# Lady Eustace — The Prime Minister character guide

> Lady Eustace in The Prime Minister by Anthony Trollope.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Lizzy Eustace, Lizzie, Lizzie Eustace, that horrid Lady Eustace

**First appearance:** 0053-liv-lizzie

## Who they are

Beautiful and scheming widow who causes scandal.

## Relationships

### [Ferdinand Lopez](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/characters/ferdinand_lopez)

_romantic_

Brief romantic entanglement; Ferdinand pursues Lady Eustace for her wealth, but she ultimately rejects him.

### [Ferdinand Lopez](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/characters/ferdinand_lopez)

_romantic_

Brief romantic entanglement; Ferdinand pursues Lady Eustace for her wealth, but she ultimately rejects him.

### [Ferdinand Lopez](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/characters/ferdinand_lopez)

_romantic_

Brief romantic entanglement; Ferdinand pursues Lady Eustace for her wealth, but she ultimately rejects him.

## In the story

### [XLVII: As for Love!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/xlvii-as-for-love)

Accepts Ferdinand's dinner invitation, with her wealth and potential commercial involvement being the reason for the invitation.

### [XLVIII: “Has He Ill-Treated You?”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/xlviii-has-he-ill-treated-you)

Attends the dinner, discusses the Duchess of Omnium, and is courted by Lopez with stories of trade and investment.

### [Mr. Slide's Revenge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/l-mr-slide-s-revenge)

Provides Slide with information about the Duke's payment to Lopez, obtained from Major Pountney.

### [LIV: Lizzie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prime_minister_se/chapters/liv-lizzie)

Wealthy widow living in a small May Fair street; flirts with Lopez and entertains his proposal but ultimately rejects him as a fool.

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