# Lord Vanburgh — Vile Bodies character guide

> Lord Vanburgh in Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Vanburgh

**First appearance:** 0004-ii

## Who they are

An elderly aristocrat who appears at parties.

## In the story

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/vile_bodies_se/chapters/iv)

The fifteenth Marquess of Vanburgh; gossip writer who dictates his column from Miss Brown's study, falsely placing the party at No. 10 Downing Street.

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