Colonel Arthur Bantry

Colonel Arthur Bantry was a military Colonel living in Gossington Hall in St. Mary Mead. His wife

Dolly Bantry was friends with Jane Marple.

Personality
Bantry had a strong personality. He treasured his wife and estate more than anything. He was baffled when a girl turned up dead in his library and was astonished when the police accused he himself of getting mixed up in a scandel and killing her. Of course Miss Marple knew he didn't, and in due time she found the real murderer.

Unfortunately, Colonel Bantry died after the Body in the Library took place, leaving Dolly devastated. She moved to the Lodge and sold Gossington Hall to Marina Gregg.