# Cecil Twyford — Arrowsmith character guide

> Cecil Twyford in Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Cecil Twyford, Twyford, Cecil

**First appearance:** 0057-i

## Who they are

A wealthy, eccentric Englishman who funds a plague expedition.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/arrowsmith_se/chapters/i)

A wealthy planter who criticizes Sir Robert Fairlamb as a 'potty and snoring fool.'

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/arrowsmith_se/chapters/iii)

Arrives after the Board meeting and offers to help Martin in St. Swithin's Parish.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/arrowsmith_se/chapters/vi)

Concurrence enables Martin's experiment; Martin is invited to stay at his home.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/arrowsmith_se/chapters/vii)

The owner of Frangipani Court, a rigid English planter who maintains strict routines despite the plague.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/arrowsmith_se/chapters/i)

Risks his life nursing the sick despite his previous treatment of laborers.

### [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/arrowsmith_se/chapters/ii)

Mentioned as part of the Twyford family, whose stolidity Martin and Joyce flee from.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/arrowsmith_se/chapters/iii)

Assents to Martin's suggestion that Leora be invited to Penrith Lodge.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/arrowsmith_se/chapters/v)

Martin borrows his car; Twyford helps carry on the experiment at St. Swithin's.

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