# Sir Barnet Skettles — Dombey and Son character guide

> Sir Barnet Skettles in Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Sir Barnet Skettles, Sir Barnet, Barnet, Skettles

**First appearance:** 0015-xii-paul-s-education

## Who they are

Neighbor and MP who befriends the Dombeys.

## Relationships

### [Major Bagstock](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dombey_and_son_se/characters/major_bagstock)

_social_

Major Bagstock and Sir Barnet Skettles are social acquaintances who move in the same high-society circles, exchanging flattery and gossip.

### [Mr. Dombey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dombey_and_son_se/characters/mr_dombey)

_social_

Mr. Dombey and Sir Barnet Skettles maintain a formal, status-conscious social acquaintance, based on business and class respectability.

### [Major Bagstock](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dombey_and_son_se/characters/major_bagstock)

_social_

Major Bagstock and Sir Barnet Skettles are social acquaintances who move in the same high-society circles, exchanging flattery and gossip.

### [Mr. Dombey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dombey_and_son_se/characters/mr_dombey)

_social_

Mr. Dombey and Sir Barnet Skettles maintain a formal, status-conscious social acquaintance, based on business and class respectability.

### [Mr. Dombey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dombey_and_son_se/characters/mr_dombey)

_social_

Mr. Dombey and Sir Barnet Skettles maintain a formal, status-conscious social acquaintance, based on business and class respectability.

## In the story

### [The Study of a Loving Heart](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dombey_and_son_se/chapters/xxiv-the-study-of-a-loving-heart)

Hosts Florence, proposes she write to her father, and invites Mr. Carker to dine.

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