# The Club of Queer Trades — Character guide

> Key figures in The Club of Queer Trades by G. K. Chesterton.

- [Basil Grant](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_club_of_queer_trades_se/characters/basil_grant.md): A retired judge and eccentric philosopher who solves mysteries with his brother.
- [Rupert Grant](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_club_of_queer_trades_se/characters/rupert_grant.md): Basil's energetic brother, a private detective who narrates many adventures.
- [Major Brown](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_club_of_queer_trades_se/characters/major_brown.md): A retired military man whose strange garden leads to a queer trade revelation.
- [Lieutenant Drummond Keith](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_club_of_queer_trades_se/characters/lieutenant_keith.md): A fastidious house agent whose peculiar business practices baffle the Grants.
- [P. G. Northover](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_club_of_queer_trades_se/characters/p_g_northover.md): A mysterious man involved in a peculiar trade concerning a great reputation.
- [Mr. Montmorency](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_club_of_queer_trades_se/characters/mr_montmorency.md): A client of the Grants with a strange story about a vicar's visit.
- [Reverend Mr. Shorter](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_club_of_queer_trades_se/characters/reverend_shorter.md): A clergyman whose visit to Montmorency has an awful and surprising reason.
- [Mr. Bingham](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_club_of_queer_trades_se/characters/mr_bingham.md): A meek man entangled in the affairs of Professor Chadd's club.
- [Burrows](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_club_of_queer_trades_se/characters/burrows.md): A large man involved in the strange seclusion of an old lady.
- [Lord Beaumont](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_club_of_queer_trades_se/characters/lord_beaumont.md): An elderly nobleman whose household harbors a queer trade secret.
- [Greenwood](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_club_of_queer_trades_se/characters/greenwood.md): A bewildered man who seeks Basil's help with a reputation problem.
- [Sir Walter Cholmondeliegh](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_club_of_queer_trades_se/characters/sir_walter_cholmondeliegh.md): A jolly old baronet who appears in the house agent's story.
- [Miss Chadd](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_club_of_queer_trades_se/characters/miss_chadd.md): Basil's sister, who is involved in the old lady's seclusion.
- [Wimpole](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_club_of_queer_trades_se/characters/wimpole.md): A man who assists in the strange case of the great reputation.
- [Miss Mowbray](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_club_of_queer_trades_se/characters/miss_mowbray.md): A young woman connected to the vicar's visit mystery.
- [Captain Fraser](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_club_of_queer_trades_se/characters/captain_fraser.md): A captain who appears in the house agent's peculiar speculation.
- [Jasper Drummond](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_club_of_queer_trades_se/characters/jasper_drummond.md): A relative of Lieutenant Keith involved in the house agent affair.
- [Dr. Colman](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_club_of_queer_trades_se/characters/dr_colman.md): A doctor who appears in the story of the great reputation.
- [Miss James](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_club_of_queer_trades_se/characters/miss_james.md): A woman involved in the old lady's eccentric seclusion.
- [Miss Brett](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_club_of_queer_trades_se/characters/miss_brett.md): A woman who appears in the vicar's visit story.
- [Mr. Swinburne](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_club_of_queer_trades_se/characters/mr_swinburne.md): A man mentioned in connection with the great reputation case.
- [Lady Beaumont](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_club_of_queer_trades_se/characters/lady_beaumont.md): Lord Beaumont's wife, involved in the old lady's seclusion.
- [Muriel Beaumont](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_club_of_queer_trades_se/characters/muriel_beaumont.md): A young woman connected to the Beaumont household.
- [Mr. Hopson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_club_of_queer_trades_se/characters/mr_hopson.md): A man who appears in the house agent's story.
- [Colonel Hawker](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_club_of_queer_trades_se/characters/colonel_hawker.md): A colonel mentioned in the major's adventure.

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