# Captain Barton — Memoirs of a Foxhunting Man character guide

> Captain Barton in Memoirs of a Foxhunting Man by Siegfried Sassoon.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Barton

**First appearance:** 0005-iii

## Who they are

A military captain, possibly related to Old Man Barton.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/chapters/i)

Company commander, a civilian soldier described as big, burly, good-natured, and struggling with the discomforts of war.

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

Barton is the company commander who 'strafed' the servants over a poor dinner and informed the men of the remaining march distance.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/chapters/v)

Nervous and stressed, appreciates the smoked salmon, complains about Kinjack.

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