Fellowes, Mr.

Rector and magistrate, a man with a persuasive tongue. "A man of imposing appearance, with a mellifluous voice and the readiest of tongues. Mr. Fellowes once obtained a living by the persuasive charms of his conversation, and the fluency with which he interpreted the opinions of an obese and stammering baronet, so as to give that elderly gentleman a very pleasing perception of his own wisdom. Mr. Fellowes is a very successful man, and has the highest character everywhere except in his own parish, where, doubtless because his parishioners happen to be quarrelsome people, he is always at fierce feud with a farmer or two, a colliery proprietor, a grocer who was once churchwarden, and a tailor who formerly officiated as clerk." In the lists of originals made in Nuneaton after the publication of the Scenes of Clerical Life, the original of Mr. Fellowes was given as the Rev. Henry Bellairs (1790-1872), rector of Bedworth 1830-64.

<em>The Sad Fortunes of the Reverend Amos Barton</em>

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