# Major Melville — Waverley character guide

> Major Melville in Waverley by Walter Scott.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Melville, Major William Melville, Major Melville of Cairnvreckan

**First appearance:** 0036-part-ii-ii-an-examination

## Who they are

Hanoverian magistrate who examines and imprisons Waverley as a suspected rebel.

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