A character in Middlemarch
Middlemarch by George Eliot
A good-natured, conventional baronet who first courts Dorothea, then marries Celia and becomes a devoted brother-in-law wary of Will Ladislaw.
Also known as: Sir James, Chettam
Inside the story
Sir James Chettam is a good-natured, conventional baronet living among the landed families of Middlemarch. At the story’s outset, he is courting Dorothea Brooke and is also known to her younger sister, Celia, whose more practical nature contrasts with Dorothea’s ideals.
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