# Sydney Amberson — The Magnificent Ambersons character guide

> Sydney Amberson in The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Uncle Sydney, Sydney, my Uncle Sydney, Sydney Amberson, Mist’ Sydney

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Who they are

George's uncle, a somewhat frivolous member of the Amberson family.

## In the story

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_magnificent_ambersons_se/chapters/iv)

George points him out as a prospective ambassador; he is described as an exaggerated Amberson, pompous and portly, with an Edward the Seventh beard.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_magnificent_ambersons_se/chapters/xiii)

Involved in the dispute over the estate; wants early inheritance to move abroad.

### [XXXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_magnificent_ambersons_se/chapters/xxxi)

Refuses to help the family, taking the only good part of the estate.

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