# Lord Decimus Tite Barnacle — Little Dorrit character guide

> Lord Decimus Tite Barnacle in Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Lord Decimus, Tite Barnacle

**First appearance:** 0036-xxxiv-a-shoal-of-barnacles

## Who they are

The pompous head of the Barnacle family and the Circumlocution Office.

## In the story

### [A Shoal of Barnacles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_dorrit_se/chapters/xxxiv-a-shoal-of-barnacles)

The leading Barnacle, who delivers a series of platitudinous speeches and embodies the family's philosophy of 'How not to do it'.

### [In Which a Great Patriotic Conference Is Holden](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_dorrit_se/chapters/xii-in-which-a-great-patriotic-conference-is-holden)

The noble guest at the dinner, who inquires about the Dorrit case and engages in political maneuvering with Mr. Merdle.

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