# Sir Roger Mortimer — Melmoth the Wanderer character guide

> Sir Roger Mortimer in Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Robert Maturin.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Sir Roger, Roger

**First appearance:** 0007-vi

## Who they are

Elinor's father, a stern and traditional English gentleman.

## Relationships

### [Margaret Mortimer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/characters/margaret_mortimer)

_family_

Margaret and Sir Roger Mortimer are husband and wife, their relationship strained by grief and Sir Roger's inability to protect their daughter Elinor.

### [John Melmoth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/characters/john_melmoth)

_rivalry_

John Melmoth is a sinister adversary to Sir Roger Mortimer, threatening his family's peace and sanity through supernatural manipulation.

### [John Melmoth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/characters/john_melmoth)

_rivalry_

John Melmoth is a sinister adversary to Sir Roger Mortimer, threatening his family's peace and sanity through supernatural manipulation.

### [John Melmoth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/characters/john_melmoth)

_rivalry_

John Melmoth is a sinister adversary to Sir Roger Mortimer, threatening his family's peace and sanity through supernatural manipulation.

## In the story

### [XXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/chapters/xxix)

Reformation-era ancestor who distributed Tyndale Bibles.

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