# Henry Wimbush — Crome Yellow character guide > Henry Wimbush in Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley. **Role:** supporting **Also known as:** Henry, unhappy Henry, XIII Henry Wimbush, Uncle Henry **First appearance:** 0000-i ## Snapshot The gentle, bowler-faced owner of Crome, happiest among his papers, patiently reading his family's absurd history aloud to a yawning drawing-room. ## Who they are Henry Wimbush presides over Crome with the mild dignity of a man more at home in the eighteenth century than his own, piqued only when his wife mocks the masters of his house. His great project is the History of Crome, and after dinner he reads aloud the saga of the fourth baronet, a three-foot-four pygmy christened Hercules. His antiquarian absorption — and the family oddities he chronicles — give the novel its long historical spine and its quietest comedy. ## Relationships ### [Mr. Scogan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crome_yellow_se/characters/mr_scogan) _friendship_ Henry Wimbush and Mr. Scogan share a long-standing intellectual companionship and mutual respect. ### [Denis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crome_yellow_se/characters/denis) _social_ Denis politely engages with Henry Wimbush, who often lectures him on local history. ### [Sir Ferdinando Lapith](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crome_yellow_se/characters/sir_ferdinando_lapith) _family_ Henry Wimbush is a descendant of Sir Ferdinando Lapith, connecting him to the estate's history. ### [Priscilla Wimbush](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crome_yellow_se/characters/priscilla_wimbush) _family_ Henry and Priscilla Wimbush are married, but their relationship is distant and preoccupied with separate interests. ### [Sir Ferdinando Lapith](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crome_yellow_se/characters/sir_ferdinando_lapith) _family_ Henry Wimbush is a descendant of Sir Ferdinando Lapith, connecting him to the estate's history. ### [Mr. Scogan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crome_yellow_se/characters/mr_scogan) _friendship_ Henry Wimbush and Mr. Scogan share a long-standing intellectual companionship and mutual respect. ### [Denis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crome_yellow_se/characters/denis) _social_ Denis politely engages with Henry Wimbush, who often lectures him on local history. ### [Priscilla Wimbush](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crome_yellow_se/characters/priscilla_wimbush) _family_ Henry and Priscilla Wimbush are married, but their relationship is distant and preoccupied with separate interests. ### [Sir Ferdinando Lapith](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crome_yellow_se/characters/sir_ferdinando_lapith) _family_ Henry Wimbush is a descendant of Sir Ferdinando Lapith, connecting him to the estate's history. ### [Priscilla Wimbush](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crome_yellow_se/characters/priscilla_wimbush) _family_ Henry and Priscilla Wimbush are married, but their relationship is distant and preoccupied with separate interests. ## In the story ### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crome_yellow_se/chapters/ii) Referenced in the context of Priscilla's past gambling and his assertion of authority. ### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crome_yellow_se/chapters/v) Leads the farm tour, pointing out the sow's litter of fourteen and the aging boar and bull, advocating practical breeding and slaughter. ### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crome_yellow_se/chapters/ix) Mentioned as sitting calmly in the front pew during Bodiham's sermon, provoking the rector's desire to shake him. ### [X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crome_yellow_se/chapters/x) Plays the pianola with serene patience, treading out dance music and changing rolls when asked. ### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crome_yellow_se/chapters/xi) Provides historical context about Sir Ferdinando Lapith and the privies; his face glows with enthusiasm when discussing the past. ### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crome_yellow_se/chapters/xiii) Finishes printing his History of Crome and reads an episode aloud to the party. ### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crome_yellow_se/chapters/xiv) Smiles indulgently as the owner of the library's first editions. ### [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crome_yellow_se/chapters/xvi) Suggests they join the ladies, breaking the philosophical discussion. ### [Chapter XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crome_yellow_se/chapters/xvii) Deep in his account books, discovers that Sir Ferdinando ate seven dozen oysters on this day 350 years ago, delighting in the memorial coincidence. ### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crome_yellow_se/chapters/xviii) Walks home after the sermon, musing on the loss of indigenous country pleasures and the Puritan suppression of pagan dances. ### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crome_yellow_se/chapters/xix) Reads from his History of Crome, recounting the story of his grandfather George Wimbush and Sir Ferdinando Lapith. ### [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crome_yellow_se/chapters/xxii) Playing bowls with Mary on the terrace. ### [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crome_yellow_se/chapters/xxv) Announces the Bank Holiday Fair and its history, expressing his reluctance but noting the charitable necessity. ### [XXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crome_yellow_se/chapters/xxviii) Takes Denis to see the oaken drainpipes and delivers a long discourse on his preference for the past over the present and his desire for a machine-secluded life. ### [XXX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crome_yellow_se/chapters/xxx) Rings for the motor to be ordered, facilitating Denis's departure. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crome_yellow_se/characters/henry_wimbush - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crome_yellow_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crome_yellow_se/characters