to robert that he has to sell his estate to pay off debts – 1921 was the last year the crawleys holidayed there – and says that he admires robert for thinking ahead and modernising downton. he is appointed governor of bombay that year, and he and his wife travel to india, after agreeing to allow rose to return to downton. however, the two fail to resolve their marital problems, and agree to separate upon returning to england for rose's wedding. despite no longer having direct ties to the family, shrimpie continues to be useful, providing assistance to lady violet in locating the long-lost wife of violet's old flame prince kuragin. unlike susan, he has no objection to his daughter's marriage to atticus aldridge, who is jewish. shrimpie is loved by the crawleys and he is invited to give the wedding speech at edith's wedding where he identifies himself as family. "i am a cousin of edith's father" he says before reading a letter from martha's. he is seen with the rest of the family on the last scene of the show.
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