Mr. Justice Honeybubble

He represents the official Sussex—the bench, the wig, the small authority that mistakes itself for greatness—set against figures like Fuller of Brightling, who earned honor by defying Westminster rather than serving it. His pomposity gives the travelers something to push against, a reminder that the county's living institutions are often paler than its legends. He matters because he sharpens the book's contrast between borrowed dignity and the genuine, rooted character of the land.