# The Warden — Character guide

> Key figures in The Warden by Anthony Trollope.

- [Mr. Harding](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_warden_se/characters/mr_harding.md): The gentle, music-loving warden of Hiram's Hospital, caught in a legal and moral crisis.
- [John Bold](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_warden_se/characters/john_bold.md): A young reformer who challenges the hospital's finances, later torn by love for Eleanor.
- [Eleanor Harding](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_warden_se/characters/eleanor_harding.md): Mr. Harding's devoted daughter, caught between her father and her suitor John Bold.
- [Dr. Grantly](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_warden_se/characters/dr_grantly.md): The ambitious archdeacon and Mr. Harding's son-in-law, who pushes for legal resistance.
- [Tom Towers](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_warden_se/characters/tom_towers.md): A powerful journalist for The Jupiter who influences public opinion against the warden.
- [Mr. Bunce](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_warden_se/characters/mr_bunce.md): A loyal bedesman at Hiram's Hospital who supports Mr. Harding throughout the crisis.
- [Mary Bold](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_warden_se/characters/mary_bold.md): John Bold's sister and Eleanor's confidante, who helps mediate the romantic conflict.
- [Abel Handy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_warden_se/characters/abel_handy.md): A discontented bedesman who leads the agitation against Mr. Harding.
- [Sir Abraham Haphazard](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_warden_se/characters/sir_abraham_haphazard.md): The Attorney General consulted by Dr. Grantly about the hospital legal case.
- [John Hiram](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_warden_se/characters/hiram.md): The medieval founder of Hiram's Hospital, whose will is central to the dispute.
- [Job Skulpit](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_warden_se/characters/skulpit.md): A weak-willed bedesman who wavers between supporting Handy and the warden.
- [Mrs. Grantly](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_warden_se/characters/mrs_grantly.md): Mr. Harding's elder daughter and the archdeacon's wife, who supports her father.
- [Mr. Chadwick](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_warden_se/characters/mr_chadwick.md): The bishop's steward who manages the hospital's financial affairs.
- [Jonathan Crumple](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_warden_se/characters/jonathan_crumple.md): A bedesman who joins the protest against Mr. Harding.
- [Greg y Moody](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_warden_se/characters/moody.md): A greedy bedesman among the hospital's pensioners.
- [Dr. Anticant](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_warden_se/characters/dr_anticant.md): A satirical Scottish philosopher whose writings influence public opinion.
- [Mr. Sentiment](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_warden_se/characters/mr_sentiment.md): A popular novelist who writes a story attacking the hospital system.
- [Mr. Finney](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_warden_se/characters/finney.md): A local attorney who represents the bedesmen in their legal claim.
- [Samuel](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_warden_se/characters/samuel.md): A young bedesman's son who appears briefly at the hospital.
- [William Gazy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_warden_se/characters/william_gazy.md): An elderly bedesman at Hiram's Hospital.
- [Susan Harding](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_warden_se/characters/susan_harding.md): Mr. Harding's younger daughter who lives with him at the hospital.
- [Mathew Spriggs](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_warden_se/characters/mathew_spriggs.md): A bedesman who participates in the hospital protest.
- [Mr. Quiverful](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_warden_se/characters/quiverful.md): A poor clergyman who hopes to succeed Mr. Harding as warden.
- [Bishop of Barchester](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_warden_se/characters/bishop_of_barchester.md): The elderly bishop who presides over the diocese and hospital.
- [Dr. Bold](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_warden_se/characters/dr_bold.md): John Bold's deceased father, a former physician in Barchester.
- [Soapy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_warden_se/characters/soapy.md): A young boy mentioned among the hospital's dependents.
- [Mrs. Goodenough](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_warden_se/characters/mrs_goodenough.md): A minor character mentioned in passing at the hospital.
- [Grizzel](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_warden_se/characters/grizzel.md): A bedesman's wife mentioned briefly in the narrative.
- [Joe Mutters](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_warden_se/characters/joe_mutters.md): A minor character among the hospital pensioners.
- [Johnny Bell](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_warden_se/characters/johnny_bell.md): A child mentioned in connection with the Bold household.

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