# Baron d'Escorval — Monsieur Lecoq character guide > Baron d'Escorval in Monsieur Lecoq by Émile Gaboriau. **Role:** minor **Also known as:** the Baron d'Escorval **First appearance:** 0000-monsieur-lecoq ## Who they are The father of Maurice, a respected magistrate and royalist. ## In the story ### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/monsieur_lecoq_se/chapters/vi) The magistrate M. d'Escorval praises the investigation, adopts the report's hypothesis, and overawes Lecoq with his imperious tone. ### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/monsieur_lecoq_se/chapters/viii) The magistrate who examined the prisoner; has broken his leg and will be absent for weeks. ### [XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/monsieur_lecoq_se/chapters/xxiv) Discussed as the magistrate who faked a broken leg to avoid investigating his enemy, May. ### [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/monsieur_lecoq_se/chapters/xxv) His biography is read; he was condemned to death by the military commission presided over by the Duc de Sairmeuse's father. ### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/monsieur_lecoq_se/chapters/i) Mentioned as a potential advisor, but noted to be under police surveillance and of little account. ### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/monsieur_lecoq_se/chapters/ii) Mentioned as the father of Maurice and the owner of a red brick mansion; sends his son to warn Lacheneur. ### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/monsieur_lecoq_se/chapters/v) Anxiously awaits his son's return; offers friendship and support to Lacheneur after his ruin. ### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/monsieur_lecoq_se/chapters/vi) Maurice's father; he approves his son's marriage proposal and reflects on the cowardice of the villagers. ### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/monsieur_lecoq_se/chapters/xiv) Target of a proposal to exile him; Martial defends him, calling him a man of honesty and justice. ### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/monsieur_lecoq_se/chapters/xv) Summons a physician, learns of Maurice's ordeal, and resolves to confront Lacheneur. ### [Chapter XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/monsieur_lecoq_se/chapters/xvi) Visits Lacheneur to plead for Maurice and Marie-Anne, grows suspicious of Lacheneur's feigned reconciliation, and receives a cryptic warning from Martial. ### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/monsieur_lecoq_se/chapters/xviii) Visits Lacheneur to plead for Maurice, but is rejected; he suspects a conspiracy and warns Maurice. ### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/monsieur_lecoq_se/chapters/xix) Alarmed by his son's absences, he goes with Abbé Midon to the Reche on March 4th and witnesses Lacheneur's incendiary signal. ### [Chapter XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/monsieur_lecoq_se/chapters/xx) Included among the leaders of the movement. ### [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/monsieur_lecoq_se/chapters/xxi) Desperately tries to prevent Lacheneur's uprising and later attempts to intercept the rebels at the Croix d'Arcy. ### [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/monsieur_lecoq_se/chapters/xxii) Arrives at the Croix d'Arcy with Abbé Midon to stop the rebellion; follows the column pleading for reason, foreseeing disaster. ### [XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/monsieur_lecoq_se/chapters/xxiv) Conceals his fears from his wife, goes to Lacheneur's house with Abbé Midon, and is later believed to be a prisoner. ### [XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/monsieur_lecoq_se/chapters/xxvi) His name leads the list of prisoners selected for the military commission. ### [XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/monsieur_lecoq_se/chapters/xxvii) Calm and grave, but his own testimony inadvertently incriminates him; he is the primary target of the commission. ### [XXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/monsieur_lecoq_se/chapters/xxix) The condemned man whose life Marie-Anne and Martial are trying to save. ### [The Baron's Escape Plot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/monsieur_lecoq_se/chapters/xxx) Sentenced to death, he is determined to die bravely but is given hope by an escape plan orchestrated by Martial and Abbé Midon. ### [XXXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/monsieur_lecoq_se/chapters/xxxii) The escaped prisoner whose flight is the focus of the investigation; his fate is unknown until Chanlouineau learns of his success. ### [XXXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/monsieur_lecoq_se/chapters/xxxiv) Referenced as the victim of the Marquis de Courtornieu's betrayal. ### [XXXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/monsieur_lecoq_se/chapters/xxxv) Survives a fall from the tower after the rope is cut; is carried to Poignot's cottage and hidden in the loft. ### [XXXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/monsieur_lecoq_se/chapters/xxxvii) Wounded and recovering under the abbé's care; regains consciousness after three days. ### [XLIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/monsieur_lecoq_se/chapters/xliv) Referenced as the innocent man who demands a revision of his unjust sentence rather than accepting a pardon. ### [XLVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/monsieur_lecoq_se/chapters/xlvii) Recovers from his fall, moves from Poignot's farmhouse to the Borderie, and is later declared free and granted a new trial by Martial's documents. ### [XLVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/monsieur_lecoq_se/chapters/xlviii) His case is being revised; Martial seeks documents to aid his defense. ### [XLIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/monsieur_lecoq_se/chapters/xlix) Acquitted at his new trial and restored to his property, but deeply anxious about his son Maurice's grief and search for the child. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/monsieur_lecoq_se/characters/baron_descoval - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/monsieur_lecoq_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/monsieur_lecoq_se/characters