Captain Mainwaring often a sympathetic subtext to his own personal neuroses; it is apparent several times that he devotes his energies to his Home Guard unit for a sense of comradeship and purpose lacking in other parts of his life, such as his career and marriage. On one occasion when his men spurned a parade to play darts against the ARP he expressed bewilderment, saying coming to the platoon is "the highlight of my day". It is frequently implied that he is trapped in a loveless and unhappy marriage to Elizabeth, his unseen wife, who is domineering, neurotic and withholding of affection.
Sam Mainwaring and patron, Henry Hyndman. In 1885, there came a split in which Mainwaring joined with Eleanor Marx, Ernest Belfort Bax and his friend William Morris in forming the Socialist League. Mainwaring was a foreman of a shop which employed Tom Mann and exerted a political influence upon him. Over time, Mainwaring's views gradually evolved from revolutionary socialism to those of anarcho-communism. In 1891, Mainwaring moved to Swansea and there started the Swansea Socialist Society. He became associated with the fledgling anarchist newspaper "Liberty," edited by J. Tochatti, formerly of the Hammersmith branch of the Socialist League. In September 1903 and