# Bartholomew Burgess — He Knew He Was Right character guide

> Bartholomew Burgess in He Knew He Was Right by Anthony Trollope.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** old Mr. Burgess, Mr. Bartholomew Burgess, Barty, Barty Burgess, old Barty

**First appearance:** 0030-xxxi-mr-brooke-burgess

## Snapshot

An elderly Exeter banker and Miss Stanbury's former suitor, he needles his nephew Brooke with accusations about the old lady's character and intentions.

## Who they are

Old Bartholomew Burgess is a banker in Exeter whose long-ago courtship of Miss Stanbury has curdled into a running feud, and he loses no chance to warn his nephew Brooke that the legacy dangling before him comes with a capricious, sharp-tongued benefactor attached. His accusations plant doubt in Brooke's mind just as Brooke is weighing whether to court Miss Stanbury's favour, and his cynical read on the old woman's motives shadows the courtship plot. He matters because he voices the suspicion that money and affection in Exeter are never quite separable.

## In the story

### [Mr. Gibson's Good Fortune](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/he_knew_he_was_right_se/chapters/xxxv-mr-gibson-s-good-fortune)

Warns Brooke about Miss Stanbury's manipulative nature and expresses his hatred for her.

### [Brooke Burgess Takes Leave of Exeter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/he_knew_he_was_right_se/chapters/xliv-brooke-burgess-takes-leave-of-exeter)

Brooke's uncle, who accuses Miss Stanbury of being a manipulative ogress and warns Brooke against expecting an inheritance from her.

### [Cropper and Burgess](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/he_knew_he_was_right_se/chapters/lxxxviii-cropper-and-burgess)

Old Barty; bought out of the bank partnership, making way for Brooke.

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