Griselda Marchbanks
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| Griselda Marchbanks | |
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| Title(s) |
Madam |
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Female |
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Grey |
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head of Wizarding Examinations Authority |
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- "Hogwarts is a school, not an outpost of Cornelius Fudge's office. This is a further disgusting attempt to discredit Albus Dumbledore."
- —Griselda Marchbanks in 1995[src]
Griselda Marchbanks is a famous witch, who is a member of the Wizengamot and head of the Wizarding Examinations Authority that runs the Ordinary Wizarding Level and Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Tests. She is apparently a close friend of Augusta Longbottom, the grandmother of Neville Longbottom. She is ancient in age, as she examined Dumbledore during N.E.W.T.s.
[edit] Biography
Griselda Marchbanks presumably attended Hogwarts school, before going on to join the Wizarding Examinations Authority. She personally tested Albus Dumbledore (circa 1899), whom she said did things in his Charms and Transfiguration tests that she'd never seen the likes of before. She held Dumbledore in great esteem from then on.
During the 1995-1996 school year, she, along with Tiberius Ogden, resigned from the Wizengamot in protest of Dolores Umbridge's appointment as Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry High Inquisitor and is subsequently accused of having ties to subversive goblin groups. During that year, she showed no signs of respect for Dolores Umbridge, expressing scorn at the belief that the Ministry could catch him. She tested a variety of students in Harry Potter's year, including Draco Malfo's Charms practical, Harry Potter's Divination practical and Fifth Year Potions and Astronomy Exams.
It is not known if she was reinstated in the Wizengamot after Dumbledore was.
She apparently continues in office to this day, as her name was on the most recent W.O.M.B.A.T. exams offered by J. K. Rowling, her title at the WEA being given as "Governor".
