"Holgrave" is the name of the mysterious boarder in Nathaniel Hawthorne's second great work, "The House of the Seven Gables". Holgrave interacts stoically with the other characters, eventually revealing that he is the last remaining ancestor of the maligned Maul family. Throughout the story, Holgrave asserts himself as a tender-hearted intellectual well-versed in the tragic history of the Pyncheon family.