Fanshawe

Fanshawe is a lieutenant in the British Navy who served on the HMS Reliant under the command of Captain William Laurence and later Captain Thomas Riley.

The son of an earl and 'a young man of very good family', Fanshawe attended a meeting Captain Laurence held with the officers of the Reliant to decide who would attempt to harness the newly captured dragon egg. Fanshawe asked whether all officers would be required to put their names forward, a question that obviously suggested that he should be exempted due to his birth which enraged Laurence.

Laurence noted that Fanshawe flushed when writing his name on a slip of paper to put forward and had a very shaky hand. He also let out an 'explosive sigh' when his name was not picked, which caused Laurence to silently curse him.

As punishment, Fanshawe was forced to stand Midshipman Carver's (whose name had been drawn to harness the egg) watch and do his work, as well as having his grog stopped.