# Rob Roy — Black Beauty character guide

> Rob Roy in Black Beauty by Anna Sewell.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0001-part-i-ii-the-hunt

## Who they are

Beauty's half-brother who is killed in a hunting accident.

## In the story

### [The Hunt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/black_beauty_se/chapters/part-i-ii-the-hunt)

The black horse that breaks his leg in the hunt and is shot; known to Beauty's mother as a good horse with no vice.

### [My Breaking In](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/black_beauty_se/chapters/part-i-iii-my-breaking-in)

Not directly present in this chapter.

### [The Old Hostler](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/black_beauty_se/chapters/part-i-xv-the-old-hostler)

Referenced as the brother of Black Beauty who was killed in the same accident that killed Squire Gordon's son.

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