Alfred Wincham Tom Ward A don, or fellow, at Oxford University, Alfred is the man who catches Fanny's eye and quietly romances her. Actor Tom Ward will be familiar to Masterpiece fans as Yashvin in ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre's Anna Karenina and Lemuel in Moll Flanders. He has also starred on television as H.G. Wells in The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells, in the BBC's Vanity Fair, and in the feature film Quills. In Mitford's words: Alfred Wincham The back of a head, seen at a ball, can have a most agitating effect upon a young girl, so different from the backs of other heads that it might be surrounded by a halo. There is the question, will he turn round, will he see her, and, if so, will he merely give a polite good-evening or invite her to dance? Oh, how I wished I could have been whirling gaily round in the arms of some fascinator instead of sitting with my aunts and uncles, too obviously a wallflower Not that it mattered. There were a few moments of horrible suspense before the head turned round, but when it did he saw me, came straight over, said good evening more than politely and danced me away. He thought he would never get here, it was a question of borrowed, but mislaid, knee breeches. Then he danced with Aunt Emily, again with me, and with Louisa, having engaged me to have supper after that. "Who is that brute?" said Uncle Matthew, grinding his teeth as my young man went off with Louisa. "Why does he keep coming over here?" "He's called Alfred Wincham," I said. "Shall I introduce him to you?" "For pity's sake, Fanny!" Love in a Cold Climate, Part I, Chapter 9