# The Green Hat — Character guide

> Key figures in The Green Hat by Michael Arlen.

- [Iris March](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_green_hat_se/characters/iris_march.md): The enigmatic and tragic heroine, known for her green hat and scandalous past.
- [Hilary Townshend](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_green_hat_se/characters/hilary_townshend.md): The narrator and close friend of Iris, deeply involved in her story.
- [Napier Harpenden](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_green_hat_se/characters/napier_harpenden.md): A handsome and sensitive man, entangled in a complex relationship with Iris.
- [Gerald March](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_green_hat_se/characters/gerald_march.md): Iris's brother, a troubled young man with a drinking problem.
- [Guy de Travest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_green_hat_se/characters/guy_de_travest.md): A wealthy and cynical Frenchman, married to Iris for a time.
- [Venice Pollen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_green_hat_se/characters/venice_pollen.md): A beautiful and worldly woman, a friend and rival to Iris.
- [Sir Maurice Harpenden](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_green_hat_se/characters/maurice_harpenden.md): Sir Maurice belongs to the older England of military honor and unspoken duty, a world the novel's young people are busy dismantling. His authority over Napier is real but brittle, and the friction between father and son 
- [Conrad Masters](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_green_hat_se/characters/conrad_masters.md): Conrad Masters moves through fashionable London medicine, married to a dashing woman and professionally bound to the brilliant, mercenary surgeon Martel-Bonnard. He worries perpetually, snaps like a captain when cornered
- [Boy Fenwick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_green_hat_se/characters/boy_fenwick.md): Boy Fenwick survives in drawing-room memory as a phantom of beauty and laughter, a young man of quality whose catholic idealism bordered on obsession. He married Iris when she was barely twenty, and his death at Deauvill
- [Shirley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_green_hat_se/characters/shirley.md): A young woman who becomes involved with Gerald March.
- [Mr. Cherry-Marvel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_green_hat_se/characters/mr_cherry_marvel.md): A flamboyant and eccentric character who appears at social gatherings.
- [Hugo Cypress](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_green_hat_se/characters/hugo_cypress.md): A friend of the narrator, often found in the social circle.
- [Virginie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_green_hat_se/characters/virginie.md): A nun who appears in a scene with Iris.
- [Truble](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_green_hat_se/characters/truble.md): An older gentleman who is part of the social circle.
- [Horton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_green_hat_se/characters/horton.md): A servant or attendant in the Harpenden household.
- [Hector Storm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_green_hat_se/characters/hector_storm.md): Iris's brother, a war hero with a troubled life.
- [Mrs. Oden](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_green_hat_se/characters/mrs_oden.md): A couple who are acquaintances of the main characters.
- [Barty March](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_green_hat_se/characters/barty_march.md): Gerald and Iris's deceased father, mentioned in backstory.
- [Colonel Duck](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_green_hat_se/characters/colonel_duck.md): A military man and acquaintance of the Harpendens.
- [Lady Eve Chalice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_green_hat_se/characters/lady_eve_chalice.md): An older, worldly woman who offers advice.
- [Mrs. Spirit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_green_hat_se/characters/mrs_spirit.md): A mysterious and somewhat sinister figure.
- [Ava Foe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_green_hat_se/characters/ava_foe.md): A woman with a past connection to one of the men.
- [Baron de Belus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_green_hat_se/characters/baron_de_belus.md): A foreign nobleman who appears at a party.

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