The Duke and Duchess of Boxford

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The Duke and Duchess of Boxford often visit Sodor with their private engine, Spencer, however, since the fifteenth season they appear to have lived at their summer house.

Bio

The Duke and Duchess once bought a holiday home on Sodor and had Edward take their furniture to the house. The engines later helped to build them another summer house. They are good friends with Sir Topham and Lady Hatt and were among the important visitors who attended Dowager Hatt's Sodor tour and party at Knapford in the sixteenth season.

They later attempted to get to Callan Castle for Lord Callan's birthday ball, but had several difficulties getting there, such as when Spencer broke down, Thomas got stuck due to branches on the line, and Bertie received a flat tire. They finally arrived in time thanks to Mr. Percival and Harold. They also attended the Earl's Christmas Luncheon.

Attire

The Duke wears a dark purple suit jacket, which has a crest on the left side, over a yellow shirt and grey trousers, with a brown boater hat, with a purple band. The Duchess wears a light purple dress, with white collars and pink floral patterns and a brown sun hat. In Timothy And The Rainbow Truck, she wore a rainbow coloured dress.

Appearances

Television Series

Season 7 - Gordon and Spencer (do not speak)
Season 8 - Edward the Great (do not speak)
Season 10 - Topped Off Thomas (do not speak)
Season 11 - Emily's Rubbish (mentioned) and Dream On (the Duke only; The Duchess, does not speak)
Season 13 - Creaky Cranky (mentioned) and Snow Tracks (do not speak)
Season 14 - Pingy Pongy Pick Up (the Duchess only; cameo), Toby and the Whistling Woods (mentioned) and O the Indignity (mentioned)
Season 15 - Gordon and Ferdinand (The Duke only; the Duchess, does not speak), Percy's New Friends (the Duke only; cameo), Henry's Happy Coal (do not speak), Spencer the Grand (mentioned) and Wonky Whistle (cameo)
Season 16 - Express Coming Through (cameo), Thomas and the Rubbish Train (the Duchess only; the Duke, mentioned), Percy and the Calliope (the Duke, does not speak), Muddy Matters (cameo), Whiff's Wish (cameo) and Welcome Stafford
Season 17 - Percy's Lucky Day (the Duchess only) and The Afternoon Tea Express (do not speak)
Season 18 - Timothy and the Rainbow Truck (the Duchess only, does not speak)
Season 19 - The Beast of Sodor (mentioned), Diesel's Ghostly Christmas (cameo) and Two Wheels Good
Season 20 - Engine of the Future and Cautious Connor (do not speak)
Season 21 - Confused Coaches

Specials:

Hero of the Rails
Misty Island Rescue (do not speak)
King of the Railway (mentioned)
The Great Race (cameo)

Learning Segments:

Season 9 - What Goes Where? (the duke only; cameo)
Season 10 - Who Can Take Them? (cameo)

Magazine Stories

2004 - Sounds Like Fun! (do not speak)
2005 - Edward the Great (does not speak)
2011 - Who's Highest? (do not speak), Special Carriage (the Duke does not speak), Little and Light, Gordon and Ferdinand (the Duke does not speak; the Duchess cameo), and Speedy Spencer (mentioned)
2012 - Henry's Happy Coal (do not speak), Percy's New Friends (cameo), Express Coming Through! (cameo), Wonky Whistle (cameo), Welcome Stafford (the Duchess does not speak), and Thomas and the Rubbish Train (the Duchess only)
2013 - The Fat Controller's Bedtime Story (Issue 665)
2014 - Speedy Steamies
2016 - Speedy Steamies
2017 - Bedtime Story

The Duke and Duchess of Boxford also appeared in the magazine stories, Red for Rosie, Spencer's Statue, and Spotty Spencer.

