Edgar Bones

Edgar Bones
Biographical information
Died	1981
Blood status	Pure-blood or half-blood
Physical information
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Relationship information
Family members	Father † Mother † Amelia Bones (sister) † Sibling Wife † Children † Susan Bones (niece) Bones family
Magical characteristics
Wand	Unknown length, wood and core
Affiliation
Loyalty	Bones family Order of the Phoenix

"That’s Edgar Bones... brother of Amelia Bones, they got him and his family too, he was a great wizard..."

— Alastor Moody's opinion of Edgar

Edgar Bones (d. 1981) was a wizard, son of Mr and Mrs Bones, brother of Amelia and at least one other person.

Edgar became a member of the original Order of the Phoenix and fought in the First Wizarding War. At some point he married a woman and had several children. According to Alastor Moody Edgar was a "great wizard". He and his family were murdered by Death Eaters before the war's end.

Biography

"No one lived after he decided ter kill 'em, no one except you, an' he'd killed some of the best witches and wizards of the age — the McKinnons, the Bones, the Prewetts —"

— The numerous wizards murdered during the first war

Edgar was born into a wizarding family and had a sister, Amelia. Edgar and Amelia also had at least one other sibling, the parent of their niece Susan.

Edgar joins the original Order of the Phoenix

During the First Wizarding War, Edgar Bones became a member of the Order of the Phoenix, an organisation led and founded by Albus Dumbledore, in order to oppose the Dark Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters. Edgar also married a woman and had more than one child with her. Edgar was also described as being a great wizard by Alastor Moody. Rubeus Hagrid also told Harry Potter that the Bones family was considered among the greatest wizards of all time.

Edgar was murdered, along with his wife and children, by Death Eaters sometime in the later half of 1981. His mother and father were also murdered by Voldemort.

Etymology

The name "Edgar" is derived from the Old English elements ead "rich, blessed" and gar "spear". This was the name of a 10th-century English king who is regarded as a saint. The name did not survive long after the Norman conquest, but it was revived in the 18th century, in part due to a character by this name in Sir Walter Scott's novel 'The Bride of Lammermoor' (1819).

Behind the scenes

• Edgar Bones was portrayed by First Assistant Director Cliff Lanning in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. He only appeared in the photograph of the Order of the Phoenix.

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Indirectly mentioned only)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (First mentioned)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) (Appears in portrait(s))
• Pottermore (First appearance)