<P> Ross's arch - enemy is of a new class of industrialists and bankers . Although regarded as an upstart by the aristocracy, through ruthlessness and cunning he becomes increasingly powerful . Always impeccably dressed and elegantly behaved, he constantly schemes to increase his own wealth at the expense of others, including the Poldarks . He becomes enamoured of Elizabeth, eventually marrying her after she is widowed . </P> <P> Ross's cousin Francis has a tendency to be flippant but his feelings are strong and he can be very obstinate . The two cousins were friends as boys but their relationship is tested severely when Francis marries Elizabeth, with lasting repercussions for them all . He has one son with Elizabeth . </P> <P> Francis's sister and Ross's cousin Verity is described as plain, with fluffy hair and a mobile mouth . She has been a dutiful, unmarried daughter who looks after the affairs of her father, Charles Poldark, and his estate . She meets and falls in love with Andrew Blamey, a sea captain . Unfortunately he has a terrible secret that is soon revealed, and she seems to lose her chance of happiness . </P> <P> Osborne Whitworth appears briefly in the first Poldark series of novels, but comes to feature prominently in the second series when he marries Morwenna Chynoweth, Elizabeth's cousin, who is in love with Drake Carne, Demelza's brother . Whitworth's main preoccupations are money and women . He is loud and arrogant, delivering sermons which intimidate his parishioners more than inspire them . When deprived of his wife's sexual companionship during her pregnancy, he begins an affair with her fifteen - year - old sister, Rowella, which proves to be his undoing . He has a son, named John Conan, and two daughters with his first wife . </P>

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