# Humphry Houghton — Waverley character guide

> Humphry Houghton in Waverley by Walter Scott.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Sergeant Houghton, Sergeant Humphry Houghton, Houghton, poor Humphrey

**First appearance:** 0040-part-ii-vi-a-volunteer-sixty-years-since

## Who they are

Waverley's former servant who becomes a sergeant in the Hanoverian army.

## In the story

### [An Examination](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/waverley_se/chapters/part-ii-ii-an-examination)

Sergeant in Gardiner's dragoons; mentioned as a former subordinate of Waverley and a key figure in the mutiny allegations.

### [A Conference and the Consequence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/waverley_se/chapters/part-ii-iii-a-conference-and-the-consequence)

Sergeant in Waverley's troop; detected in correspondence with a French emissary and implicated in a desertion plot.

### [An Incident Gives Rise to Unavailing Reflections](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/waverley_se/chapters/part-ii-xvi-an-incident-gives-rise-to-unavailing-reflections)

Dying former sergeant of Waverley's troop; reveals he was deceived by a forged seal into mutiny.

### [XXII: Intrigues of Love and Politics](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/waverley_se/chapters/part-ii-xxii-intrigues-of-love-and-politics)

Condemned to death by court-martial but spared by lot; shows penitence and defends Waverley's honor.

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