# Mr. Cadwallader — Middlemarch character guide

> Mr. Cadwallader in Middlemarch by George Eliot.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Cadwallader, Cadwallader

**First appearance:** 0006-iii

## Who they are

The rector of Tipton, husband of Mrs. Cadwallader.

## In the story

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/viii)

The Rector listens to Sir James's objections but declines to intervene, defending Casaubon as a decent man and respecting Dorothea's freedom of choice.

### [XXXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/middlemarch_se/chapters/xxxviii)

Reads the Trumpet article aloud; suggests Brooke hire Garth to improve the estate and silence critics.

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