Videos

Meet the Contenders: Spencer of UK (mentioned)

Voice Actors

The Duke of Boxford:

Matt Wilkinson (UK; Hero of the Rails onwards)
William Hope (US; Hero of the Rails onwards)
Shōto Kashii (Japan; eleventh season onwards)
Volker Hanisch (Germany; Hero of the Rails only)
Herbert Schöberl (Germany; fifteenth season onwards)
Ernst Hilbich (Germany; Audio Books only)
Mieczysław Morański (Poland; Hero of the Rails onwards)
Helge Winther Larsen (Norway; Hero of the Rails - sixteenth season)
Gerardo Reyero (Latin America; Hero of the Rails onwards)
Petteri Hynönen (Finland; Hero of the Rails onwards)
Ángel Amorós (Spain; Hero of the Rails - fifteenth season)
Roberto Cuadrado (Spain; sixteenth season onwards)

The Duchess of Boxford:

Teresa Gallagher (UK; Hero of the Rails onwards - US; seventeenth season only)
Jules de Jongh (US; Hero of the Rails onwards, excluding seventeenth season)
Kumiko Itō (Japan; Hero of the Rails only)
Hiro Nakajima (Japan; Percy and the Calliope and Welcome Stafford only)
Erina Yamazaki (Japan; sixteenth season onwards)
Joey Cordevin (Germany; Hero of the Rails onwards)
Charlotte Hedwig (Germany; Audio Books only)
Ewa Serwa (Poland; Hero of the Rails - seventeenth season)
Anna Apostolakis (Poland; nineteenth season onwards)
Marit Berg (Norway; Hero of the Rails - sixteenth season)
Rocío Garcel (Latin America; Hero of the Rails onwards)
Susa Saukko (Finland; Hero of the Rails onwards)
Olga Kuznetsova (Russia)

Trivia

The Duchess' model is currently on display at Drayton Manor.

United Kingdom

* RWS only | ** T&F only

Locomotives	SR	Stepney \| Boxhill* \| Bluebell and Primrose* \| Adams*
	LNER	Gordon's Brothers* \| Flying Scotsman \| Pretty Polly \| Lemberg \| Green Arrow* \| Mallard* \| Silver Jubilee* \| Toby's Brothers* \| 1020* \| 8783*
	LMS	Jinty and Pug* \| The Foreign Engine* \| Bahamas* \| Duchess of Hamilton* \| Duchess**
	GWR	City of Truro \| The Dukes* \| King James I* \| Iron Duke* \| Earnest**
	BR	Diesel* \| Class 40 \| D199* \| Old Stuck-Up* \| British Railways Diesels \| D5705* \| 31120* \| 10751*
	Other	The Coalbrookdale Locomotive \| Midland Railway Engines* \| Awdry \| Albert* \| The Highland Engines* \| 98462 and 87546* \| Workshop Engines \| The Foreign Engines* \| Scrapped Engines \| Cromford* \| Captain Baxter* \| War Department Diesels* \| Stephenson's Rocket* \| Novelty \| Sans Pareil \| Wilbert* \| Sixteen* \| Sixteen's Friends* \| Alfred and Judy* \| The Hunslet Diesels* \| Eurostar \| Other Real Locomotives \| Puffing Billy \| The Mainland Engines \| Splatter and Dodge \| Spencer \| Connor \| Caitlin \| Samson \| Logan \| The Mainland Diesels \| Merlin \| Lexi \| Theo \| Hurricane \| Frankie**
Rolling Stock		Henrietta's Sister \| Thomas' Special Coach* \| Helena* \| Spencer's Coaches \| Connor's Coaches \| Caitlin's Coaches \| Plank Trucks \| Troublesome Trucks \| Flatbeds, Conflats and Well Wagons \| Ladle Trucks \| Brake Vans \| Bradford
Vehicles		North Star* \| Mermaid Liverpool \| Dilly \| Beresford \| Mitchell \| The Hawker Hurricane
People		Elizabeth II \| The Thin Clergyman \| The Fat Clergyman \| The Duke and Duchess of Boxford**
Locations		Vicarstown Bridge \| Walney Channel \| Barrow-in-Furness \| King's Cross \| Paddington \| Euston \| St. Pancras \| Brighton \| Carnforth \| Crewe \| Fletcher, Jennings & Co. \| The Scottish Engine Company \| The Great Railway Show Yard \| The Mainland Canal \| The Steelworks \| The Experimental Engines' Yard \| Bridlington Goods Yard \| Victoria Station
Railways		Talyllyn Railway \| Ffestiniog Railway \| Snowdon Mountain Railway \| Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway \| Bluebell Railway \| Dean Forest Railway \| Toby's Old Tramway