# Hugh Graham — Ghost Stories character guide

> Hugh Graham in Ghost Stories by E. F. Benson.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Hugh, Hugh Grainger

**First appearance:** 0000-the-room-in-the-tower

## Who they are

A man who keeps stumbling into strange events, his ordinary life repeatedly interrupted by occurrences that seem to follow him rather than happen to him.

## Relationships

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ghost_stories_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_friendship_

Hugh Graham is a close friend of the narrator, frequently present during eerie events.

### [Margaret Alton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ghost_stories_se/characters/margaret_alton)

_romantic_

Hugh Graham and Margaret Alton share a romantic relationship, with deep affection and emotional bonds.

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ghost_stories_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_friendship_

Hugh Graham is a close friend of the narrator, frequently present during eerie events.

### [Margaret Alton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ghost_stories_se/characters/margaret_alton)

_romantic_

Hugh Graham and Margaret Alton share a romantic relationship, with deep affection and emotional bonds.

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ghost_stories_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_friendship_

Hugh Graham is a close friend of the narrator, frequently present during eerie events.

### [Margaret Alton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ghost_stories_se/characters/margaret_alton)

_romantic_

Hugh Graham and Margaret Alton share a romantic relationship, with deep affection and emotional bonds.

## In the story

### [Gavon's Eve](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ghost_stories_se/chapters/gavon-s-eve)

Hugh deduces Sandy's plan to invoke spirits on Gavon's Eve and persuades the narrator to join him in hiding at the Pict castle to observe the ritual.

### [The Bus-Conductor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ghost_stories_se/chapters/the-bus-conductor)

Hugh Grainger tells the story of his ghostly vision and the subsequent bus accident.

### [The Gardener](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ghost_stories_se/chapters/the-gardener)

Hugh is anxious about the planchette and tries to prevent Margaret from using it, sensing the presence.

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ghost_stories_se/characters/hugh_graham
- Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ghost_stories_se
- All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ghost_stories_se/characters