George Frobisher

In the short story The Cretan Bull, Colonel George Frobisher is a longtime friend of Admiral Chandler and his family. He is also the godfather of Hugh Chandler.

In his youth he had been in love with, the then unmarried, Caroline Chandler. When he returned after being posted in India for some time he found that she had married the Admiral. This however didn’t change the friendship between the two men.

George turned out to be the real father of Hugh.