Archdeacon Grantly

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character in a novel clergyman fictional character

Archdeacon Grantly is a central clergyman character in Anthony Trollope’s *Chronicles of Barsetshire*, known for his staunch conservatism, ecclesiastical ambition, and comic yet sympathetic portrayal.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Archdeacon Theophilus Grantly 4
Archdeacon of Barchester 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf character in a novel ⓘ
clergyman ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
appearsIn Barchester Towers ⓘ
Doctor Thorne ⓘ
Framley Parsonage ⓘ
The Last Chronicle of Barset NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Small House at Allington ⓘ
The Warden NERFINISHED ⓘ
appearsInSeries Chronicles of Barsetshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Barchester Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bishop Proudie ⓘ
Eleanor Bold NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mr Harding ⓘ
Mr Obadiah Slope ⓘ
surface form: Mr Slope
characterTrait ambitious ⓘ
comic ⓘ
conservative ⓘ
loyal ⓘ
proud ⓘ
sympathetic ⓘ
createdBy Anthony Trollope NERFINISHED ⓘ
fatherInLaw Mr Harding ⓘ
firstAppearance The Warden NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
hasFamilyRole son-in-law of Mr Harding ⓘ
hasSocialStatus upper-middle-class clergyman ⓘ
hasTitle Dr Grantly ⓘ
knownFor conflicts over church reform ⓘ
defending the Church of England’s privileges ⓘ
staunch ecclesiastical conservatism ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
literaryPeriod Victorian literature ⓘ
narrativeFunction comic figure ⓘ
representative of High Church conservatism ⓘ
narrativeRole central character in the Chronicles of Barsetshire ⓘ
nationality English ⓘ
occupation archdeacon ⓘ
positionInChurch Archdeacon Grantly self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Archdeacon of Barchester
relative Eleanor Harding ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
residence Barchester NERFINISHED ⓘ
Plumstead Episcopi ⓘ
setIn fictional county of Barsetshire ⓘ
spouse Susan Grantly ⓘ
themeInvolvement church politics ⓘ
family loyalty ⓘ
tradition versus reform ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mr Septimus Harding → friendOf → Archdeacon Grantly ⓘ
this entity surface form: Archdeacon Theophilus Grantly
The Warden → hasCharacter → Archdeacon Grantly ⓘ
this entity surface form: Archdeacon Theophilus Grantly
Barchester Towers → mainCharacter → Archdeacon Grantly ⓘ
this entity surface form: Archdeacon Theophilus Grantly
The Last Chronicle of Barset → mainCharacter → Archdeacon Grantly ⓘ
The Warden → mainCharacter → Archdeacon Grantly ⓘ
this entity surface form: Archdeacon Theophilus Grantly
Chronicles of Barsetshire → notableCharacter → Archdeacon Grantly ⓘ
Archdeacon Grantly → positionInChurch → Archdeacon Grantly self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Archdeacon of Barchester