# Andrew Treverton — The Dead Secret character guide

> Andrew Treverton in The Dead Secret by Wilkie Collins.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Andrew, Mr. Treverton, Mr. Andrew Treverton

**First appearance:** 0009-i-timon-of-london

## Snapshot

Rosamond's reclusive, wealthy uncle in London, whose sour solitude and old grievances shadow the family's affairs.

## Who they are

Andrew Treverton lives shut away in London with only his servant for company, a man whose wealth and grudges have outlasted his willingness to be seen. He is the family's uncomfortable remainder — the relative no one quite knows what to do with, and whose history with Porthgenna is not as settled as it looks. His isolation gives the novel a second, darker household to measure the Franklands' happiness against.

## Relationships

### [Shrowl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_dead_secret_se/characters/shrowl)

_professional_

Andrew Treverton is the master and Shrowl his servant, with a relationship marked by mutual distrust and exploitation.

### [Shrowl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_dead_secret_se/characters/shrowl)

_professional_

Andrew Treverton is the master and Shrowl his servant, with a relationship marked by mutual distrust and exploitation.

### [Shrowl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_dead_secret_se/characters/shrowl)

_professional_

Andrew Treverton is the master and Shrowl his servant, with a relationship marked by mutual distrust and exploitation.

## In the story

### [Book I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_dead_secret_se/chapters/book-i)

Brother of Captain Treverton, who later becomes involved in the family secrets.

### [Book II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_dead_secret_se/chapters/book-ii)

Central figure in the unfolding events at Porthgenna Tower.

### [I: Fifteen Years After](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_dead_secret_se/chapters/i-fifteen-years-after)

Rosamond's uncle, described as a whimsical old brute; one of the last of the Treverton family.

### [II: The Sale of Porthgenna Tower](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_dead_secret_se/chapters/ii-the-sale-of-porthgenna-tower)

Estranged brother of Captain Treverton, described as misanthropic and cynical; not approached about the sale.

### [I: Timon of London](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_dead_secret_se/chapters/i-timon-of-london)

Introduced as the misanthropic 'Timon of London,' living in squalor in Bayswater, burning the newspaper account of his brother's death and brooding over his past.

### [I: An Old Friend and a New Scheme](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_dead_secret_se/chapters/i-an-old-friend-and-a-new-scheme)

Identified by Doctor Chennery as the only living person who might know the location of the Myrtle Room; described as a cross-grained relative.

### [II: The Beginning of the End](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_dead_secret_se/chapters/ii-the-beginning-of-the-end)

Engaged in grinding his own corn, he receives Doctor Chennery's letter with irritation and expresses his hatred for his niece and his disdain for his servant Shrowl.

### [IV: Standing on the Brink](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_dead_secret_se/chapters/iv-standing-on-the-brink)

The uncle who withheld the plan; his servant Shrowl is selling a copy surreptitiously.

### [V: Forty Thousand Pounds](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_dead_secret_se/chapters/v-forty-thousand-pounds)

Returns the forty thousand pounds and dismisses Shrowl, then plans to travel.

## Links

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