# Colonel Marchbanks — The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club character guide

> Colonel Marchbanks in The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** young Marchbanks, old Marchbanks, Colonel

**First appearance:** 0001-i-old-mossy-face

## Who they are

A club member at the Bellona Club and friend of the general.

## Relationships

### [Lord Peter Wimsey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/characters/lord_peter_wimsey)

_social_

Colonel Marchbanks, a fellow member of the Bellona Club, provides Wimsey with background on the club's rules and the day of the death.

### [Lord Peter Wimsey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/characters/lord_peter_wimsey)

_social_

Colonel Marchbanks, a fellow member of the Bellona Club, provides Wimsey with background on the club's rules and the day of the death.

### [Lord Peter Wimsey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/characters/lord_peter_wimsey)

_social_

Colonel Marchbanks, a fellow member of the Bellona Club, provides Wimsey with background on the club's rules and the day of the death.

## In the story

### [I: Old Mossy-Face](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/chapters/i-old-mossy-face)

Arrives for a dinner with Wimsey; discovers General Fentiman's death and alerts Wimsey.

### [II: The Queen Is Out](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/chapters/ii-the-queen-is-out)

Covers the body with a handkerchief, later telephones Lady Dormer's house and learns she has died.

### [XXII: The Cards on the Table](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/chapters/xxii-the-cards-on-the-table)

Witnesses Penberthy's confession and provides the revolver that Penberthy uses to shoot himself.

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