# Murray Brooks — The Old Man in the Corner character guide

> Murray Brooks in The Old Man in the Corner by Baroness Orczy.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** young Murray Brooks, Mr. Murray Brooks, Mr. Brooks, Murray Brooks, the late Mr. Brooks, Mr. Murray

**First appearance:** 0003-ii-a-millionaire-in-the-dock

## Who they are

The murdered millionaire father of Percival Brooks.

## Relationships

### [Percival Brooks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_old_man_in_the_corner_se/characters/percival_brooks)

_family_

Murray Brooks and Percival Brooks are brothers, with a fraught relationship involving inheritance and murder.

### [Percival Brooks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_old_man_in_the_corner_se/characters/percival_brooks)

_family_

Murray Brooks and Percival Brooks are brothers, with a fraught relationship involving inheritance and murder.

### [Percival Brooks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_old_man_in_the_corner_se/characters/percival_brooks)

_family_

Murray Brooks and Percival Brooks are brothers, with a fraught relationship involving inheritance and murder.

## In the story

### [XXI: The Dublin Mystery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_old_man_in_the_corner_se/chapters/xxi-the-dublin-mystery)

Younger son, left a pittance of £300 a year, claims the later will is a forgery.

### [XXII: Forgery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_old_man_in_the_corner_se/chapters/xxii-forgery)

The younger son, who contests the will and ultimately wins probate of the earlier 1891 will.

### [XXIII: A Memorable Day](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_old_man_in_the_corner_se/chapters/xxiii-a-memorable-day)

The true forger and murderer, who forged the will in Percival's favor to have it invalidated.

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