# Marquis de Cambremer — In Search of Lost Time character guide

> Marquis de Cambremer in In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** M. de Cambremer, Cambremer, the young Mme. de Cambremer

**First appearance:** 0004-combray

## Who they are

A provincial aristocrat and neighbor of the narrator's family in Combray.

## In the story

### [Place-Names: The Place](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_search_of_lost_time_se/chapters/part-i-place-names-the-place)

He and his wife are invited to lunch by the barrister at the hotel, causing excitement among the other guests.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_search_of_lost_time_se/chapters/part-ii-iv)

Cambremer tries to persuade the narrator to stay at Balbec, unaware of the emotional turmoil driving his departure.

### [A Fresh Light Upon Robert de Saint-Loup](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_search_of_lost_time_se/chapters/iv-a-fresh-light-upon-robert-de-saint-loup)

Marries Mademoiselle d'Oloron, but she dies of typhoid fever shortly after the wedding.

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