The Leonides family

In the novel Crooked House, the plot centres around the Leonides family at Three Gables.

Aristide Leonides and his first wife had eight children. Mrs Leonides died from pneumonia in 1905. One child died in infancy. Two of the sons were killed in the last war. One daughter married and went to Australia and died there. An unmarried daughter was killed in a motor accident. Another died a year or two before Aristide himself died. Only two sons survived Aristide.

Mr Leonides had four grandchildren: William, Sophia, Eustace and Josephine.

Aristide's second wife was a much younger woman named Brenda. At the time he was seventy-five and she was twenty-four. Brenda survived her husband.

The family tree at the beginning of the novel

 * Aristide Leonides
 * (i) Marcia Leonides (née de Haviland) (d)
 * Roger Leonides
 * (i) Clemency Leonides
 * Philip Leonides
 * (i) Magda West
 * Sophia Leonides
 * Eustace Leonides
 * Josephine Leonides
 * Electra (d)
 * Joyce (d)
 * William (d)
 * Unnamed child (d - in infancy)
 * Unnamed son (d - during WW2)
 * Unnamed son (d - during WW2)
 * Unnamed daughter (d)


 * (ii) Brenda Leonides