After the dismissal of Mr. Umbleby from the management of the Greshamsbury estate, Mr. Gazebee, junior partner in the firm Gumption, Gazebee and Gazebee, “the sharp gentleman from London, reigned over the diminished rent-roll Augusta Gresham thought that she was in love with him. He became MP for Barchester and active in the management of the De Courcy interests.

"...a very elegant young man.... He was rather bald ... but he had a really remarkable pair of jet-black whiskers.... He had also dark eyes, and a beaked nose, what may he called a distinguished mouth, and was always dressed in fashionable attire" - Doctor Thorne