# Mr. Hiram Potts — Bulldog Drummond character guide > Mr. Hiram Potts in Bulldog Drummond by H. C. McNeile. **Role:** supporting **Also known as:** Mr. Potts, Hiram Potts, Potts, the wretched Potts, Hiram C. Potts, the hapless Potts **First appearance:** 0001-i-in-which-he-takes-tea-at-the-carlton-and-is-surprised ## Snapshot An American millionaire whose name is as unfortunate as his luck, drugged and displayed as a business-as-usual invalid while his fortune hangs in the balance. ## Who they are 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 mutter 'Danger' and shrink from his own signature, a wreck where a captain of industry should be. His vacant stare becomes the first hard proof that the conspiracy is real, and his recovery a race against whatever the villains plan next. ## In the story ### [In Which He Journeys to Godalming and the Game Begins](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/chapters/ii-in-which-he-journeys-to-godalming-and-the-game-begins) American millionaire mentioned as possibly being held against his will by the gang. ### [III: In Which Things Happen in Half Moon Street](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/chapters/iii-in-which-things-happen-in-half-moon-street) The drugged American under the doctor's care; his thumb has been crushed by a thumbscrew. ### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/chapters/i) The American millionaire found in a drug-induced daze, with a crushed thumb and a signed document hinting at a plot. ### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/chapters/iii) The American millionaire who is the target of the abduction; actually a decoy (Mullings) in this chapter. ### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/chapters/i) The missing American; his whereabouts are the central point of contention in the chapter. ### [In Which There Is Trouble at Goring](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/chapters/v-in-which-there-is-trouble-at-goring) Reported in the newspaper to have returned to the Carlton, though Drummond knows he is at Goring. ### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/chapters/ii) The real Potts is at Goring; an impostor impersonates him at the Carlton. ### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/chapters/i) The American millionaire who has been kidnapped by the gang. ### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/chapters/iii) Reported kidnapped from Drummond's bungalow at Goring after being drugged. ### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/chapters/iv) The drugged American millionaire rescued by Drummond from his bed. ### [In Which He Spends an Hour or Two on a Roof](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/chapters/vii-in-which-he-spends-an-hour-or-two-on-a-roof) Mentioned in Drummond's thoughts as part of the gang's mysterious activities. ### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/chapters/i) Mentioned as an American whose role in the gang's plot is unclear. ### [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/chapters/iii) The American millionaire being coerced into signing an agreement; he refuses but is terrified by the thumbscrew threat. ### [In Which He Goes to Paris for a Night](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/chapters/viii-in-which-he-goes-to-paris-for-a-night) Rescued by Drummond from torture; follows instructions to flee to The Larches and later accompanies Drummond to Paris. ### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/chapters/i) The American who was being tortured; he is instructed by Drummond to escape to a nearby house and call for Phyllis, and later arrives with Drummond's friends. ### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/chapters/iii) The rescued American millionaire, still dazed from the drug and unable to provide information. ### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/chapters/iv) Mentioned as the missing American citizen that Mr. Green is seeking; Drummond hints that Potts is being 'wrapped up in cottonwool' by someone else. ### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/chapters/i) Mentioned as having been rescued from Peterson's torture and flown to safety by Jerningham. ### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/chapters/ii) Potts is introduced as a shrewd American shipping magnate and conversationalist; he advises Drummond to secure his room and later investigates the attack. ### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/chapters/iii) The American who is convinced by Drummond that Peterson and the Comte de Guy are the same man. ### [In Which the Last Round Takes Place](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/chapters/xii-in-which-the-last-round-takes-place) Recovers from drugging, recounts his kidnapping and refusal to sign a document, and learns of the plot against him. ### [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/chapters/ii) Recovering from drugging and kidnapping; recounts the criminal scheme proposed by Peterson and Lakington. ### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/chapters/iii) The American millionaire who was tortured by Peterson; reveals the price of revolution. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/characters/mr_hiram_potts - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulldog_drummond_se/characters