Minor Hufflepuffs
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The following are minor characters from the Harry Potter series who belong to Hufflepuff House. The characters Cedric Diggory and Pomona Sprout, also Hufflepuffs, have their own articles. The Fat Friar is listed in the Hogwarts ghosts article.
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[edit] Hannah Abbott
| Harry Potter character | |
 Charlotte Skeoch as Hannah Abbott in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. |
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| Hannah Abbott | |
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| Gender | Female |
| Hair colour | Blonde |
| Eye colour | Brown |
| House | Hufflepuff |
| Parentage | Muggle-born (?) |
| Allegiance | Dumbledore's Army |
| Actor | Charlotte Skeoch |
| First appearance | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone |
Hannah Abbott is in the same year as Harry and, thanks to her name, the first person in the series to be Sorted. She is also the only Hufflepuff student who has appeared in all six novels published to date. She has blonde hair worn in pigtails and is described as "pink-faced". In her fifth year, Hannah was named one of the prefects for Hufflepuff house, and she also joined Dumbledore's Army. Her closest friends are Ernie Macmillan and Justin Finch-Fletchley.
Hannah seems to have good instincts about people. When Ernie Macmillian thought that Harry was the Heir of Slytherin, Hannah was skeptical of this, saying that Harry had "always seemed so nice". During the hunt for Sirius Black the following year, she theorised that Black could disguise himself as a flowering shrub, a conclusion that, while factually incorrect, did turn out to have some truth in it. She sported a Support Cedric Diggory badge early in the Triwizard Tournament in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, although she remains on good terms with Harry, Ron, and Hermione.
Hannah is rather high-strung. During fifth year, she was so worried about O.W.L. exams that she suffered a nervous breakdown in Herbology class and had to be given a calming draught by Madam Pomfrey. She was also seen frantically checking out a bunch of books from the library, and turned her ferret into a whole flock of flamingos instead of vanishing it, during her practical Transfiguration O.W.L. exam. However, she was also part of the group who came to Harry's aid against Draco Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle aboard the Hogwarts Express at the end of the year.
In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Hannah's mother was murdered by Death Eaters. Because Hannah is not mentioned again in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, some readers have concluded that she has left Hogwarts for good. Rowling has not stated this definitively, however.
Hannah is believed to be Muggle-born, based on a page of notes J.K. Rowling briefly showed during the "Harry Potter and Me" TV special in 2001, but this has not been confirmed in the actual books. It may have been changed: it would be very rare for any specific Muggles to be traceable by the Death Eaters, or to be notable enough to them to be worth tracing. However, since the Death Eaters were infamous for indiscriminately killing Muggles (as well as wizards who resisted them) in Voldemort's first rise, her connection to the wizarding world may have no relevance.
Charlotte Skeoch plays Hannah in the movie version of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, and has a large part in one of the deleted scenes on the DVD. She reprises the role in the movie version of Goblet of Fire, though she only makes a cameo appearance. The character's name is incorrectly listed in the credits for Chamber of Secrets as "Hannah Hufflepuff"; this error is corrected in the credits for Goblet of Fire.
[edit] Susan Bones
| Harry Potter character | |
 Eleanor Columbus as Susan Bones in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. |
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| Susan Bones | |
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| Gender | Female |
| Hair colour | Auburn (movies) |
| Eye colour | Brown (movies) |
| House | Hufflepuff |
| Parentage | Half-blood (?) |
| Allegiance | Dumbledore's Army |
| Actor | Eleanor Columbus |
| First appearance | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone |
Susan Bones was mentioned in passing during the Sorting ceremony in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone; she is the same age as Harry and in Hufflepuff house. Her aunt was Amelia Bones, who was a high-ranking member of the Ministry of Magic, before being killed by Lord Voldemort in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Susan joined the D.A., because she was curious to find out whether Harry Potter truly could produce a corporeal patronus, and was eager to learn how to do this herself. The Death Eater who murdered her Uncle Edgar and his family escaped from Azkaban and many students questioned her on this, in a sort of reflected fame. After this Death Eater's escape, she told Harry she understood how Harry felt, knowing the one who had killed his family was at large and constantly being asked questions about it.
