# Mr. Pennett — Memoirs of a Foxhunting Man character guide

> Mr. Pennett in Memoirs of a Foxhunting Man by Siegfried Sassoon.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Disapproving Mr. Pennett, Percival G. Pennett

**First appearance:** 0020-iv-a-day-with-the-potford

## Who they are

A disapproving local figure, often critical of the hunt.

## In the story

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/chapters/iv)

The pink-faced solicitor who visits to discuss George's education, advocating for school, and who is described as having been to Harrow.

### [A Fresh Start](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/chapters/iii-a-fresh-start)

Writes a letter urging George to pursue a legal career, which George reads during the cricket match.

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

The family lawyer who writes a letter urging George to return to Cambridge and complete his degree.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/chapters/iv)

Disapproves of George's horse purchase, limits his allowance to £450 a year.

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

The narrator's solicitor in Lincoln's Inn Fields, who is beginning to give him up as a bad job.

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