The rector of Clavering parish, and father of Harry, Mary and Fanny.

"He was a kind, soft-hearted, gracious man, tender to his wife, whom he ever regarded as the angel of his house, indulgent to his daughters, whom he idolized, ever patient with his parishioners, and awake - though not widely awake, - to the responsibilities of his calling. The world had been too comfortable for him, and also too narrow; so that he had sunk into idleness" - The Claverings