In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Susan splinched herself during an Apparition lesson. Her leg was successfully reattached, but the incident appeared to leave her somewhat shaken.
Susan wears her hair in a long plait down her back. In the first two films, Susan is played by Eleanor Columbus, the daughter of director Chris Columbus, making her the only American actress to appear in the films as a student. In the UK version of the audio books, Stephen Fry reads Susan's lines with a pronounced lisp and weak R-sound (so that the line "A corporeal Patronus?" comes across as "A cawpaweal Patwonuth?") This appears to have been merely a fancy of Fry's and not based on any obvious intention of Rowling's.
Susan's half-blood parentage is tentatively known from the J. K. Rowling interview special "Harry Potter and Me", though it has not been confirmed in the actual books.
[edit] Eleanor Branstone
| Harry Potter character | |
| Eleanor Branstone | |
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| Gender | Female |
| House | Hufflepuff |
| First appearance | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire |
Eleanor Branstone is a student three years younger than Harry. She was Sorted into Hufflepuff house in the fourth novel, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, between Slytherin Malcolm Baddock and fellow Hufflepuff Owen Cauldwell. Nothing else is known about her character and she has not been seen since.
[edit] Owen Cauldwell
| Harry Potter character | |
| Owen Cauldwell | |
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| Gender | Male |
| House | Hufflepuff |
| First appearance | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire |
Owen Cauldwell is a student three years younger than Harry. He was Sorted into Hufflepuff in the fourth novel, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, between fellow Hufflepuff Eleanor Branstone and Gryffindor Dennis Creevey. He has not been seen since and nothing more is known about his character.
[edit] Justin Finch-Fletchley
| Harry Potter character | |
 Edward Randell as Justin Finch-Fletchley in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. |
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| Justin Finch-Fletchley | |
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| Gender | Male |
| Hair colour | Curly blond (novels), Brown (movie) |
| Eye colour | Dark Brown |
| House | Hufflepuff |
| Parentage | Muggle-born |
| Allegiance | Dumbledore's Army |
| Actor | Edward Randell |
| First appearance | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone |
Justin Finch-Fletchley is in the same year as Harry. A Muggle-born originally headed for Eton, he discovered he was a wizard at age 11. It is likely, based on his personality traits, his double-barrelled name, and his near-enrolment in an elite (and very expensive) public school like Eton, that he comes from a well-bred, upper-class family.
In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Justin was threatened by a snake that was conjured by Draco Malfoy during Gilderoy Lockhart's disastrous Duelling Club. Harry ordered the snake to relent by speaking Parseltongue, but it was widely believed Harry was encouraging the snake to attack. In his fifth year Justin joined Dumbledore's Army.
In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, he was played by Edward Randell.
Justin was one of the Muggle-born students to become petrified by the basilisk along with Colin Creevey, Hermione Granger and Penelope Clearwater.
[edit] Ernie Macmillan
| Harry Potter character | |
 Louis Doyle as Ernie Macmillan in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. |
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| Ernie Macmillan | |
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| Gender | Male |
| Hair colour | Blond |
| House | Hufflepuff |
| Parentage | Pure-blood |
| Allegiance | Dumbledore's Army |
| Actor | Louis Doyle |
| First appearance | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets |
Ernie Macmillan is in the same year as Harry. Ernie was named as one of the prefects for Hufflepuff house in fifth year, and is often regarded as a potential Head Boy candidate in the future. He is described as "a stout boy", and he says that his family is descended from nine consecutive generations of pure-blood ancestry.
During Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Ernie believed that Harry was the Heir of Slytherin, especially after Harry spoke Parseltongue and Justin Finch-Fletchley was attacked. However, when Hermione Granger met the same fate, Ernie realized Harry was not responsible and apologized.
In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Ernie wore a Support Cedric Diggory badge and again stopped speaking to Harry for a while, but they appear to have mended fences at some point after the First Task.
