# William—An Englishman — Character guide

> Key figures in William—An Englishman by Cicely Hamilton.

- [William Tully](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/william_an_englishman_se/characters/william_tully.md): For twenty-three years William Tully lived under his mother's thumb, his wages annexed each Saturday, his reading confined to Snappy Bits, his opinions to nobody's concern. Her sudden death leaves him money, freedom, and
- [Griselda Tully](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/william_an_englishman_se/characters/griselda_tully.md): Griselda Watkins has braved official ridicule before, so when she and William are seized in the Ardennes and paraded before a grinning German captain, she meets it with silence rather than the glib speeches William expec
- [Faraday](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/william_an_englishman_se/characters/faraday.md): Faraday listens to William's halting confession across a ledger with repeated, noncommittal 'Indeed!'s, visibly wishing the episode over—yet he is the one who names William's freedom back to him and offers an evening of 
- [Heinz](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/william_an_englishman_se/characters/heinz.md): Heinz is the subordinate who collars William and drags him before his amused captain, finding genuine entertainment in two English newlyweds ignorant of the war. His knuckles between shirt and skin, his grin at their con
- [Edith Haynes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/william_an_englishman_se/characters/edith_haynes.md): Edith Haynes has not spent her life in the atmosphere of Internationalism, and she is honest enough not to pretend impartiality about the war's causes. She hears William quote Faraday and Snowden as if reciting a faith h
- [Wright](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/william_an_englishman_se/characters/wright.md): An acquaintance in the socialist movement.
- [Madame Peys](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/william_an_englishman_se/characters/madame_peys.md): A Belgian woman encountered during the war.
- [Edwardes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/william_an_englishman_se/characters/edwardes.md): A colleague or associate in William's circle.
- [The Priest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/william_an_englishman_se/characters/the_priest.md): A clergyman who appears in a scene.
- [Mrs. Jay-Blenkinsop](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/william_an_englishman_se/characters/mrs_jay_blenkinsop.md): Wife of Edgar Jay-Blenkinsop, a minor character.
- [The Suffragette](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/william_an_englishman_se/characters/the_suffragette.md): A generic suffragette figure in the movement.
- [The German](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/william_an_englishman_se/characters/the_german.md): An unnamed German soldier encountered during the war.
- [Philippe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/william_an_englishman_se/characters/philippe.md): A Belgian or French character met during the war.

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