Grandfather of Alice, Kate and George.

"...a stout old man, with a red face and gray eyes, which looked fiercely at you, and with long gray hair, and a rough gray beard, which gave him something of the appearance of an old lion. He was passionate, unreasoning, and specially impatient of all opposition; but he was affectionate, prone to forgive when asked to do so, unselfish and hospitable. He was, moreover, guided by rules, which he believed to be rules of right" - Can You Forgive Her?