Cedric Hampton Daniel Evans A composite of Mitford's gay friends, poet Brian Howard (1905-1958) and painter Stephen Tennant (1906-1987), Cedric Hampton is Polly's glamorous cousin. Skillfully manipulative, he has Lord and Lady Montdore eating out of his hand. Actor Daniel Evans's previous credits include Herbert Pocket in ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre's 1999 adaptation of Great Expectations and Lysander in the Adrian Noble film A Midsummer Night's Dream. In Mitford's words: Cedric Hampton "There were footsteps now in the red drawing room, so we had not heard the motor, after all. Lord and Lady Montdore got up and stood together in front of the fireplace as the butler opened the door and announced, "Mr. Cedric Hampton." There was a glitter of blue and gold across the parquet, and a human dragon-fly was kneeling on the fur rug in front of the Montdores, one long white hand extended towards each. He was a tall, thin young man, supple as a girl, dressed in rather a bright blue suit; his hair was the fold of a brass bed knob, and his insect appearance came from the fact that the upper part of his face was concealed by blue goggles set in gold rims quite an inch thick. He was flashing a smile of unearthly perfection. Relaxed and happy, he knelt there bestowing this smile on each Montdore in turn." Love in a Cold Climate, Part II, Chapter 3