# John Robarts — Framley Parsonage character guide

> John Robarts in Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** John

**First appearance:** 0001-ii-the-framley-set-and-the-chaldicotes-set

## Who they are

Brother of Mark Robarts, a naval officer.

## In the story

### [The Little Bill](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/framley_parsonage_se/chapters/xii-the-little-bill)

Offers to lend Mark the money from their father's legacy but cannot access it until he comes of age.

### [The New Minister's Patronage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/framley_parsonage_se/chapters/xviii-the-new-minister-s-patronage)

Now private secretary to Harold Smith; Mark visits him at the Petty Bag office and observes his transformed, polished appearance.

### [The Goat and Compasses](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/framley_parsonage_se/chapters/xxxii-the-goat-and-compasses)

The innocent private secretary at the Petty Bag Office, whom Sowerby visits but cannot bring himself to ask for money.

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