General Mitchener

major

Also known as General Mitchener, Mitchener, Mitchener Horrified, Lady Corinthia Admiring Mrs., Lady Corinthia, Lady Corinthia Smiling, Mitchener Somebody, Lady Corinthia General Mitchener, Mitchener Groaning, Mitchener Impatiently, Mitchener Chubbs - Jenkinson, Chubbs - Jenkinson, Mitchener Damn Who's Who, Mitchener Man, Mitchener Angrily, Mitchener Balsquith, Mitchener Nonsense, Mitchener Fish

First appearance: press cuttings

As a major figure in Short Plays, General Mitchener is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Mitchener presides over the War Office on the first of April, 1911, opening letters at his writing table while a chained suffragette howls outside and his own orderly slouches with contempt. He snatches a revolver at…