# Colonel Stamp Proctor — Around the World in Eighty Days character guide

> Colonel Stamp Proctor in Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Colonel Proctor, Stamp Proctor

**First appearance:** 0019-xx

## Snapshot

A blustering American colonel whose public insult to Phileas Fogg at a San Francisco meeting plants a duel in the traveler's mind that haunts the journey east.

## Who they are

Proctor belongs to the rough, loud world of frontier politics and saloon brawls, a man whose sense of honor runs hot where Fogg's runs ice-cold. His insult at the San Francisco meeting lodges in Fogg's memory as a debt that must eventually be paid, and when Aouda spots him aboard the same transcontinental train, she and Passepartout conspire to keep the two men apart for four tense days. He matters because he embodies the unpredictable human friction that Fogg's rigid schedule cannot account for, forcing the travelers to scheme and improvise.

## Relationships

### [Phileas Fogg](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/around_the_world_in_eighty_days_se/characters/phileas_fogg)

_rivalry_

Colonel Stamp Proctor is a belligerent American who repeatedly antagonizes Fogg, culminating in a physical confrontation.

### [Passepartout](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/around_the_world_in_eighty_days_se/characters/passepartout)

_rivalry_

Colonel Stamp Proctor physically assaults Passepartout during a brawl, creating a hostile and violent dynamic.

### [Fix](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/around_the_world_in_eighty_days_se/characters/fix)

_rivalry_

Fix and Colonel Stamp Proctor have a tense, antagonistic encounter when Fix tries to protect Fogg from Proctor's aggression.

### [Phileas Fogg](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/around_the_world_in_eighty_days_se/characters/phileas_fogg)

_rivalry_

Colonel Stamp Proctor is a belligerent American who repeatedly antagonizes Fogg, culminating in a physical confrontation.

### [Passepartout](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/around_the_world_in_eighty_days_se/characters/passepartout)

_rivalry_

Colonel Stamp Proctor physically assaults Passepartout during a brawl, creating a hostile and violent dynamic.

### [Passepartout](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/around_the_world_in_eighty_days_se/characters/passepartout)

_rivalry_

Colonel Stamp Proctor physically assaults Passepartout during a brawl, creating a hostile and violent dynamic.

## In the story

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/around_the_world_in_eighty_days_se/chapters/ix)

Not present in this chapter.

### [XXV In which a slight glimpse is had of San Francisco](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/around_the_world_in_eighty_days_se/chapters/xxv)

Leads the attack on Fogg and Fix during the political rally; Fogg learns his name and vows to duel him.

### [Chapter XXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/around_the_world_in_eighty_days_se/chapters/xxviii)

Insolently advocates for crossing the bridge at full speed, mocking Passepartout's caution.

### [XXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/around_the_world_in_eighty_days_se/chapters/xxix)

Insults Fogg over a whist play and challenges him to a duel; later joins Fogg in rushing to defend the train when the Sioux attack.

### [In Which Phileas Fogg Simply Does His Duty](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/around_the_world_in_eighty_days_se/chapters/xxx)

Seriously wounded in the fight with the Sioux, carried into the station for treatment.

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