Allan Burnley is the doctor of Blair Water, the father of Ilse Burnley and the husband of Beatrice Burnley (nèe Mitchell). After the death of his wife, and listening to the rumors, he lost his faith in God. He also started to keep distances with his daughter, ignoring her, due to her physical appearance of her mother.He is very agressive when he is angry. After learning the truth of Beatrice's death from Emily Byrd Starr, he started giving a really big love to his daughter, at the point of spoiling her, to compensate the ignorance years.