# The Wisdom of Father Brown — Character guide

> Key figures in The Wisdom of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton.

- [Father Brown](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/father_brown.md): A short, stumpy Catholic priest with a genius for solving crimes through psychological insight.
- [Flambeau](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/flambeau.md): A reformed master criminal who becomes Father Brown's friend and occasional assistant.
- [Colonel Cray](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/colonel_cray.md): A military man involved in a bizarre salad-related mystery with Father Brown.
- [Sir Wilson Seymour](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/sir_wilson_seymour.md): An elderly gentleman drawn into a strange case involving a man in a passage.
- [John Boulnois](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/john_boulnois.md): A man at the center of a strange crime involving a library and a missing body.
- [Sir Cecil Fanshaw](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/sir_cecil_fanshaw.md): A baronet who becomes entangled in a mystery involving a purple wig.
- [Dr. Orion Hood](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/dr_orion_hood.md): A celebrated scientific criminologist who clashes with Father Brown's methods.
- [Captain Cutler](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/captain_cutler.md): A sea captain involved in the strange affair of the god of the gongs.
- [Signor Muscari](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/signor_muscari.md): A flamboyant Italian poet and apparent thief in the Paradise of Thieves.
- [Prince Otto of Grossenmark](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/prince_otto.md): A European prince whose duel with Dr. Hirsch forms a central mystery.
- [Dr. Hirsch](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/dr_hirsch.md): A mysterious doctor involved in a duel with Prince Otto.
- [Mr. Glass](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/mr_glass.md): A bald man whose mysterious absence is the key to a locked-room puzzle.
- [Sir Claude Champion](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/sir_claude_champion.md): A baronet whose death is investigated in the Mistake of the Machine.
- [Miss Aurora Rome](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/miss_aurora_rome.md): A beautiful actress involved in the mystery of the man in the passage.
- [Ezza Montano](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/ezza_montano.md): A notorious Italian bandit in the Paradise of Thieves story.
- [Arthur Carstairs](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/arthur_carstairs.md): A young man involved in the mystery of the head of Caesar.
- [Lord Pooley](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/lord_pooley.md): A nobleman who appears in the story of the perishing of the Pendragons.
- [Frank Harrogate](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/frank_harrogate.md): A young man whose love affair is central to the Fairy Tale of Father Brown.
- [Ethel Harrogate](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/ethel_harrogate.md): A young woman at the heart of the Fairy Tale of Father Brown.
- [Admiral Pendragon](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/admiral_pendragon.md): An admiral whose family faces a curse in the Perishing of the Pendragons.
- [Mr. Patrick Butler](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/mr_patrick_butler.md): An Irishman involved in the mystery of the god of the gongs.
- [Isidore Bruno](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/isidore_bruno.md): A man whose death is investigated in the Mistake of the Machine.
- [Mrs. Boulnois](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/mrs_boulnois.md): The wife of John Boulnois, involved in the strange crime.
- [Drugger Davis](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/drugger_davis.md): A man involved in the mystery of the head of Caesar.
- [Sir Peter Pendragon](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/sir_peter_pendragon.md): A member of the cursed Pendragon family.
- [Last-Trick Todd](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/last_trick_todd.md): A gambler involved in the story of the purple wig.
- [Lord Falconroy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/lord_falconroy.md): A nobleman who appears in the Salad of Colonel Cray.
- [Audrey Watson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/audrey_watson.md): A young woman in the Fairy Tale of Father Brown.
- [James Dalroy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/james_dalroy.md): A man involved in the mystery of the god of the gongs.
- [Greywood Usher](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/greywood_usher.md): A man involved in the mystery of the purple wig.
- [Mrs. MacNab](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/mrs_macnab.md): A housekeeper involved in the Fairy Tale of Father Brown.
- [Ireton Todd](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/ireton_todd.md): A millionaire involved in the mystery of the purple wig.
- [Maggie MacNab](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/maggie_macnab.md): A young woman in the Fairy Tale of Father Brown.
- [Colonel Dubosc](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/colonel_dubosc.md): A French colonel involved in the Duel of Dr. Hirsch.
- [Sir Walter Cowdray](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/sir_walter_cowdray.md): A baronet involved in the mystery of the head of Caesar.
- [Grimm](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/grimm.md): An old man involved in the Paradise of Thieves.
- [Francis Finn](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/francis_finn.md): A man involved in the mystery of the head of Caesar.
- [M. Armagnac](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/m_armagnac.md): A Frenchman involved in the Duel of Dr. Hirsch.
- [Dr. Oliver Oman](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/dr_oliver_oman.md): A doctor involved in the mystery of the man in the passage.
- [Dr. Mull](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/dr_mull.md): A doctor involved in the Salad of Colonel Cray.
- [M. Brun](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/m_brun.md): A Frenchman involved in the Paradise of Thieves.
- [The Duke](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/the_duke.md): A duke involved in the mystery of the purple wig.
- [Nigger Ned](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/niggers_ned.md): A man involved in the mystery of the god of the gongs.
- [Giles](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/giles.md): A servant involved in the Perishing of the Pendragons.
- [Malvoli](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/malvoli.md): An Italian involved in the Paradise of Thieves.
- [Samuel Harrogate](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/samuel_harrogate.md): The father of Frank Harrogate in the Fairy Tale of Father Brown.
- [Miss MacNab](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/miss_macnab.md): A member of the MacNab family in the Fairy Tale of Father Brown.
- [Duc de Valognes](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/duc_de_valognes.md): A French duke involved in the Duel of Dr. Hirsch.
- [Etta Todd](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/etta_todd.md): A woman involved in the mystery of the purple wig.
- [Miss Barlow](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/miss_barlow.md): A woman involved in the Salad of Colonel Cray.
- [Old Boulnois](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/old_boulnois.md): The father of John Boulnois in the Strange Crime.
- [Hedwig](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/hedwig.md): A woman mentioned in the Duel of Dr. Hirsch.
- [Simon](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/simon.md): A man involved in the mystery of the head of Caesar.
- [Miss Carstairs](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/miss_carstairs.md): A woman involved in the mystery of the head of Caesar.
- [Mr. Green](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/mr_green.md): A man involved in the Salad of Colonel Cray.
- [Miss Watson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/characters/miss_watson.md): A woman involved in the Fairy Tale of Father Brown.

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