# Lord Holchester — Man and Wife character guide

> Lord Holchester in Man and Wife by Wilkie Collins.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the new Lord Holchester

**First appearance:** 0074-fifteenth-scene-holchester-house

## Who they are

Geoffrey and Julius's father, a peer.

## In the story

### [Chapter VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/man_and_wife_se/chapters/vii)

Mr. Delamayn is elevated to the peerage as Baron Holchester of Holchester.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/man_and_wife_se/chapters/ix)

Formerly Mr. Delamayn, the solicitor who discovered the flaw in the Irish marriage; now a peer and one of the few survivors of the Hampstead tragedy.

### [XIV: Geoffrey as a Letter-Writer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/man_and_wife_se/chapters/xiv-geoffrey-as-a-letter-writer)

Geoffrey's father; has suffered a paralytic stroke but is now rallying; his recovery complicates Geoffrey's position.

### [Geoffrey in the Marriage Market](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/man_and_wife_se/chapters/xv-geoffrey-in-the-marriage-market)

Though physically weakened, his mind is clear; he sets the condition that Geoffrey must marry a woman of suitable birth and fortune to be received again.

### [XLVII: The Last Chance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/man_and_wife_se/chapters/xlvii-the-last-chance)

Dying peer who refused to sign a codicil for Geoffrey until Anne Silvester was found; dies at the chapter's end.

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