In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Ernie became a prefect. He was also among the few Hogwarts students who believed Harry's and Dumbledore's claims that Voldemort had returned, even going so far as to make a public declaration of support on Harry's behalf. Also in his fifth year he joined Dumbledore's Army, and was one of the students who came to Harry's aid on the Hogwarts Express at the end of the year. He dealt with the pressure of O.W.L. exams by studying anywhere from 8 to 10 hours per day, and for a while he developed an irritating habit of interrogating other people about their study habits. His hard work and determination paid off in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince; Ernie turns out to be the only Hufflepuff in the year who returned for N.E.W.T.-level Potions, indicating he must have gotten at least an "E" for 'Exceeds Expectations' (or possibly even "O" — 'Outstanding' — as he came to class prepared and with all the necessary equipment).
Harry perceives Ernie as somewhat pompous, but the two boys usually get along very well. For his part, Ernie seems to have learned that Harry can be trusted; he thought the worst of Harry more than once in the earlier novels and was proven wrong each time, but throughout Order of the Phoenix he remains one of Harry's strongest supporters.
Louis Doyle reprises his role as Ernie Macmillan in the fourth movie, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire after appearing in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
A possible relative, Melania Macmillan, was Sirius Black's paternal grandmother (see Black family tree).
Ernie is possibly named after one of JK Rowling's grandfather, whose first name is Ernie.
[edit] Laura Madley
| Harry Potter character | |
| Laura Madley | |
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| Gender | Female |
| House | Hufflepuff |
| First appearance | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire |
Laura Madley is a student three years younger than Harry. She was Sorted into Hufflepuff house in the fourth novel, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and has not been seen since. Nothing more is known about her character.
[edit] Hepzibah Smith
| Harry Potter character | |
| Hepzibah Smith | |
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| Gender | Female |
| Hair colour | Ginger (wig) |
| Eye colour | Blue |
| House | Hufflepuff |
| Parentage | Pure-blood (Presumed) |
| First appearance | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince |
Hepzibah Smith is a minor character featured in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Hepzibah is introduced within Albus Dumbledore's Pensieve, as part of a series of memories shown to Harry Potter by his headmaster. She is described as having been an extremely wealthy, well-born old witch who enjoyed collecting antiques and collectibles.
In the memory, Hepzibah wears long robes and gowns of pink, and when sitting upon her throne-like chair, she is described as giving the impression of a large "melting iced cake". She wears a large, elaborate, ginger wig upon her head (most likely the colour of her hair before it greyed) and dabs her red cheeks with rouge. She is described as being immensely fat.
Tom Riddle, fresh out of Hogwarts and working for Borgin and Burkes, visits Hepzibah to make an offer for some goblin-made armour which she owns. He presents her with flowers, and charms and flatters her. Enamoured by Riddle, Hepzibah shows him her most prized possessions – a cup, owned by her ancestor Helga Hufflepuff, and a locket which once belonged to Salazar Slytherin, that she had purchased from Borgin and Burkes. Caractacus Burke had purchased the locket for a tiny sum from Riddle's mother.
Only a few days after the events of the memory occurred, Hepzibah died, and Hufflepuff's cup and Slytherin's locket were never found. It is revealed by Dumbledore that Riddle, motivated by greed, had killed Hepzibah and tampered with the memory of her house-elf, Hokey, so that she thought she had accidentally poisoned her mistress. Hufflepuff's cup and Slytherin's locket would go on, as presumed by Dumbledore, to become two of Lord Voldemort's Horcruxes.
[edit] Zacharias Smith
| Harry Potter character | |
 Nick Shirm as Zacharias Smith in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix |
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| Zacharias Smith | |
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| Gender | Male |
| Hair colour | Blond |
| Eye colour | Blue |
| House | Hufflepuff |
| Allegiance | Dumbledore's Army |
| Actor | Nick Shirm |
| First appearance | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix |
Zacharias Smith is a student at Hogwarts. He plays Chaser for the Hufflepuff Quidditch team. Harry vaguely recognises him from their last Quidditch match against each other, showing Zacharias had made his team at least by his third year, since Quidditch was cancelled in their fourth year.
He joins Dumbledore's Army in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, but was vocally one of the most sceptical of that group about Harry's claims. Hermione Granger later admits to Harry Potter and Ron Weasley that she only invited him because he overheard her talking with Ernie Macmillan and Hannah Abbott about joining, and that she doesn't like him much either. Later in the year, however, Zacharias was as eager for more DA lessons as the other members.
