John Trotter is a footman and a jack-of-all trades in the Brook Household, employed by Agnes van Rhijn in seasons 1 & 2, and Ada Forte from the end of season 2. He is usually called by his nickname Jack by his friends and other staff members. He does whatever jobs no-one else wants to do, and doesn't complain.
Biography[]
Jack is 20 or 21 years old in season 1, and 21 or 22 in season 2.
Jack's mother, May Trotter, died by fire in 1871 in the Peshtigo fire when Jack was 9, at the age of 30. His father John Trotter Sr. also died in 1876.