# The Napoleon of Notting Hill — Character guide

> Key figures in The Napoleon of Notting Hill by G. K. Chesterton.

- [Adam Wayne](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_napoleon_of_notting_hill_se/characters/adam_wayne.md): Wayne is the young Provost of Notting Hill, the one man in England who treats Auberon Quin's joke charter as a sacred trust rather than a farce. Where the King sees comedy, Wayne sees a gift of liberty worth dying for, a
- [Auberon Quin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_napoleon_of_notting_hill_se/characters/auberon_quin.md): Chosen at random from a group of ordinary men, Quin accepts the throne as an opportunity for elaborate public comedy, reviving medieval pageantry and city charters purely for the humour of it. His delight in irony blinds
- [James Barker](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_napoleon_of_notting_hill_se/characters/james_barker.md): Barker moves through the story as the respectable face of serious government, embarrassed by the King's antics and determined to restore order. His impatience with whimsy hardens into open hostility once Notting Hill ref
- [Mr. Buck](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_napoleon_of_notting_hill_se/characters/mr_buck.md): Buck stands among the robed Provosts in the King's hall, visibly disgusted by the company and by Quin's levity. He channels that contempt into organising the neighbouring boroughs into a real army against Wayne. Where ot
- [Mr. Lambert](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_napoleon_of_notting_hill_se/characters/mr_lambert.md): Lambert is the friend who taunts Quin into standing on his head in Kensington Gardens, never imagining the consequences of goading a man with nothing to lose. He is cheerfully irresponsible, more amused than alarmed by t
- [Mr. Turnbull](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_napoleon_of_notting_hill_se/characters/mr_turnbull.md): Turnbull enters the story as a voice of hard-headed doubt, unwilling to be swept up in Wayne's romantic fervour. Yet when the final battle comes, he stands with Notting Hill and charges into the spears of Shepherd's Bush
- [General Wilson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_napoleon_of_notting_hill_se/characters/general_wilson.md): Wilson of Bayswater enters the Notting Hill wars as one of the rival city's military leaders, throwing himself at Adam Wayne with a fury that borders on glee. Where other commanders keep their distance, Wilson fights han
- [Mr. Mead](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_napoleon_of_notting_hill_se/characters/mr_mead.md): A minor official and supporter of the Notting Hill cause.
- [Mr. Bowles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_napoleon_of_notting_hill_se/characters/mr_bowles.md): A minor character involved in the city's political affairs.
- [Captain Bowler](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_napoleon_of_notting_hill_se/characters/captain_bowler.md): A military captain serving under General Buck.
- [General Swindon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_napoleon_of_notting_hill_se/characters/general_swindon.md): A general commanding forces against Notting Hill.
- [Mr. Mick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_napoleon_of_notting_hill_se/characters/mr_mick.md): A minor character mentioned in the narrative.
- [Mr. Hoskins](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_napoleon_of_notting_hill_se/characters/mr_hoskins.md): A minor character mentioned in the narrative.
- [James Pickie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_napoleon_of_notting_hill_se/characters/james_pickie.md): A minor character mentioned in the narrative.
- [Daisy Daydream](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_napoleon_of_notting_hill_se/characters/daisy_daydream.md): A minor character with a whimsical name.

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