# Mr. Beauleigh — The Black Moth character guide

> Mr. Beauleigh in The Black Moth by Georgette Heyer.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Beauleigh, poor old Beauleigh

**First appearance:** 0007-vii-introducing-sundry-new-characters

## Snapshot

A modest country gentleman whose household becomes an unexpected stage for the schemes and longings of far grander players.

## Who they are

Mr. Beauleigh is a gentleman of modest means, father to Diana and Elizabeth, whose quiet country life is interrupted by visitors far above his station. His name surfaces in the schemes of the powerful, who see his household as a convenient pawn, and his ordinariness throws the machinations around him into stark relief. He matters because the safety and happiness of his daughters give the novel's middle chapters their stakes.

## In the story

### [My Lord Makes His Bow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_moth_se/chapters/xiii-my-lord-makes-his-bow)

He greets Jack at the bottom of the stairs and invites him to the garden, but soon retreats to his library.

### [XIV: Mistress Diana Is Unmaidenly](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_moth_se/chapters/xiv-mistress-diana-is-unmaidenly)

Reacted coldly after Jack confessed to being a highwayman.

### [XVI: Mr. Bettison Proposes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_moth_se/chapters/xvi-mr-bettison-proposes)

Hopes for Mr. Bettison as a son-in-law, later retreats to his library upon seeing Lady O'Hara.

### [His Grace of Andover Captures the Queen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_moth_se/chapters/xxv-his-grace-of-andover-captures-the-queen)

Diana's father; dismisses his sister's concerns about the groom.

### [My Lord Rides to Frustrate His Grace](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_moth_se/chapters/xxvi-my-lord-rides-to-frustrate-his-grace)

Arrives breathless and distraught, pleading for Jack's help after Diana's horse returns with a note from the Duke.

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