Ulick Gamp

Ulick Gamp
Biographical information
Born	In or before 1690 (most likely)
Blood status	Pure-blood or half-blood
Nationality	British
Title(s)	Chief Warlock Minister for Magic
Physical information
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Hair colour	Black (formerly) Silver (wig)
Eye colour	Yellow
Skin colour	Dark
Relationship information
Family members	Gamp (possibly) Hesper Black (possibly) Gamp family
Affiliation
Occupation	Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot (before 1707) Minister for Magic (1707–1718)
Loyalty	Gamp family Wizards' Council (formerly) Wizengamot British Ministry of Magic

Minister Ulick Gamp was a British wizard who served as the first Minister for Magic of the British Ministry of Magic, in office from 1707 to 1718. He was immortalised on a Chocolate Frog Card.

Biography

Early life

Ulick Gamp likely was born sometime before 1690.

Ministry career

After graduating, he joined the Wizards' Council and became a member of the Wizengamot. In 1707, after the abolishment of the Council, he became the first British Minister for Magic. Gamp had the onerous job of policing a fractious and frightened community adjusting to the imposition of the International Statute of Secrecy. His greatest legacy was to found the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. During Gamp's term, the Ministry outlawed the use of the Cruciatus, Imperius and Killing Curses, dubbing them "unforgivable". During the early years of the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy, when the fate of the popular wizarding pub, the Leaky Cauldron, was uncertain, Gamp agreed to bestow the landlord the responsibility of letting people into Diagon Alley, being sensitive to the needs of the patrons. To honour Gamp’s protection of the pub, the landlord created a new brand of beer in his name, Gamp's Old Gregarious.

Gamp was elected Minister at least twice before resigning or being voted out of office in 1718.

Legacy

Gamp's portrait

He was depicted in a portrait hung at the Prime Minister's office at 10 Downing Street and, most likely, at the office of the Minister for Magic at the Ministry of Magic. It is highly probable that a Permanent Sticking Charm was placed on it, as the Muggle Prime Minister could never get the portrait off his wall, even with a builder and Art historian to help. It served as a messenger between the Minister for Magic and the Muggle Prime Minister.

There was also a portrait of Ulick Gamp at the Leaky Cauldron, presumably as an honour for ensuring protection of the pub as a safe haven for wizards. After a mountain troll that had been kept in Percival Shacklehorn's charmed tent escaped and smashed much of the pub, the bartender mistakenly hit the portrait with a Confundus Charm. The charred painting was subsequently retrieved and restored during the Ministry investigation that followed the disturbance, by Mathilda Grimblehawk and her partner.

Physical description

Gamp was described as "little", "froglike" and wore purple robes and a silver curly wig.

Etymology

Ulick is the Anglicised form of the Irish names Uilleac and Uilleag. There have been several Irish politicians and noblemen named Ulick.

Behind the scenes

• Gamp's skin colour has been depicted differently in official media. In Mary GrandPré's chapter illustration of him in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (American release) and in Fantastic Beasts: Cases from the Wizarding World, he is portrayed as being light-skinned. However in Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, he is depicted as being black.

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (First appearance) (Appears in portrait(s))
• Pottermore (First identified as Ulick Gamp)
• Wizarding World (Mentioned only)
• Fantastic Beasts: Cases from the Wizarding World (Appears in painting(s))
• Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (Appears on a Famous Wizard Card)
• Hogwarts Legacy (Mentioned only)
• The Wizarding World of Harry Potter (Appears in painting(s))

Notes and references

Minister for Magic of Great Britain
Ministers for Magic
Ulick Gamp (1707–1718) Damocles Rowle (1718–1726) Perseus Parkinson (1726–1733) Eldritch Diggory (1733–1747) Albert Boot (1747–1752) Basil Flack (1752–1752) Hesphaestus Gore (1752–1770) Maximilian Crowdy (1770–1781) Porteus Knatchbull (1781–1789) Unctuous Osbert (1789–1798) Artemisia Lufkin (1798–1811) Grogan Stump (1811–1819) Josephina Flint (1819–1827) Ottaline Gambol (1827–1835) Radolphus Lestrange (1835–1841) Hortensia Milliphutt (1841–1849) Evangeline Orpington (1849–1855) Priscilla Dupont (1855–1858) Dugald McPhail (1858–1865) Faris Spavin (1865–1903) Venusia Crickerly (1903–1912) Archer Evermonde (1912–1923) Lorcan McLaird (1923–1925) Hector Fawley (1925–1939) Leonard Spencer-Moon (1939–1948) Wilhelmina Tuft (1948–1959) Ignatius Tuft (1959–1962) Nobby Leach (1962–1968) Eugenia Jenkins (1968–1975) Harold Minchum (1975–1980) Millicent Bagnold (1980–1990) Cornelius Fudge (1990–1996) Rufus Scrimgeour (1996–1997) Pius Thicknesse (1997–1998) Kingsley Shacklebolt (1998–c. 2019) Hermione Granger (c. 2019–?)