# Bulldog Drummond — Character guide

> Key figures in Bulldog Drummond by H. C. McNeile.

- [Captain Hugh Drummond](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/characters/captain_hugh_drummond.md): Demobilized after the trenches and restless in peacetime, Drummond fills his days baiting gendarmes and trading quips with an American detective hunting a missing millionaire. His charm is a weapon: he plays the genial f
- [Carl Peterson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/characters/carl_peterson.md): Peterson runs a disciplined network of kidnappers and killers, yet he never comes himself when a job needs doing, sending lieutenants instead. Drummond treats him almost as a sporting rival, planning to part amicably if 
- [Henry Lakington](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/characters/henry_lakington.md): Where Peterson schemes, Lakington enjoys the dirty work, and his reputation for cold-blooded violence follows him through the gang's operations. Drummond speaks of him with a softness that is really menace, promising the
- [Algy Longworth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/characters/algy_longworth.md): Algy is the first friend Drummond ropes into the conspiracy, greeting the scheme as the most priceless thing he has ever heard. His one condition, an armistice during Ascot week, captures his priorities, but Drummond tru
- [Peter Darrell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/characters/peter_darrell.md): Darrell strolls into Drummond's flat in a gorgeous dressing-gown, but the moment orders are given the vacant youth vanishes and a keen-faced officer takes his place. He offers everything he has without hesitation, though
- [Toby Sinclair](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/characters/toby_sinclair.md): Sinclair, a V.C. man, drives through the summer night with Drummond and presses to join the coming confrontation, only to be ordered to take the car back instead. He protests peevishly and threatens to marry the girl him
- [James Denny](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/characters/james_denny.md): James runs Drummond's household with military precision, answering his employer's wilder schemes with a murmured 'Indeed, sir,' and a smart heel-click. When Drummond needs someone trailed, misdirected, or quietly watched
- [Irma Peterson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/characters/irma_peterson.md): Irma moves through the criminal underworld as Peterson's elegant partner, her beauty a lure and her composure a warning. She is the polished surface of a ruthless operation, and Drummond's circle learns to read her smile
- [Mr. Hiram Potts](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/characters/mr_hiram_potts.md): Potts arrives in London trailing a steel trust and a name no man should have to carry, only to fall into the orbit of Lakington and lose days to a drug-clouded haze. When Drummond finds him, the millionaire can only mutt
- [Ted Jerningham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/characters/ted_jerningham.md): Ted belongs to the tight circle of ex-officers who treat Drummond's schemes as the best sport going, greeting each new plan with delighted enthusiasm and a demand to be included. Where Drummond supplies cunning, Ted supp
- [Phyllis Benton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/characters/phyllis_benton.md): Phyllis has turned amateur detective to save her father from Lakington and Peterson, tracing secretaries to Belfast and asking careful questions at the Carlton. She warns Drummond that the men at The Elms suspect everyth
- [Mr. Benton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/characters/mr_benton.md): Phyllis's father, a wealthy man targeted by the criminals.
- [Jerry Seymour](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/characters/jerry_seymour.md): A friend of Drummond's who assists in the investigation.
- [Mullings](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/characters/mullings.md): A hapless servant or minor character in the employ of the villains.
- [Mr. Jerome K. Green](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/characters/mr_jerome_k_green.md): An American associate of Potts, calm and resourceful.
- [The Marquis of Laidley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/characters/the_marquis_of_laidley.md): A young aristocrat who helps introduce the American performers.
- [Jem Smith](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/characters/jem_smith.md): A minor character, possibly a servant or local.
- [Mr. Ditchling](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/characters/mr_ditchling.md): A minor character, possibly a servant or associate.
- [The Duchess of Lampshire](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/characters/the_duchess_of_lampshire.md): A society figure who appears briefly.
- [Steinemann](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/characters/steinemann.md): A German character, possibly a villainous associate.
- [Heinrich](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/characters/heinrich.md): A German henchman of the villains.
- [Ivolsky](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/characters/ivovsky.md): A Russian character, possibly a spy or associate.
- [Mrs. Denny](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/characters/mrs_denny.md): James Denny's wife, a minor character.

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