# Captain De Boots — Our American Cousin character guide

> Captain De Boots in Our American Cousin by Tom Taylor.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Capt . De Boots, Harry Vernon, De Boots, Harry, Harry Vernon, Capt, Capt . De Boots Soft, Mr. De Boots, Captain De Boots, Harry Vernon Soft, Lieutenant Vernon

**First appearance:** 0003-scene-1

## Snapshot

A good-natured military friend of the Trenchard circle, absorbed in his own affairs and forever apologizing for the small collisions of drawing-room life.

## Who they are

Captain De Boots moves through the family's morning gatherings with a newspaper in hand and a mild apology always ready, more interested in old Soloman's crop than in the romantic weather around him. He belongs to the comfortable set of officers and gentlemen who orbit Florence and Harry, present at every letter-reading and archery party without ever steering the plot. His easy, unremarkable sociability gives the play its texture of ordinary English life against which the American cousin's arrival looks so strange.

## Relationships

### [Lord Dundreary](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_american_cousin_se/characters/lord_dundreary)

_friendship_

Captain De Boots is a fellow aristocrat and friend to Lord Dundreary, often joining him in comedic misadventures.

### [Asa Trenchard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/our_american_cousin_se/characters/asa_trenchard)

_friendship_

Asa and Captain De Boots are friendly rivals in wit, often engaging in good-natured banter.

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