# Lord Gaunt — Vanity Fair character guide

> Lord Gaunt in Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Lord George Gaunt, George Gaunt, Master George Gaunt

**First appearance:** 0047-xlvii-gaunt-house

## Who they are

Lord Steyne's eldest son, a dissolute nobleman who dies young.

## In the story

### [Gaunt House](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/vanity_fair_se/chapters/xlvii-gaunt-house)

The eldest son of Lord Steyne, who married Lady Blanche Thistlewood but went mad, was confined, and eventually disappeared from society, remembered only as a tragic figure.

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