# Old Man Barton — Memoirs of a Foxhunting Man character guide

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

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** old man Barton, Barton, good old Barton

**First appearance:** 0009-vii

## Who they are

An elderly local character, often present at hunt gatherings.

## In the story

### [At the Front](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/chapters/x-at-the-front)

Drops his pince-nez in the middle of a wood during night work.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_a_foxhunting_man_se/chapters/iii)

Old man Barton drops his pince-nez in the middle of a wood, providing amusement; later he is harassed by chits from battalion H.Q.

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