# Duke of Omnium — Can You Forgive Her? character guide

> Duke of Omnium in Can You Forgive Her? by Anthony Trollope.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Omnium, The Duke, the Duke of Omnium

**First appearance:** 0024-xxv-in-which-much-of-the-history-of-the-pallisers-is-told

## Who they are

The elderly, wealthy Duke, head of the Palliser family.

## In the story

### [Dandy and Flirt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/can_you_forgive_her_se/chapters/xxii-dandy-and-flirt)

Mentioned as the giver of the horses Dandy and Flirt, and as a non-talker who will visit Matching Priory after Christmas.

### [In Which Much of the History of the Pallisers Is Told](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/can_you_forgive_her_se/chapters/xxv-in-which-much-of-the-history-of-the-pallisers-is-told)

Mentioned as the host for the Pallisers' Christmas at Gatherum Castle.

### [In Which Come Tidings of Great Moment to All Pallisers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/can_you_forgive_her_se/chapters/lxxiii-in-which-come-tidings-of-great-moment-to-all-pallisers)

Sends a brief reply to the news of the pregnancy, offering to be a godfather.

### [The Story Is Finished Within the Halls of the Duke of Omnium](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/can_you_forgive_her_se/chapters/lxxx-the-story-is-finished-within-the-halls-of-the-duke-of-omnium)

Anxiously awaits the birth of his heir; his castle, Gatherum Castle, is described.

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