# Mr. Clarkson — Phineas Finn character guide

> Mr. Clarkson in Phineas Finn by Anthony Trollope.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Clarkson, Whereupon Mr. Clarkson

**First appearance:** 0051-lii-the-first-blow

## Who they are

A moneylender who pursues Fitzgibbon.

## In the story

### [Do Be Punctual](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/phineas_finn_se/chapters/xxi-do-be-punctual)

Persistent debt collector who pressures Phineas for payment and arranges another meeting.

### [Phineas Discussed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/phineas_finn_se/chapters/xxvii-phineas-discussed)

Visits Phineas's lodgings to demand payment of a debt; threatens to continue coming until paid.

### [The Second Reading Is Carried](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/phineas_finn_se/chapters/xxviii-the-second-reading-is-carried)

Publicly accosts Phineas in the lobby of the House about a debt incurred by Laurence Fitzgibbon.

### [Finn for Loughton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/phineas_finn_se/chapters/xxxi-finn-for-loughton)

Visits Phineas again to demand payment of the debt.

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