# The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club — Character guide

> Key figures in The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers.

- [Lord Peter Wimsey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/characters/lord_peter_wimsey.md): Wimsey belongs to the Bellona Club himself, which makes him both insider and investigator when General Fentiman is found dead in his chair. He juggles a reluctant friendship with Inspector Parker, the demands of Fleet St
- [Inspector Parker](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/characters/inspector_parker.md): Parker moves through the Bellona affair with the patience of a man who has seen too many confessions and too few dinners. He relies on Wimsey's insight but must also manage the official machinery of arrest and interrogat
- [Major Robert Fentiman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/characters/major_fentiman.md): Robert is the grandson who found the general dead and took pains to cover up the circumstances, a fact that makes him both helpful and suspicious. He is perpetually short of money, keeps late hours at Richmond, and has a
- [Captain George Fentiman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/characters/captain_fentiman.md): George returns from the war with shattered nerves and a wife, Sheila, who struggles to keep their household together on too little money. He owes Dougal MacStewart two thousand pounds, and his grandfather's death would f
- [Dr. Penberthy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/characters/dr_penberthy.md): Penberthy is the physician who knows the old man's medical history and could have signed a certificate that would have spared everyone an inquest. His professional proximity to the death and his presence at the club give
- [Ann Dorland](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/characters/ann_dorland.md): Ann moves through artistic and charitable circles without quite belonging to either, her defensive manner masking a painful conviction that she cannot attract anyone. She is secretly engaged to a man whose identity she g
- [General Fentiman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/characters/general_fentiman.md): General Fentiman is a Bellona Club fixture, arriving by ten and home by half-past seven with the precision of a man who has spent a lifetime on parade. His weak heart and failing hearing make him an object of solicitous 
- [Mr. Murbles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/characters/mr_murbles.md): Mr. Murbles is the Lincoln's Inn solicitor entrusted with the Fentiman and Dormer affairs, a man so discreet that Wimsey suspects him of talking out of turn and so proper that he recoils from the messiness of a contested
- [Mrs. George Fentiman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/characters/mrs_fentiman.md): Mrs. George Fentiman is the young wife of the General's grandson George, living in cramped respectability and watching her husband's health, temper, and earning power all decline at once. She has no patience for the Fent
- [Bunter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/characters/bunter.md): Bunter is Wimsey's valet and, in practice, his field assistant — a man who can press a suit, develop a plate, or take a discreet statement with the same unflappable precision. He served under Wimsey in the war and has tr
- [Mr. Pritchard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/characters/mr_pritchard.md): A moneylender who holds debts against the Fentiman family.
- [Sheila Fentiman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/characters/sheila_fentiman.md): The daughter of Major Robert Fentiman, a young girl caught in the family turmoil.
- [Miss Marjorie Phelps](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/characters/miss_marjorie_phelps.md): A friend of Ann Dorland and a sculptor, providing insights into the younger generation.
- [Salcombe Hardy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/characters/salcombe_hardy.md): A journalist from the Daily Yell who covers the Fentiman story.
- [Lady Dormer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/characters/lady_dormer.md): An elderly relative of the Fentimans, whose will affects the inheritance.
- [Mr. Oliver](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/characters/mr_oliver.md): A mysterious figure who appears at the Bellona Club and is linked to the case.
- [Wetheridge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/characters/wetheridge.md): A club member at the Bellona Club who provides information about the general.
- [Woodward](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/characters/woodward.md): A club servant at the Bellona Club who witnessed the general's arrival.
- [Nurse Armstrong](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/characters/nurse_armstrong.md): The nurse who attended General Fentiman before his death.
- [Culyer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/characters/culyer.md): A fellow officer and friend of Captain George Fentiman.
- [Naomi Rushworth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/characters/naomi_rushworth.md): A young woman connected to the Fentiman family through marriage prospects.
- [Sir James Lubbock](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/characters/sir_james_lubbock.md): A doctor and friend of the family who examines the general's body.
- [Waffles Newton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/characters/waffles_newton.md): A club member at the Bellona Club, known for his gossip.
- [Mrs. Rushworth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/characters/mrs_rushworth.md): The mother of Naomi Rushworth, involved in social maneuvering.
- [Colonel Marchbanks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/characters/colonel_marchbanks.md): A club member at the Bellona Club and friend of the general.
- [Dougal MacSteuart](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/characters/dougal_macsteuart.md): A Scottish lawyer who provides information about the Fentiman family history.
- [Rogers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/characters/rogers.md): A servant in the Fentiman household who provides testimony.

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