# Plantagenet Palliser — Phineas Finn character guide

> Plantagenet Palliser in Phineas Finn by Anthony Trollope.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Mr. Plantagenet Palliser, Mr. Palliser, Palliser, Plantagenet

**First appearance:** 0047-xlviii-the-duke

## Snapshot

A grave, scrupulous young MP and heir to a dukedom, Palliser treats politics as a duty and marriage as a puzzle he has not yet learned to solve.

## Who they are

Plantagenet Palliser is the earnest, somewhat stiff future Duke of Omnium, a man whose integrity is real but whose manner makes him easy to underestimate. He moves in the same parliamentary and drawing-room circles as Phineas Finn, and his cautious courtship of Lady Glencora—conducted with more conscience than charm—becomes a study in the collision of ambition, duty, and feeling. He matters because he shows what a serious political life costs a man who cannot be charming.

## In the story

### [A Cabinet Meeting](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/phineas_finn_se/chapters/xxix-a-cabinet-meeting)

The young Chancellor of the Exchequer, present at the Cabinet meeting.

### [The Top Brick of the Chimney](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/phineas_finn_se/chapters/lvii-the-top-brick-of-the-chimney)

Lady Glencora's husband, who is more concerned with his budget than the heirship, but acknowledges the need to keep an eye on the Duke.

### [Madame Goesler’s Politics](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/phineas_finn_se/chapters/lx-madame-goesler-s-politics)

Mentioned as the Duke's heir, busy with parliamentary work and not in a hurry to inherit the dukedom.

### [LXI: Another Duel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/phineas_finn_se/chapters/lxi-another-duel)

Learns from the Duke of Omnium about the possible marriage and informs Lady Glencora.

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