He attempts to seduce her, but is unsuccessful. Nana Sahib - One of the leaders of the Sepoy Mutiny. Flashman meets him at the Siege of Cawnpore. Tantya Tope - One of the leaders of the Sepoy Mutiny. Flashman meets him at the Siege of Cawnpore. Azimullah Khan - One of the leaders of the Sepoy Mutiny. Flashman meets him at the Siege of Cawnpore. British civilians Queen Victoria Prince Albert Lord Palmerston - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Flashman calls him both "an impatient old tyrant" and a "decent, kindly old sport at bottom". Lord Ellenborough - Former Governor-General of India Thomas Hughes, author of Tom Brown's School Days. Flashman meets him before the publication of that book, in which he is not portrayed in a complimentary manner. Thomas Henry Kavanagh - The Irishman who slipped out of Lucknow in disguise and met up with Campbell to guide him in to relieve the besieged garrison. Flashman accompanies him and gets him out of a few jams along the way. Flashman considers him to be a blundering idiot, but also says "anyone who's as big a bloody fool as that, and goes gallivanting about seeking sorrow, must be called courageous." Florence Nightingale - Flashman sits in at a meeting with her and Queen Victoria and answers her questions about soldiers and social infections. He finds her attractive, but the presence of the queen keeps him from taking "a squeeze at her". William Howard Russell, a reporter with The Times. Considered to be one of the first modern war correspondents. Charles Wood - First Lord of the Admiralty British soldiers Sam Browne Lord Cardigan. National hero, former commander of the Light Brigade during the Crimean War, and no friend of Flashman. Colin Campbell - British General who relieves the Siege of Lucknow. Flashman says "he was an ugly old devil, with a damned caustic tongue and a graveyard sense of humour, but I never saw a man yet who made me feel more secure." Lord Canning Governor General of India at the time of the Mutiny. Henry Havelock - British General who recaptures Cawnpore. Flashman describes him as looking like "Abraham Lincoln dying of diarrhoea, with his mournful whiskers and bloodhound eyes". James Hope Grant Clement Walker Heneage Harry Hammon Lyster John Moore - British Major, killed in action at the Siege of Cawnpore. General John Nicholson - Officer of