Lord Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham, considers his family legacy and the grand estate Downton Abbey his life's mission. The death of his heir on the Titanic leads to his distant cousin Matthew Crawley, a Manchester lawyer, inheriting the estate and moving in with his mother, who clashes with Lord Robert's mother, the dowager countess.
April 1912 . The family and staff of Downton are shocked when they find that ...