Fred and George Weasley never took a liking to him after his initial behaviour at the informational DA meeting at the Hog's Head. They jinxed him behind his back at the first DA meeting, and proclaimed that they didn't know if they'd be able to take it if Hufflepuff beat Gryffindor at Quidditch that year, which did, in fact, happen since they and Harry Potter had been banned from the team.
In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, he was first mentioned as being on the receiving end of one of Ginny's famed Bat-Bogey Hexes. He also commentates for some of the Quidditch matches; however, his jeering at Gryffindor team is highly unpopular, to the point where Ginny flew into the announcer's pit. He did manage to secure another victory against them, mainly because Harry was hit in the skull with a Beater's bat early in the game (courtesy of replacement Keeper Cormac McLaggen). He is not seen again in the book until the day after Dumbledore's death, where Zacharias was escorted from Hogwarts by his haughty-looking father. Neither Smith stayed for the late Headmaster's funeral, implying that unlike his housemate Ernie and the rest of the Macmillan family, the Smiths were not supportive of Dumbledore and his policies.
Zacharias is generally believed to be in Harry's year; a glimpse of J.K. Rowling's character notes in the interview special "Harry Potter and Me" shows a name on the second page that looks like "Smith", which is usually assumed to be Zacharias. However, the forename appears to begin with a G - unless this is an unclear Z, or Smith's name has been changed, it would therefore be a different, hithertofore unseen, Smith.
In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Smith will be portrayed by Nick Shirm.
It is debated whether or not Zacharias could be a descendant of Helga Hufflepuff. In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince we meet a character named Hepzibah Smith, who claims to be a descendant of Helga Hufflepuff. If this is true it would explain the haughty attitude of Zacharias (and the Smiths in general), as descendants of a Hogwarts founder. Yet whether or not Hepizibah and Zacharias are related is unknown, seeing as 'Smith' is one of the most common last names in England (and much of the English-speaking world). However it is interesting to note that both Hepzibah and Zacharias Smith have Hebrew first names, perhaps indicating a family tradition.
[edit] Kevin Whitby
| Harry Potter character | |
| Kevin Whitby | |
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| Gender | Male |
| House | Hufflepuff |
| First appearance | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire |
Kevin Whitby is a student three years younger than Harry. He was the last student to be called at the Sorting in the fourth novel, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and was placed in Hufflepuff House, after Orla Quirke was placed in Ravenclaw. Kevin has not been mentioned in the novels since, and nothing further is known about him.
[edit] Rose Zeller
| Harry Potter character | |
| Rose Zeller | |
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| Gender | Female |
| House | Hufflepuff |
| First appearance | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix |
Rose Zeller is a student four years younger than Harry. She was the last student to be Sorted in the fifth novel, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. To date, nothing else is known about her.
[edit] Other
- Stebbins (seen as a Yule Ball attendee)
- Summers (mentioned by Albus Dumbledore to the Weasley twins when they're blocked from the age line of the Goblet of Fire, seemed that he also used Ageing Potion, like the Weasley twins)
- Summerby (Seeker for the Hufflepuff Quidditch team)
- Cadwallader (Chaser for the Hufflepuff Quidditch team)
During a 2001 TV special called Harry Potter and Me, J.K. Rowling showed the camera an early notebook page listing some of the students in Harry's year. Each student's name was given, along with his/her gender, house, and parentage. These notes are not considered canon, as many of the characters have undergone significant changes from the notes to the books. For instance, Michael Corner and Anthony Goldstein are listed as Hufflepuffs in the notebook, but when they are introduced in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, both of them are Ravenclaws; indeed, Anthony Goldstein is one of the Ravenclaw prefects.
There are several students from Harry's year who are mentioned in the notebook, but have not yet been introduced in the actual books. The Hufflepuffs are listed below for the sake of completeness, but some of their names and houses may change if/when they appear in the series proper.
- Wayne Hopkins is listed as a male, Half-blood Hufflepuff.
- Megan Jones is listed as a female, Half-blood Hufflepuff.
