Mr. Kenwigs is Mrs. Kenwigs’s husband and Morleena’s father. He diligently works to curry favor with Mr. Lillyvick so that his children might inherit Mr. Lillyvick’s fortune. For that reason, he feels betrayed when Mr. Lillyvick marries Henrietta, which would deprive his children of that inheritance. He accepts Mr. Lillyvick back into his good graces when Mr. Lillyvick pledges his fortune to the Kenwigses’ children.