# Memoirs of a Foxhunting Man — Character guide

> Key figures in Memoirs of a Foxhunting Man by Siegfried Sassoon.

- [George Sherston](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/narrator.md): George Sherston grows up motherless in a quiet country house, educated by a gentle tutor and a sportsman groom who between them make him a rider. Awkward with children his own age and happiest alone, he finds in hunting 
- [Tom Dixon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/tom_dixon.md): Dixon would prefer a livelier situation than his aunt's quiet household, but he never lets his young charge forget his position as a little gentleman. He takes shortcuts across country, stages imaginary finishes, and fin
- [Denis Milden](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/denis_milden.md): Denis Milden runs a hunt on tact as much as on hounds, pacifying farmers whose birds and land the field has damaged, and keeping the whole elaborate machinery of a day's sport running. Watching him work teaches Sherston 
- [Stephen Colwood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/stephen_colwood.md): Stephen belongs to the Rectory family whose father, a Sussex man, values his provincialism above the splendours of the Shires his sons long for. Lankier and less regular-featured than his father, he shares the same voice
- [Aunt Evelyn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/aunt_evelyn.md): Aunt Evelyn keeps a comfortable old house, two Persian cats, a garden, and a charitable interest in the village's old and rheumatic. She has an unexplained prejudice against school and a suspicion of her nephew's solitar
- [Cockbird](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/cockbird.md): Cockbird is sold to the Government for a perfunctory fifty pounds and picketed by a rope that already gives him a sore pastern, regretting Dixon and resenting the Army. He is Sherston's last tangible link with the peacef
- [Colonel Hesmon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/colonel_hesmon.md): Colonel Hesmon belongs to the Ringwell Hunt world, a figure of local prestige whose exploits are still recounted by relatives and strangers alike. His one topic is hunting, and his name carries such weight that a new com
- [Dick Tiltwood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/dick_tiltwood.md): Dick Tiltwood moves in the same country-house and Rectory circles as the narrator, a son of the sporting clergy whose brothers have been raised as keen fox-hunters and salmon-fishers. He shares the narrator's passion for
- [Harkaway](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/harkaway.md): Harkaway arrives in the narrator's life through a stud groom's knowing advertisement, a horse already well known with the Dumborough Hounds. His owner, Mr. Gaffikin, praises him as the boldest performer he has ever ridde
- [Mr. Gaffikin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/mr_gaffikin.md): Mr. Gaffikin is a familiar figure in the hunting community, puffy-faced and full-moustached, easygoing and slangy, always ready with a confidential explanation. He parts with Harkaway only because the horse is no longer 
- [Joey Dottrell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/joey_dottrell.md): Joey Dottrell belongs to the same country society as the narrator, one of the local characters whose comings and goings mark the rhythm of the hunting season. He is the kind of figure who fills out the world around the m
- [Old Man Barton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/old_man_barton.md): An elderly local character, often present at hunt gatherings.
- [Fred Buzzaway](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/fred_buzzaway.md): A member of the hunting community, known for his boisterous nature.
- [The Master](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/the_master.md): The Master presides over the Potford Hunt, a figure of quiet authority in a world where the right to draw a covert is a matter of delicate negotiation. Around him cluster the sporting gentry, the Peppermore brothers, and
- [Mr. Bellerby](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/mr_bellerby.md): A local gentleman and occasional hunting companion.
- [William Dodd](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/william_dodd.md): A servant or groom associated with the stables.
- [Nigel Croplady](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/nigel_croplady.md): A young man from the hunting set, often riding with the group.
- [John Homeward](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/john_homeward.md): A local character involved in hunt-related activities.
- [Miriam](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/miriam.md): A loyal household servant to the narrator's aunt.
- [Jack Barchard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/jack_barchard.md): A modest and quiet hunting gentleman.
- [Mr. Pennett](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/mr_pennett.md): A disapproving local figure, often critical of the hunt.
- [Captain Huxtable](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/captain_huxtable.md): A rosy-faced retired captain and hunt enthusiast.
- [Gentleman George](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/gentleman_george.md): A young man known as 'Gentleman George' in hunting circles.
- [Squire Maundle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/squire_maundle.md): An old squire and landowner in the hunting district.
- [Rob Roy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/rob_roy.md): A troublesome but beloved hunter horse.
- [Arthur Brandwick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/arthur_brandwick.md): A friend from the narrator's hunting days.
- [Sheila](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/sheila.md): A young woman briefly mentioned in the narrator's social life.
- [Mrs. Oakfield](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/mrs_oakfield.md): A local woman, possibly a neighbor or acquaintance.
- [Mr. Star](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/mr_star.md): A character encountered during hunting events.
- [Young Lewison](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/young_lewison.md): A young man in the hunting set.
- [Captain Harry Hinnycraft](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/captain_hinnycraft.md): Honorary Secretary of the Hunt for many years.
- [Crump](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/crump.md): A local man, possibly a groom or farmer.
- [Young Ormand](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/young_ormand.md): A young man from the hunting community.
- [Major Kinjack](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/kinjack.md): Colonel Winchell commands the battalion to which the narrator is posted in France, and he greets him as a fellow hunting man, having heard of his exploits through a mutual relative, Colonel Hesmon. That shared equestrian
- [Mansfield](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/mansfield.md): A character mentioned in the hunting or military context.
- [Lord Dumborough](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/lord_dumborough.md): A lord and master of the Dumborough Hounds.
- [Guy Warder](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/guy_warder.md): A gentleman encountered during hunting or social events.
- [Charlie Peppermore](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/charlie_peppermore.md): A member of the Peppermore family, involved in hunting.
- [Julian Durley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/julian_durley.md): A character from the narrator's hunting days.
- [Bishop](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/bishop_bob.md): A young man known as Bishop, part of the local scene.
- [Colonel Winchell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/winchell.md): A military officer encountered during the war.
- [Bob Jenner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/bob_jenner.md): A burly local man, possibly a groom or farmer.
- [Captain Barton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/captain_barton.md): A military captain, possibly related to Old Man Barton.
- [Sam Bathwick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/sam_bathwick.md): A local character associated with the hunt.
- [Joe Barless](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/joe_barless.md): A local figure, possibly a farmer or hunt follower.
- [Parson Colwood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/parson_colwood.md): A clergyman and relative of the Colwood family.
- [Mr. Dearborn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/mr_dearborn.md): A loquacious old gentleman in the community.
- [Mr. Stoving](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/mr_stoving.md): A character mentioned in passing during hunting events.
- [Flook](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/flook.md): A character, possibly a horse or dog, mentioned briefly.
- [Corporal Price](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/corporal_price.md): A non-commissioned officer in the narrator's army unit.
- [Monsieur Perrineau](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/characters/monsieur_perrineau.md): A mild-mannered Frenchman encountered during the war.

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