John Dawlish

John Dawlish was an Auror who was loyal to Cornelius Fudge. Albus Dumbledore refers to Dawlish as being an excellent Auror, but Dawlish nearly always ends up incapacitated in some way during the course of the books. Nevertheless, he at one point was the personal bodyguard to Fudge, the Minister of Magic.

Biography
When Cornelius Fudge falsely framed Dumbledore about conspiracy against the Ministry of Magic, Dawlish made an attempt to stop Dumbledore from escaping, but was easily defeated, knocked out by Dumbledore's spells. After being made Headmistress of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Dolores Umbridge ordered Dawlish and several other Aurors to arrest Rubeus Hagrid in order to drive him away from Hogwarts, but Dawlish was beaten again, possibly by Fang.

After Rufus Scrimgeour became Minister for Magic, he assigned Dawlish to follow Dumbledore as he left Hogwarts frequently, but Dumbledore jinxed him again.

The Death Eater Yaxley extracted information regarding Harry Potter's departure from Number 4 Privet Drive from Dawlish through use of the Confundus Charm, which in turn lead to Dawlish's accidental release of Dirk Cresswell. Augusta Longbottom caused him sufficient injury to merit admittance into St. Mungo's in the process of his attempt to blackmail Neville Longbottom by capturing her.

Behind the scenes

 * He was named after John Noe, co-host of Pottercast after he asked J.K. Rowling what Dawlish's first name was, and displayed an obsession with the character throughout the podcast.
 * He was occasionally the subject of a joke saying that he would have some real significance in the last book. An example of this joke can be seen at the poll on The Leaky Cauldron

Appearances

 * Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
 * Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
 * Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
 * Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows