William Laurence
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Character Profile
Name: | William Laurence |
Date of Birth: | |
Service: | Aerial Corps, formerly Navy |
Rank: | Captain |
Nationality: | British |
Billets: | H.M.S. Reliant, Captain;
Loch Laggan Covert, captain to Temeraire |
Biography
A gentleman's son, he went to sea at the age of 12. Served on first or second rate ships of the line for most of his career, and had won considerable prize money.
He enjoyed society, and the prospect of leaving it for the life of an aviator daunted him.
Has two (older?) brothers and three nephews.
Prior to becoming an aviator, Laurence had the prospect of marriage to Edith Galman, but was not formally engaged. He was 4 years her senior.
At the beginning of His Majesty's Dragon, he had been away from England for most of the past four years.