Annette Adcock was a Maslow-born Manticoran immigrant. She was the second wife of Sebastian Adcock, the mother of Jeptha and Aidan Adcock, and the stepmother of Jonas and Angelique Adcock. When the government of Maslow began to "nationalize" the expertise of specialists like her husband, she convinced him to leave and settle in the Star Kingdom of Manticore. Through her stepdaughter, she was the grandmother of Queen Elizabeth III. (Companion)