# Phineas Finn — Character guide

> Key figures in Phineas Finn by Anthony Trollope.

- [Phineas Finn](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/phineas_finn_se/characters/phineas_finn.md): An Irish MP rising in London politics, torn between ambition and love.
- [Lady Laura Standish](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/phineas_finn_se/characters/lady_laura_standish.md): A spirited political hostess who marries for convenience, not love.
- [Violet Effingham](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/phineas_finn_se/characters/violet_effingham.md): A wealthy heiress courted by multiple suitors, including Phineas.
- [Lord Chiltern](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/phineas_finn_se/characters/lord_chiltern.md): A hot-tempered nobleman and rival for Violet's hand.
- [Mr. Kennedy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/phineas_finn_se/characters/mr_kennedy.md): A wealthy, jealous MP who marries Lady Laura.
- [Madame Max Goesler](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/phineas_finn_se/characters/madame_max_goesler.md): A charming, wealthy widow with political influence.
- [Lord Brentford](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/phineas_finn_se/characters/lord_brentford.md): A powerful earl and father of Lady Laura and Lord Chiltern.
- [Lady Glencora Palliser](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/phineas_finn_se/characters/lady_glencora_palliser.md): A vivacious society figure and wife of Plantagenet Palliser.
- [Mary Flood Jones](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/phineas_finn_se/characters/mary_flood_jones.md): Phineas's sweetheart from his Irish hometown.
- [Mr. Low](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/phineas_finn_se/characters/mr_low.md): Phineas's former mentor and a London barrister.
- [Mr. Turnbull](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/phineas_finn_se/characters/turnbull.md): A radical MP and political rival to Phineas.
- [Mr. Mildmay](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/phineas_finn_se/characters/mr_mildmay.md): A senior statesman and leader of the Liberal party.
- [Laurence Fitzgibbon](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/phineas_finn_se/characters/laurence_fitzgibbon.md): An Irish MP and friend to Phineas, often in debt.
- [Barrington Erle](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/phineas_finn_se/characters/barrington_erle.md): A political whip and friend who helps Phineas's career.
- [Mr. Quintus Slide](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/phineas_finn_se/characters/mr_quintus_slide.md): A vindictive newspaper editor who targets Phineas.
- [Mr. Bunce](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/phineas_finn_se/characters/mr_bunce.md): Phineas's landlord and a radical workingman.
- [Mr. Gresham](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/phineas_finn_se/characters/gresham.md): A leading Liberal politician and future prime minister.
- [Oswald Standish](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/phineas_finn_se/characters/oswald_standish.md): Lady Laura's younger brother, a dissipated heir.
- [Mrs. Bunce](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/phineas_finn_se/characters/mrs_bunce.md): Mr. Bunce's kind wife who looks after Phineas.
- [Mr. Ratler](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/phineas_finn_se/characters/ratler.md): A government whip and political operator.
- [Mr. Daubeny](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/phineas_finn_se/characters/mr_daubeny.md): The Conservative leader and rival to Mildmay.
- [Mr. Bonteen](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/phineas_finn_se/characters/mr_bonteen.md): A jealous politician who opposes Phineas.
- [Lord Fawn](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/phineas_finn_se/characters/lord_fawn.md): A timid young nobleman who courts Violet.
- [Dr. Finn](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/phineas_finn_se/characters/dr_finn.md): Phineas's father, a country doctor in Ireland.
- [George Morris](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/phineas_finn_se/characters/george_morris.md): A young man about town and friend of Fitzgibbon.
- [Lady Cantrip](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/phineas_finn_se/characters/lady_cantrip.md): Wife of Lord Cantrip, a society hostess.
- [Sir Everard Powell](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/phineas_finn_se/characters/sir_everard_powell.md): An elderly MP who dies, creating a vacancy.
- [Lord Baldock](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/phineas_finn_se/characters/lord_baldock.md): Lady Baldock's husband, a minor nobleman.
- [Gustavus](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/phineas_finn_se/characters/gustavus.md): A servant or minor character in the Standish household.
- [Sir Marmaduke Morecombe](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/phineas_finn_se/characters/sir_marmaduke_morecombe.md): A political figure and friend of Phineas.

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