Lord Frederick

In the novel At Bertram's Hotel, Lord Frederick is a client of the solicitor Richard Egerton, of the law firm  Egerton, Forbes & Wilborough in Bloomsbury. Frederick is consulting Egerton just as Elvira Blake arrives to see him.

The case Frederick is concerned with is not known. During the consultation, Egerton advises Frederick (he calls him "Freddie") that his case is weak. He might even be open to criminal prosecution. He should therefore settle with his adversary (a woman) out of court. Egerton anticipates that the other side would not accept less than twelve thousand pounds. But to attempt to fight the matter in court would probably cost a lot more.

Frederick's purpose in the plot is marginal. He was probably inserted to showcase the kind of shrew, forthright lawyer that Egerton was.