# Dr. Shirley — Persuasion character guide

> Dr. Shirley in Persuasion by Jane Austen.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** good Dr. Shirley, Dr.

**First appearance:** 0008-ix

## Who they are

The elderly clergyman of Uppercross, whose living Charles Hayter hopes to inherit.

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