The Secret of Father Brown · Character

Lady Mounteagle

An elderly noblewoman involved in a mystery.

minor

Also known as Mounteagle, old Mounteagle

First appearance: the secret of father brown

Lady Mounteagle's tie to Father Brown is one of the pressures that moves The Secret of Father Brown—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.

Hosts the bazaar and defends the Master of the Mountain as a genuine spiritual leader.

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With Father Brown (social): Father Brown and Lady Mounteagle are acquainted through social circles, with her possibly being a noblewoman involved in the story's events. With Father Brown (social): Father Brown and Lady Mounteagle are acquainted through social circles, with her possibly being a noblewoman involved in the story's events. With Father Brown (social): Father Brown and Lady Mounteagle are acquainted through social circles, with her possibly being a noblewoman involved in the story's events.

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Character groups

Eccentric and Mysterious
Protagonist
Cult and Adventure

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Father Brown
social · ambivalent
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Father Brown
social · ambivalent
Father Brown and Lady Mounteagle are acquainted through social circles, with her possibly… How this plays out →
Father Brown
social · ambivalent
Father Brown and Lady Mounteagle are acquainted through social circles, with her possibly… How this plays out →

Father Brown
Father Brown and Lady Mounteagle are acquainted through social circles, with her possibly being a noblewoman involved in the story's events.
Father Brown
Father Brown and Lady Mounteagle are acquainted through social circles, with her possibly being a noblewoman involved in the story's events.
Father Brown
Father Brown and Lady Mounteagle are acquainted through social circles, with her possibly being a noblewoman involved in the story's events.

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