# The Duchess of Omnium — The Duke’s Children character guide

> The Duchess of Omnium in The Duke’s Children by Anthony Trollope.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Duchess of Omnium, Glencora, Lady Glencora McCloskie

**First appearance:** 0000-i-when-the-duchess-was-dead

## Who they are

The late Duchess, remembered by the family.

## In the story

### [Lady Mary Palliser](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/ii-lady-mary-palliser)

Deceased; her earlier confidences to Mrs. Finn about Mary's potential marriage to a poor man are recalled.

### [Francis Oliphant Tregear](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/iii-francis-oliphant-tregear)

The late Duchess who had grown fond of Tregear in Italy and had planned to tell the Duke about the engagement, but died before doing so.

### [Park Lane](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/iv-park-lane)

Deceased; remembered as having supported Tregear's engagement.

### [The Duke in His Study](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/xxii-the-duke-in-his-study)

Recalled in the Duke's thoughts as a young person who did not prevail in a similar situation, and whose fate he ponders.

### [She Must Be Made to Obey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_duke_s_children_se/chapters/xxiv-she-must-be-made-to-obey)

Mentioned in the Duke's recollection of his own arranged marriage and her prior attachment to Burgo Fitzgerald.

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