# The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner — Character guide

> Key figures in The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg.

- [George Colwan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_private_memoirs_and_confessions_of_a_justifi_se/characters/george_colwan.md): Heir to Dalcastle, a droll and careless young laird whose easy temper collides with the grim predestinarian zeal of his own household.
- [Robert Wringhim](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_private_memoirs_and_confessions_of_a_justifi_se/characters/robert_wringhim.md): Raised on his mother's overstrained doctrines of election, he grows up certain of his own salvation and dangerously untroubled by everyone else's.
- [Mrs. Logan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_private_memoirs_and_confessions_of_a_justifi_se/characters/mrs_logan.md): A servant in the Colwan household whose watchful eye and plain speech make her a quiet witness to the family's strangest and most troubling hours.
- [John Barnet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_private_memoirs_and_confessions_of_a_justifi_se/characters/john_barnet.md): An old and faithful servant of the Colwans, steady in a house where piety and temper are forever at odds, and observant of what masters overlook.
- [Thomas Drummond](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_private_memoirs_and_confessions_of_a_justifi_se/characters/thomas_drummond.md): A well-born young friend of George Colwan, drawn into the family's quarrels by loyalty, sociability, and the dangerous company he keeps.
- [Mrs. Calvert](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_private_memoirs_and_confessions_of_a_justifi_se/characters/mrs_calvert.md): A woman who moves through the Colwan circle carrying knowledge of its darker secrets, and whose discretion is worth more than most people's honesty.
- [Mr. Blanchard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_private_memoirs_and_confessions_of_a_justifi_se/characters/mr_blanchard.md): Mr. Blanchard belongs to the respectable ministerial world that Robert's household both courts and scorns, a man whose orthodoxy is tempered by ordinary charity. When he questions the young Wringhim's conviction that he 
- [Miss Logan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_private_memoirs_and_confessions_of_a_justifi_se/characters/miss_logan.md): A relative of Mrs. Logan, assisting in her investigations.
- [M'Gill](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_private_memoirs_and_confessions_of_a_justifi_se/characters/mcgill.md): A lawyer involved in the legal affairs of the Colwan estate.
- [Lady Dalcastle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_private_memoirs_and_confessions_of_a_justifi_se/characters/lady_dalcastle.md): The mother of George Colwan, a figure from the past with a troubled history.
- [James Hogg](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_private_memoirs_and_confessions_of_a_justifi_se/characters/james_hogg.md): The author who appears as a character in the framing narrative.
- [Master Whigham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_private_memoirs_and_confessions_of_a_justifi_se/characters/master_whigham.md): A schoolmaster who interacts with the young Robert Wringhim.
- [Adam Gordon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_private_memoirs_and_confessions_of_a_justifi_se/characters/adam_gordon.md): A friend of George Colwan, present during the fatal duel.
- [Mr. James Watson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_private_memoirs_and_confessions_of_a_justifi_se/characters/mr_james_watson.md): A printer involved in publishing the confessions.
- [Gil-Martin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_private_memoirs_and_confessions_of_a_justifi_se/characters/gil_martin.md): Gil-Martin enters Robert's life as a companion who seems to know him before being introduced, matching his religious fervour with an unsettling eagerness to approve it. He can resemble whomever he chooses, and his counse
- [Old Dal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_private_memoirs_and_confessions_of_a_justifi_se/characters/old_dal.md): A nickname for the Laird of Dalcastle, father of George.
- [Martha](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_private_memoirs_and_confessions_of_a_justifi_se/characters/martha.md): A servant in the Colwan household.
- [Arabella Calvert](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_private_memoirs_and_confessions_of_a_justifi_se/characters/arabella_calvert.md): A woman with a past connected to the Colwan family.
- [James Anderson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_private_memoirs_and_confessions_of_a_justifi_se/characters/james_anderson.md): A minister who appears in the narrative.
- [Baillie Orde](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_private_memoirs_and_confessions_of_a_justifi_se/characters/baillie_orde.md): A magistrate involved in the legal proceedings.

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