Maria Kirkmichael

Maria Kirkmichael is the daughter of Lady Kirkmichael and her husband. She is repeatedly described as the "lanky" child of her parents, and she appears to have trouble gaining attention for herself in London because her mother wishes Robert Beaumaris would pay her a little attention to encourage others to do so. However, Beaumaris only seems to have noticed that -- following Arabella Tallant's example -- Miss Kirkmichael "no longer draws attention to the limitations of her figure by a profusion of chains, brooches, and necklaces which I should have supposed her to have chosen at random from an over-stocked jewel-box".

Since her mother is a lady and she is a miss (while her father's rank is never given), it can be assumed that Maria is the daughter of either a knight, a baronet, a baron, or a viscount.