# Cimberton — The Conscious Lovers character guide

> Cimberton in The Conscious Lovers by Richard Steele.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Sir Geoffry Cimberton, old Cimberton, Mr. Cimberton

**First appearance:** 0008-act-iii

## Snapshot

A pedantic fortune-hunter paraded before Lucinda, who inspects her like livestock and lectures on necks and bosoms with a connoisseur's gravity.

## Who they are

Cimberton arrives as the wealthy suitor Mrs. Sealand favors, a man whose avarice and vanity make him examine a prospective bride the way a jockey examines a horse. His absurd erudition and cold appraisal of Lucinda's charms turn courtship into a transaction, and his presence forces Myrtle and Bevil into ever more elaborate stratagems. He is the play's comic embodiment of marriage-as-bargain, the obstacle that makes the lovers' sincerity legible.

## Relationships

### [Phillis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conscious_lovers_se/characters/phillis)

_social_

Cimberton is a foolish suitor to Lucinda who interacts with Phillis as a servant, often condescendingly.

### [Lucinda](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conscious_lovers_se/characters/lucinda)

_romantic_

Cimberton is an unwanted, pompous suitor pursuing Lucinda for her fortune, which she resists.

### [Sir John Bevil](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conscious_lovers_se/characters/sir_john_bevil)

_social_

Cimberton is a ridiculous suitor whom Sir John tolerates but does not genuinely support for his son's friend.

### [Myrtle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_conscious_lovers_se/characters/myrtle)

_rivalry_

Cimberton is Myrtle's rival for Lucinda's hand, with Myrtle despising Cimberton's absurd pretensions.

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