# Hughling Elliot — The Voyage Out character guide

> Hughling Elliot in The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Hughling Elliot, Mr. Elliot, Elliot

**First appearance:** 0003-iv

## Who they are

A pompous academic and husband of Mrs. Hughling Elliot.

## In the story

### [Chapter XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_voyage_out_se/chapters/xii)

Affects a love of dancing over literature to seem youthful; partners Miss Allan in the lancers.

### [XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_voyage_out_se/chapters/xxvii)

Wins the chess game against Mr. Pepper, wearing a stock as a sign of convalescence.

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