# General Campion — The Last Post character guide

> General Campion in The Last Post by Ford Madox Ford.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Lord Edward Campion, Campion

**First appearance:** 0002-the-last-post

## Snapshot

A senior officer and old family friend, he rides between Sylvia's schemes and Fittleworth's verdicts, appealing silently for escape.

## Who they are

General Campion serves as the Tietjens' establishment intermediary—carrying messages, absorbing Sylvia's confidences, and dreading Fittleworth's rages about timber and tenants. He is loyal but weary, a man who looks away and communes with his crop handle rather than confront what he suspects. His mediation matters because the social verdict on Christopher and Valentine will be delivered, in part, through him.

## Relationships

### [Sylvia Tietjens](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_last_post_se/characters/sylvia_tietjens)

_social_

A family friend and military figure who is alternately charmed and troubled by Sylvia's behavior, maintaining a wary acquaintance.

### [Cammy Fittleworth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_last_post_se/characters/cammy_fittleworth)

_social_

Fellow members of the same social set, sharing polite acquaintance and occasional conversations about the Tietjens family.

### [Sylvia Tietjens](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_last_post_se/characters/sylvia_tietjens)

_social_

A family friend and military figure who is alternately charmed and troubled by Sylvia's behavior, maintaining a wary acquaintance.

### [Sylvia Tietjens](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_last_post_se/characters/sylvia_tietjens)

_social_

A family friend and military figure who is alternately charmed and troubled by Sylvia's behavior, maintaining a wary acquaintance.

### [Cammy Fittleworth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_last_post_se/characters/cammy_fittleworth)

_social_

Fellow members of the same social set, sharing polite acquaintance and occasional conversations about the Tietjens family.

## In the story

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

Mentioned by Mark as being involved in some scheme with Sylvia.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_last_post_se/chapters/part-i-iii)

Mentioned in young Mark's thoughts as being afraid of Mark's mother and as having urged filial duty, though he disapproves of the spying.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_last_post_se/chapters/part-i-vii)

Mentioned as the colonel who dies melodramatically in the cab during Armistice night.

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_last_post_se/characters/general_campion
- Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_last_post_se
- All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_last_post_se/characters