# Lord Panmure — Eminent Victorians character guide

> Lord Panmure in Eminent Victorians by Lytton Strachey.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0015-florence-nightingale

## Who they are

Secretary of State for War during the Crimean War.

## In the story

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/eminent_victorians_se/chapters/ii)

Successor to Sidney Herbert at the War Office; supported Nightingale but remained skeptical about soldiers saving money.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/eminent_victorians_se/chapters/iii)

Referenced as a 'bison' in a metaphor comparing Sidney Herbert to a stag, implying Panmure was a previous obstacle or figure of obstruction.

### [Bibliography](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/eminent_victorians_se/chapters/bibliography)

Subject of Sir G. Douglas's 'The Panmure Papers' listed in the bibliography.

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