Nephew of the Brooke Burgess who left his fortune to Miss Stanbury, and her heir. Married Dorothy Stanbury.

"...a good-looking man, with black whiskers and black hair ... and pleasant small bright eyes.... He was rather below the middle height, and somewhat inclined to he stout.... He had a well-cut nose, not quite aquiline, but tending that way, a chin with a dimple on it, and as sweet a mouth as ever declared the excellence of a man's temper" - He Knew He Was Right.