# Sir John Purefoy — The American Senator character guide

> Sir John Purefoy in The American Senator by Anthony Trollope.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Sir John, Purefoy

**First appearance:** 0001-ii-the-morton-family

## Who they are

A baronet and neighbor to the Mortons.

## In the story

### [The Rufford Correspondence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_american_senator_se/chapters/xxxi-the-rufford-correspondence)

Blamed by Lord Rufford for sending the mare that caused Major Caneback's accident.

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