# Martin Joliffe — The Nebuly Coat character guide

> Martin Joliffe in The Nebuly Coat by John Meade Falkner.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Joliffe, Martin, young Martin Joliffe, dear Martin

**First appearance:** 0003-iii

## Snapshot

The Joliffes' dead son, remembered as a young man who came back from Oxford in debt and went about claiming he was a Blandamer.

## Who they are

Martin never knew his father and did not live to see his family's decline reversed; he is known chiefly through the recollections of old servants and the grief of his sister Phemie. His Oxford debts forced Farmer Joliffe to sell his best team, and his insistence that he was a Blandamer left a stain of shame and possibility on the family name. He matters because his claim, and the question of whether it was madness or memory, is one of the threads the living cannot stop pulling.

## Relationships

### [Lord Blandamer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_nebuly_coat_se/characters/lord_blandamer)

_psychological_

Lord Blandamer exerts a manipulative influence over Martin, exploiting his claims to the Blandamer inheritance.

### [Mr. Sharnall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_nebuly_coat_se/characters/mr_sharnall)

_social_

Martin and Sharnall have occasional conversations, with Sharnall showing a paternal interest in the young man.

### [Mr. Sharnall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_nebuly_coat_se/characters/mr_sharnall)

_social_

Martin and Sharnall have occasional conversations, with Sharnall showing a paternal interest in the young man.

### [Lord Blandamer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_nebuly_coat_se/characters/lord_blandamer)

_psychological_

Lord Blandamer exerts a manipulative influence over Martin, exploiting his claims to the Blandamer inheritance.

### [Lord Blandamer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_nebuly_coat_se/characters/lord_blandamer)

_psychological_

Lord Blandamer exerts a manipulative influence over Martin, exploiting his claims to the Blandamer inheritance.

## In the story

### [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_nebuly_coat_se/chapters/ii)

Deceased half-brother of Euphemia, who spent his life trying to prove he was a Blandamer and died penniless.

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

Discussed as the son of Sophia Flannery, who returned from Oxford with debts and claimed to be a Blandamer, making inquiries about the inheritance.

### [Chapter V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_nebuly_coat_se/chapters/v)

Mentioned as Miss Joliffe's late brother who treasured the painting and refused to sell it.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_nebuly_coat_se/chapters/vii)

Martin Joliffe is remembered as Anastasia's father, who wearied of her company and obsessed over the nebuly coat and peerage. His illness and death are recalled.

### [XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_nebuly_coat_se/chapters/xx)

His papers reveal his lifelong quest to discover his father's name and his belief that he was the rightful owner of Fording.

### [Chapter XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_nebuly_coat_se/chapters/xxi)

Mentioned as the pretender to the Blandamer title, now deceased.

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_nebuly_coat_se/characters/martin_joliffe
- Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_nebuly_coat_se
- All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_nebuly_coat_se/characters