a friend of huntingdon's. he is also annabella's devoted husband. sad and gloomy, he is in contrast to huntingdon. he used to gamble and drink too much alcohol and developed an addiction to opium, but gradually improves himself. lowborough truly loves annabella, and her infidelity brings him such suffering that only his christian faith and strong will keep him from suicide. later he divorces her and after some time marries a plain middle-aged woman, who makes a good wife to him and a stepmother to his children.