# Sir Antony Cobtree — Doctor Syn character guide

> Sir Antony Cobtree in Doctor Syn by Russell Thorndike.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Sir Antony, Antony Cobtree, Cobtree

**First appearance:** 0000-i-dymchurch-under-the-wall

## Who they are

A baronet and father of Denis Cobtree.

## Relationships

### [Captain Collyer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/characters/captain_collyer)

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Collyer and Sir Antony are local authority figures who interact as part of the village's social and legal hierarchy.

### [Mipps](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/characters/mipps)

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Mipps and Sir Antony have a wary acquaintance, as Sir Antony is a magistrate who suspects Mipps of criminal involvement.

### [Doctor Syn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/characters/doctor_syn)

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Doctor Syn and Sir Antony interact as respected community leaders, though Syn secretly manipulates Sir Antony's trust.

### [Mr. Squire](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/characters/mr_squire)

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Mr. Squire and Sir Antony work together as local magistrates and landowners, collaborating on legal matters.

### [Captain Collyer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/characters/captain_collyer)

_social_

Collyer and Sir Antony are local authority figures who interact as part of the village's social and legal hierarchy.

### [Mipps](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/characters/mipps)

_social_

Mipps and Sir Antony have a wary acquaintance, as Sir Antony is a magistrate who suspects Mipps of criminal involvement.

### [Mr. Squire](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/characters/mr_squire)

_professional_

Mr. Squire and Sir Antony work together as local magistrates and landowners, collaborating on legal matters.

### [Doctor Syn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/characters/doctor_syn)

_social_

Doctor Syn and Sir Antony interact as respected community leaders, though Syn secretly manipulates Sir Antony's trust.

### [Doctor Syn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/characters/doctor_syn)

_social_

Doctor Syn and Sir Antony interact as respected community leaders, though Syn secretly manipulates Sir Antony's trust.

### [Captain Collyer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/characters/captain_collyer)

_social_

Collyer and Sir Antony are local authority figures who interact as part of the village's social and legal hierarchy.

## In the story

### [Dymchurch-Under-the-Wall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/chapters/i-dymchurch-under-the-wall)

The squire and church warden, a reformed adventurer and gambler, now a generous and popular patron of the village.

### [Doctor Syn Takes Cold](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/chapters/vi-doctor-syn-takes-cold)

The squire of Dymchurch; meets Captain Collyer; dismisses the existence of smugglers and witches on the Marsh; boasts of his control over the local farmers.

### [VII: Clegg the Buccaneer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/chapters/vii-clegg-the-buccaneer)

Hosts the supper, jokes with Pepper, and later lights the captain to his room.

### [XII: The Captain Objects](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/chapters/xii-the-captain-objects)

As squire and judge, he responds to Collyer's insults with a dignified defense of his honor and his role as Leveller of Marsh Scotts, vowing to avenge Pepper.

### [Doctor Syn Has a "Call"](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/chapters/xxx-doctor-syn-has-a-call)

Angrily confronts Doctor Syn about his departure, blaming his son Denis's interest in Imogene, and later learns of Imogene's hidden wealth and lineage.

### [XXXVIII: Dymchurch-Under-the-Wall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/chapters/xxxviii-dymchurch-under-the-wall)

Discovers Syn's stored money and valuables, stretches a point to keep the wealth from the Crown, and arranges for Denis to marry Imogene.

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/characters/sir_antony_cobtree
- Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se
- All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_syn_se/characters