# Eminent Victorians — Character guide

> Key figures in Eminent Victorians by Lytton Strachey.

- [General Gordon](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/general_gordon.md): British military officer and governor, central figure in the Sudan campaign.
- [Florence Nightingale](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/florence_nightingale.md): Pioneering nurse and reformer, central figure in the Crimean War narrative.
- [Cardinal Manning](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/cardinal_manning.md): Influential Catholic convert and Archbishop of Westminster.
- [Dr. Arnold](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/dr_arnold.md): Headmaster of Rugby School and influential educational reformer.
- [John Henry Newman](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/john_henry_newman.md): Anglican priest who converted to Catholicism and became a cardinal.
- [Mr. Gladstone](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/gladstone.md): British Prime Minister involved in political and ecclesiastical affairs.
- [Sir Evelyn Baring](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/sir_evelyn_baring.md): British consul-general in Egypt during the Gordon relief expedition.
- [Lord Hartington](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/lord_hartington.md): British statesman and Secretary of State for War.
- [Sidney Herbert](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/sidney_herbert.md): British politician and close ally of Florence Nightingale.
- [Cardinal Wiseman](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/cardinal_wiseman.md): First Archbishop of Westminster after Catholic emancipation.
- [Monsignor Talbot](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/monsignor_talbot.md): Papal chamberlain and intermediary in Catholic affairs.
- [The Mahdi](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/the_mahdi.md): Sudanese religious leader who led a revolt against Egyptian rule.
- [Hurrell Froude](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/hurrell_froude.md): Anglican clergyman and early Tractarian movement figure.
- [W. G. Ward](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/wg_ward.md): Theologian and controversial Catholic convert.
- [Keble](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/keble.md): Anglican priest and poet, key figure in the Oxford Movement.
- [Lord Panmure](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/lord_panmure.md): Secretary of State for War during the Crimean War.
- [Slatin Pasha](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/slatin_pasha.md): Austrian officer and prisoner of the Mahdi.
- [Lord Wolseley](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/lord_wolseley.md): British general who led the relief expedition to Khartoum.
- [Arthur Clough](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/arthur_clough.md): Poet and friend of Florence Nightingale.
- [Zobeir](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/zobeir.md): Sudanese slave trader and former rival of Gordon.
- [Lord Granville](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/lord_granville.md): British Foreign Secretary during the Gordon crisis.
- [Hong Xiuquan](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/hong_xiuquan.md): Leader of the Taiping Rebellion in China.
- [Dr. Errington](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/dr_errington.md): Catholic bishop and opponent of Manning.
- [Mai](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/mai.md): Florence Nightingale's aunt and companion.
- [The Bison](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/the_bison.md): Nickname for a Rugby School figure in Dr. Arnold's narrative.
- [Bordeini Bey](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/bordeini_bey.md): Sudanese merchant and intermediary in Khartoum.
- [Reverend Mr. Gorham](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/reverend_gorham.md): Anglican clergyman involved in a famous doctrinal controversy.
- [Dr. Pusey](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/dr_pusey.md): Anglican theologian and leader of the Oxford Movement.
- [Sister Harriet](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/sister_harriet.md): Nun and companion of Florence Nightingale.
- [Li Hung Chang](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/li_hung_chang.md): Chinese statesman and military commander.
- [Monsignor Searle](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/monsignor_searle.md): Catholic priest and secretary to Cardinal Manning.
- [Colonel Stewart](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/colonel_stewart.md): British officer and companion of Gordon in Khartoum.
- [Charles Kingsley](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/charles_kingsley.md): Anglican clergyman and novelist who debated Newman.
- [Dr. Hall](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/dr_hall.md): British army medical officer in the Crimean War.
- [Colonel Hicks](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/colonel_hicks.md): British officer who led an expedition against the Mahdi.
- [Ernest Renan](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/ernest_renan.md): French philosopher and historian of religion.
- [Samuel Wilberforce](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/samuel_wilberforce.md): Anglican bishop and prominent church figure.
- [Ben Hawes](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/ben_hawes.md): British civil servant and brother-in-law of Florence Nightingale.
- [Father St. John](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/father_st_john.md): Catholic priest and companion of Newman.
- [Dr. Andrew Smith](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/dr_andrew_smith.md): British army medical officer in the Crimean War.
- [Lord Palmerston](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/lord_palmerston.md): British Prime Minister during the Crimean War.
- [Sir Samuel Baker](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/sir_samuel_baker.md): British explorer and governor of Equatoria.
- [Olivier Pain](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/olivier_pain.md): French journalist who visited the Mahdi.
- [Lord Acton](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/lord_acton.md): Catholic historian and friend of Gladstone.
- [Lord Raglan](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/lord_raglan.md): British commander-in-chief in the Crimean War.
- [Suleiman](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/suleiman.md): Son of Zobeir and Sudanese rebel leader.
- [Mr. Stead](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/mr_stead.md): Journalist and editor of the Pall Mall Gazette.
- [Lord Stratford de Redcliffe](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/lord_stratford.md): British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire.
- [Lord William Beresford](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/lord_william_beresford.md): British officer and aide-de-camp to Wolseley.
- [Queen Victoria](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/queen_victoria.md): British monarch during the events of the book.
- [Dr. Sutherland](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/dr_sutherland.md): British army medical officer and colleague of Nightingale.
- [Cardinal Reisach](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/cardinal_reisach.md): German Catholic cardinal at the Vatican Council.
- [Lord Lawrence](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/lord_lawrence.md): British viceroy and governor-general of India.
- [Old Squire Brown](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/old_squire_brown.md): Father of Tom Brown in the Rugby School narrative.
- [Tien Wang](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/tien_wang.md): Chinese rebel leader during the Taiping Rebellion.
- [Arabi](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/arabi.md): Egyptian nationalist and military leader.
- [Major Kitchener](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/major_kitchener.md): British officer who later became famous in Sudan.
- [Tom Brown](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/tom_brown.md): Fictional character from Thomas Hughes' novel, referenced in Arnold's story.
- [Gessi](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/gessi.md): Italian explorer and associate of Gordon.
- [Sir Herbert Stewart](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eminent_victorians_se/characters/sir_herbert_stewart.md): British general in the Gordon relief expedition.

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