# Marmaduke Bonthrop Shelmerdine — Orlando character guide

> Marmaduke Bonthrop Shelmerdine in Orlando by Virginia Woolf.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Bonthrop, Shelmerdine

**First appearance:** 0008-v

## Who they are

A sea captain who becomes Orlando's husband in the Victorian era.

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