# Alexander Mill — Candida character guide

> Alexander Mill in Candida by George Bernard Shaw.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Lexy, Mr. Lexy Mill, Mr. Mill

**First appearance:** 0001-act-i

## Snapshot

A young curate in Morell's orbit, earnest and eager to be useful, still learning how much of the clergyman's confidence is performance.

## Who they are

Lexy Mill belongs to the parsonage's working world of meetings, collections, and Christian Socialist enthusiasm, taking his cues from Morell with the devotion of a junior disciple. His naivety and eagerness make him a useful mirror for the older man's rhetoric, showing how easily conviction is inherited rather than earned. He grounds the play's early scenes in the everyday machinery of the parish.

## Relationships

### [James Mavor Morell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candida_se/characters/james_mavor_morell)

_professional_

Alexander Mill is a young curate who works under James Morell, looking up to him as a mentor and colleague in the church.

### [Mr. Burgess](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candida_se/characters/mr_burgess)

_social_

Alexander Mill and Mr. Burgess are polite acquaintances, with Mill treating Burgess with deference due to his age and status.

### [Proserpine Garnett](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candida_se/characters/proserpine_garnett)

_friendship_

Alexander and Proserpine have a light, friendly camaraderie, often exchanging banter in the Morell household.

### [Candida Morell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candida_se/characters/candida_morell)

_friendship_

Alexander Mill respects Candida as the pastor's wife and shares a warm, cordial friendship with her.

### [Eugene Marchbanks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candida_se/characters/eugene_marchbanks)

_social_

Alexander Mill and Eugene Marchbanks are barely acquainted, with Mill finding Eugene's poetic intensity odd.

### [James Mavor Morell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candida_se/characters/james_mavor_morell)

_professional_

Alexander Mill is a young curate who works under James Morell, looking up to him as a mentor and colleague in the church.

### [Mr. Burgess](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candida_se/characters/mr_burgess)

_social_

Alexander Mill and Mr. Burgess are polite acquaintances, with Mill treating Burgess with deference due to his age and status.

### [Proserpine Garnett](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candida_se/characters/proserpine_garnett)

_friendship_

Alexander and Proserpine have a light, friendly camaraderie, often exchanging banter in the Morell household.

### [Candida Morell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candida_se/characters/candida_morell)

_friendship_

Alexander Mill respects Candida as the pastor's wife and shares a warm, cordial friendship with her.

### [James Mavor Morell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/candida_se/characters/james_mavor_morell)

_professional_

Alexander Mill is a young curate who works under James Morell, looking up to him as a mentor and colleague in the church.

## Links

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