Sir John Tallant

Sir John Tallant is the brother of Reverend Henry Tallant and the uncle of his eight children. He is the squire of Heythram.

He and his late wife Eliza had two sons, Thomas (a young man of twenty-seven) and Algernon, an army officer currently stationed in Belgium. He disapproves of Tom's interest in Arabella.

He is very fond of horses and hunting, and he taught Bertram how to handle a whip. He advises Mrs Tallant to send Bertram into the army like he did with Algernon

He sends Arabella to London in his travelling-carriage with a fifty-pound note. Arabella embroiders him a pair of slippers in thanks.

It is not stated in the text whether he is a knight or a baronet.

Appearances

 * Arabella