# Lord Asterisk — Memoirs of an Infantry Officer character guide

> Lord Asterisk in Memoirs of an Infantry Officer by Siegfried Sassoon.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** sceptical old Lord Asterisk, old Lord Asterisk

**First appearance:** 0000-i-at-the-army-school

## Who they are

A society figure, part of the narrator's home circle.

## In the story

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

Host in Sussex where the narrator is sent to convalesce.

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

Elderly Earl, crippled with rheumatism, represents the old order and public service.

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

Mentioned as being sceptical about the redemption of 'gallant little Belgium' by the Allies.

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