# Colonel Essex — The Splendid Spur character guide

> Colonel Essex in The Splendid Spur by Arthur Quiller-Couch.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Colonel

**First appearance:** 0009-viii-i-lose-the-king-s-letter-and-am-carried-to-bristol

## Who they are

A parliamentarian colonel who captures the narrator.

## Relationships

### [Earl of Stamford](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_splendid_spur_se/characters/earl_of_stamford)

_rivalry_

Colonel Essex and the Earl of Stamford are opposing military commanders, locked in a professional and personal rivalry.

### [Earl of Stamford](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_splendid_spur_se/characters/earl_of_stamford)

_rivalry_

Colonel Essex and the Earl of Stamford are opposing military commanders, locked in a professional and personal rivalry.

## In the story

### [I Break Out of Prison](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_splendid_spur_se/chapters/ix-i-break-out-of-prison)

Discussed military plans with the Earl of Stamford; Jack impersonates him to escape.

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