# Cuthbert Clare — Tess of the d’Urbervilles character guide

> Cuthbert Clare in Tess of the d’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Cuthbert, the Reverend Cuthbert

**First appearance:** 0031-xxv

## Who they are

Angel's other brother, also a clergyman, who shares Felix's conventional views.

## In the story

### [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tess_of_the_d_urbervilles_se/chapters/ii)

The second brother, an undergraduate, who walks on with Felix while Angel stays to dance.

### [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tess_of_the_d_urbervilles_se/chapters/xxv)

Angel's other brother, a classical scholar and Fellow of his College, who is more liberal-minded but less heartful than Felix.

### [XLIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tess_of_the_d_urbervilles_se/chapters/xliv)

Cuthbert Clare, the other brother, picks up Tess's boots with his stick for Mercy Chant to take home.

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