# Frank Harrogate — The Wisdom of Father Brown character guide

> Frank Harrogate in The Wisdom of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Mr. Harrogate, Frank, The young Harrogate, Mr. Frank Harrogate, young Harrogate, Frank Harrogate, the elder Harrogate

**First appearance:** 0013-the-fairy-tale-of-father-brown

## Snapshot

The banker's sunburnt, strenuous son, a fine lad overshadowed at every turn by his radiant sister Ethel and the exotic strangers at their table.

## Who they are

Frank Harrogate is the curly-haired son of the millionaire banker, a really fine lad whom nobody looks at while all eyes rest on his sister. His father's fortune and Ethel's flirtations place him at the edge of the family drama rather than its centre. His wholesome, athletic ordinariness throws the theatricality of Muscari, Ezza, and the brigand-haunted mountains into sharper relief.

## In the story

### [The Paradise of Thieves](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_wisdom_of_father_brown_se/chapters/the-paradise-of-thieves)

The banker's son, initially indifferent to his sister's fate but unsettled by Father Brown's warning.

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