# Reverend Doctor Chennery — The Dead Secret character guide

> Reverend Doctor Chennery in The Dead Secret by Wilkie Collins.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Doctor Chennery, Chennery

**First appearance:** 0005-i-fifteen-years-after

## Who they are

A clergyman and relative of the Franklands who helps with family matters.

## In the story

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

Vicar of Long Beckley; a large, jovial man who provides the account of Leonard's blindness.

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

Narrates the story of Porthgenna Tower's sale to Mr. Phippen, expressing strong opinions about Andrew Treverton.

### [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)

Old friend and adviser; proposes writing to Andrew Treverton for information about the north rooms of Porthgenna Tower.

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

The sender of the letter to Andrew Treverton, requesting the book with the plan of Porthgenna Tower.

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

Writes to the Franklands about the plan and leaves the decision to them.

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