# Sir Robert Brakenbury — Richard III character guide

> Sir Robert Brakenbury in Richard III by William Shakespeare.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Brakenbury, Sir Robert Brakenbury

**First appearance:** 0005-act-i-scene-iv

## Who they are

Lieutenant of the Tower, who guards Clarence and later the princes.

## In the story

### [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/richard_iii_se/chapters/act-i-scene-i)

Guards Clarence and enforces the king's order that no private conference be held with him.

### [Scene IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/richard_iii_se/chapters/act-i-scene-iv)

The Tower lieutenant who listens to Clarence's dream and reluctantly hands him over to the murderers.

### [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/richard_iii_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-i)

Lieutenant of the Tower, denies the ladies access to the princes on the Lord Protector's orders.

### [Scene V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/richard_iii_se/chapters/act-v-scene-v)

Listed among the slain on Richard's side.

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