Lord Glenarvan

Lord Glenarvan is a fictional character which appears in Jules Verne's 1868 novel In Search of the Castaways and then briefly appears in The Mysterious Island (1875). He is a wealthy Scottish noble married to Lady Glenarvan.

Lord Edward Glenarvan
Voyages Extraordinaires character
Lord Glenarvan in Les Enfants du capitaine Grant
First appearanceLes Enfants du capitaine Grant (1868)
Last appearanceL'Île mystérieuse (1874)
Created byJules Verne
In-universe information
GenderMale
Familywife Lady Helena; cousin Major MacNabb
NationalityScottish

Lord Glenarvan owns a yacht called the Duncan, which he uses to help find Captain Grant of the Brittania, who is being sought by his children Robert and Mary. After many travels and misfortunes he and his crew eventually finds the captain in the conclusion of In Search of the Castaways.

In The Mysterious Island, Lord Glenarvan uses the Duncan to save castaways and the repentant criminal Tom Ayrton on the fictional Lincoln Island.


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