# Albert Witham — The Lost Girl character guide

> Albert Witham in The Lost Girl by D. H. Lawrence.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Albert

**First appearance:** 0000-i-the-decline-of-manchester-house

## Who they are

A suitor of Alvina, part of the Witham family.

## Relationships

### [Alvina Houghton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_girl_se/characters/alvina_houghton)

_family_

Albert Witham is Alvina's cousin, sharing a familial bond with occasional romantic undertones.

### [Alvina Houghton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_girl_se/characters/alvina_houghton)

_family_

Albert Witham is Alvina's cousin, sharing a familial bond with occasional romantic undertones.

### [Alvina Houghton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_girl_se/characters/alvina_houghton)

_family_

Albert Witham is Alvina's cousin, sharing a familial bond with occasional romantic undertones.

## In the story

### [The Beau](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_girl_se/chapters/v-the-beau)

Albert is a thirty-two-year-old Oxford student and schoolteacher, described as a flat, fish-like oddity. He is interested in Alvina but she finds him unattractive and avoids him.

### [Houghton's Last Endeavour](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lost_girl_se/chapters/vi-houghton-s-last-endeavour)

Mentioned as a potential suitor; Alvina considers marrying him as an alternative to a job, but she dismissed him months earlier.

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