# Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime and Other Stories — Character guide

> Key figures in Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime and Other Stories by Oscar Wilde.

- [Lord Arthur Savile](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/lord_arthur_savile.md): A young nobleman who learns from a chiromantist that he is destined to commit murder.
- [Sybil Merton](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/sybil_merton.md): Lord Arthur's fiancée, a sweet and devoted young woman.
- [Mr. Septimus R. Podgers](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/mr_podgers.md): A professional chiromantist who reads Lord Arthur's palm.
- [Lady Clementina Beauchamp](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/lady_clementina_beauchamp.md): Lord Arthur's elderly aunt, a kind-hearted but eccentric woman.
- [Herr Winckelkopf](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/herr_winckelkopf.md): A German anarchist who supplies explosives to Lord Arthur.
- [The Canterville Ghost](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/the_canterville_ghost.md): A centuries-old ghost haunting Canterville Chase, weary of his existence.
- [Virginia E. Otis](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/virginia_otis.md): The kind-hearted daughter of the American minister who helps the ghost.
- [Mr. Hiram B. Otis](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/mr_hiram_otis.md): The practical American minister who buys Canterville Chase.
- [Mrs. Otis](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/mrs_otis.md): The wife of the American minister, a sensible and modern woman.
- [Washington Otis](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/washington_otis.md): The eldest Otis son, who tries to remove the bloodstain with cleaner.
- [The Duke of Cheshire](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/the_duke_of_cheshire.md): A young duke who is in love with Virginia Otis.
- [Lord Canterville](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/lord_canterville.md): The English nobleman who sells Canterville Chase to the Otis family.
- [Mrs. Umney](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/mrs_umney.md): The housekeeper at Canterville Chase, who believes in the ghost.
- [Lady Alroy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/lady_alroy.md): A mysterious woman who leads a double life in London society.
- [Lord Murchison](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/lord_murchison.md): A young lord who becomes obsessed with Lady Alroy's secret.
- [Hughie Erskine](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/hughie_erskine.md): A charming but poor young man in love with Laura Merton.
- [Alan Trevor](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/alan_trevor.md): A successful painter and friend of Hughie Erskine.
- [Baron Hausberg](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/baron_hausberg.md): A wealthy baron who poses as a beggar for a painting.
- [Laura Merton](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/laura_merton.md): The woman Hughie Erskine loves, daughter of a retired colonel.
- [Mr. Merton](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/mr_merton.md): Laura's father, a retired colonel who disapproves of Hughie's poverty.
- [Cyril Graham](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/cyril_graham.md): A young man obsessed with proving the identity of Mr. W. H.
- [Erskine](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/erskine.md): A friend of Cyril Graham who inherits his theory about Shakespeare's sonnets.
- [Mr. W. H.](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/mr_w_h.md): The mysterious dedicatee of Shakespeare's sonnets, a boy actor.
- [Lady Windermere](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/lady_windermere.md): A society hostess who appears in the frame story of the portrait.
- [Lady Erskine](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/lady_erskine.md): Erskine's mother, a society woman who hosts gatherings.
- [Lord Southampton](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/lord_southampton.md): A historical figure mentioned in the theory about Shakespeare's sonnets.
- [Lady Clementina Beauchamp](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/lady_clementina.md): Lord Arthur's elderly aunt who dies under mysterious circumstances.
- [Edward Merton](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/edward_merton.md): Sybil Merton's brother, a practical man of business.
- [Lord Crediton](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/old_lord_crediton.md): An elderly nobleman who appears at Lady Clementina's party.
- [Lady Julia](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/lady_julia.md): A society woman mentioned in passing at social events.
- [Lady Flora](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/lady_flora.md): A minor society figure at Lady Clementina's gatherings.
- [Count Rouvaloff](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/count_rouvaloff.md): A Russian anarchist who introduces Lord Arthur to Herr Winckelkopf.
- [Lady Stutfield](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/lady_stutfield.md): A society woman who appears at Lady Windermere's party.
- [Lady Fermor](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/lady_fermor.md): A minor character mentioned in the social circle.
- [Lady Barbara Modish](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/lady_barbara_modish.md): A pretty society woman mentioned in passing.
- [Lord Surbiton](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/lord_surbiton.md): A young lord who appears at social functions.
- [Lord Buckhurst](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/lord_buckhurst.md): A minor nobleman mentioned in the narrative.
- [Lady Jedburgh](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/lady_jedburgh.md): A society woman who appears at Lady Clementina's.
- [Lady Startup](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/old_lady_startup.md): An elderly society woman mentioned in passing.
- [Lady Eleanore de Canterville](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/lady_canterville.md): The wife of the wicked Lord Canterville, mentioned in the ghost's backstory.
- [Sir Thomas](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/sir_thomas.md): A minor character mentioned in the social circle.
- [Cecil](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/dear_cecil.md): A friend or relative mentioned in correspondence.
- [Uncle Cecil](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/uncle_cecil.md): An uncle of one of the characters, mentioned briefly.
- [Gerald](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/gerald.md): A minor character mentioned in the narrative.
- [Gladys](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/gladys.md): A young woman mentioned in the social circle.
- [Papa](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/papa.md): A father figure mentioned by a character in dialogue.
- [The Doctor](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/the_doctor.md): A physician who attends to Lady Clementina in her final illness.
- [François Clouet](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/francois_clouet.md): A historical painter mentioned in the portrait theory.
- [Chapman](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/chapman.md): A historical figure mentioned in the sonnet theory.
- [Meres](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/meres.md): A historical critic mentioned in the sonnet discussion.
- [Lord Pembroke](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/lord_pembroke.md): A historical figure mentioned in the sonnet theory.
- [Earl of Pembroke](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/earl_of_pembroke.md): Another historical Pembroke mentioned in the sonnet debate.
- [Lord Essex](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/lord_essex.md): A historical figure mentioned in the sonnet theory.
- [Marlowe](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/marlowe.md): The playwright Christopher Marlowe, mentioned in the sonnet theory.
- [William Shakespeare](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/shakespeare.md): The playwright, central to the theory about the sonnets.
- [Romeo](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/romeo.md): A Shakespearean character referenced in the sonnet discussion.
- [Juliet](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/juliet.md): A Shakespearean character referenced in the sonnet discussion.
- [Rosalind](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/rosalind.md): A Shakespearean character referenced in the sonnet theory.
- [Cleopatra](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/cleopatra.md): A historical figure mentioned in the sonnet theory.
- [Madame de Tremouillac](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/madame_de_tremouillac.md): A French noblewoman mentioned in the sonnet theory.
- [Prince Rupert](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/prince_rupert.md): A historical prince mentioned in the sonnet theory.
- [Margaret Hews](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/margaret_hews.md): A historical figure mentioned in the sonnet theory.
- [Longfellow](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/longfellow.md): The American poet, mentioned in the Canterville Ghost story.
- [Tragedy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/tragedy.md): A personified concept mentioned in the sonnet theory.
- [Muse](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/lord_arthur_savile_s_crime_and_other_stories_se/characters/muse.md): A personified concept mentioned in the sonnet theory.

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