# Squire Brown — Tom Brown’s School Days character guide

> Squire Brown in Tom Brown’s School Days by Thomas Hughes.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** The Squire, Squire, the Squire, Brown

**First appearance:** 0001-part-i-i-the-brown-family

## Who they are

Tom's father, a wise and affectionate country gentleman who sends Tom to Rugby.

## Relationships

### [Tom Brown](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tom_brown_s_school_days_se/characters/tom_brown)

_family_

Squire Brown is Tom's loving father who sends him to Rugby with advice and pride, maintaining a warm paternal relationship.

### [Tom Brown](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tom_brown_s_school_days_se/characters/tom_brown)

_family_

Squire Brown is Tom's loving father who sends him to Rugby with advice and pride, maintaining a warm paternal relationship.

## In the story

### [Tom Brown's School Days Part I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tom_brown_s_school_days_se/chapters/tom-brown-s-school-days)

Tom's father, a respected squire who influences Tom's early life and values.

### [I: The Brown Family](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tom_brown_s_school_days_se/chapters/part-i-i-the-brown-family)

Mentioned as the head of the Brown household in the Vale, a contemporary of an old Oxford don, and part of the insular family life.

### [The Veast](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tom_brown_s_school_days_se/chapters/part-i-ii-the-veast)

Tom's father, mentioned as having decided in Benjy's favour as Tom's dry nurse, and whose own father (Tom's grandfather) is recalled in Benjy's stories.

### [Sundry Wars and Alliances](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tom_brown_s_school_days_se/chapters/part-i-iii-sundry-wars-and-alliances)

Squire Brown encourages Tom's association with village boys, holding the belief that a man should be valued for himself regardless of rank or fortune.

### [The Stage Coach](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tom_brown_s_school_days_se/chapters/part-i-iv-the-stage-coach)

Tom's father, who gives him parting advice about honesty, courage, and kindness, and sees him off at the Peacock Inn.

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