Mr. Chadband is a minister and pretends to be a deeply religious man. However, underneath this façade of piety, he is very greedy and interested in money. He eats a great deal and is described as an oily gentleman, which suggests that he is smarmy, gluttonous, and false. He is a friend of Mrs. Snagsby’s, who naively worships him, and is married to Mrs. Chadband. His wife used to be the maid of Miss Barbary, who is Esther Summerson’s aunt and the sister of Lady Dedlock. Mr. Chadband tries to save money and avoid paying for things at all costs. He tries to avoid paying for the cab he takes to the Snagsby’s house and, later, tries to extort money from Sir Leicester Dedlock when he discovers the link between Lady Dedlock and his wife and the fact that Lady Dedlock had an illegitimate child outside of her marriage.