# Thomas — If I Had a Father character guide

> Thomas in If I Had a Father by George MacDonald.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Thomas Wheer, Tommy, Thomas Ov a pratty yung lass, Thomas Dun, Thomas Thae, Thomas Somebory, Thomas Nea, Thomas Coom, Thomas Theighur, Thomas Advancing, Thomas Ivvery body, Thomas Mun aw, Thomas Han, Thomas Yigh, Thomas Bless tho

**First appearance:** 0000-act-i

## Snapshot

A Yorkshireman with a stick and a mission, chasing a cheeky street boy through London in search of something—or someone—he has lost.

## Who they are

Thomas arrives in London speaking broad dialect and looking for a lost person, and his run-ins with the sharp-tongued Bill and the wary Colonel Gervaise mark him as a stranger in a strange land. He is dogged, suspicious of city folk, and not easily frightened, but his search keeps leading him into places he does not understand. His persistence quietly threads the play's scattered worlds together, and his plain decency stands against the city's casual cruelties.

## Relationships

### [Gervaise](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/if_i_had_a_father_se/characters/gervaise)

_family_

Thomas is Gervaise's brother, and their relationship is protective yet distant, with unspoken tensions.

### [Bill](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/if_i_had_a_father_se/characters/bill)

_professional_

Bill and Thomas have a working relationship, with Thomas often acting as Bill's right-hand man, though trust is limited.

### [Mattie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/if_i_had_a_father_se/characters/mattie)

_friendship_

Mattie and Thomas share a quiet, understanding friendship, often finding common ground in their loyalty to Gervaise.

### [Mo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/if_i_had_a_father_se/characters/mo)

_friendship_

Mo and Thomas share a friendly, bantering relationship, often providing comic relief.

### [Gervaise](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/if_i_had_a_father_se/characters/gervaise)

_family_

Thomas is Gervaise's brother, and their relationship is protective yet distant, with unspoken tensions.

### [Mattie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/if_i_had_a_father_se/characters/mattie)

_friendship_

Mattie and Thomas share a quiet, understanding friendship, often finding common ground in their loyalty to Gervaise.

### [Bill](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/if_i_had_a_father_se/characters/bill)

_professional_

Bill and Thomas have a working relationship, with Thomas often acting as Bill's right-hand man, though trust is limited.

### [Mo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/if_i_had_a_father_se/characters/mo)

_friendship_

Mo and Thomas share a friendly, bantering relationship, often providing comic relief.

### [Mo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/if_i_had_a_father_se/characters/mo)

_friendship_

Mo and Thomas share a friendly, bantering relationship, often providing comic relief.

### [Bill](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/if_i_had_a_father_se/characters/bill)

_professional_

Bill and Thomas have a working relationship, with Thomas often acting as Bill's right-hand man, though trust is limited.

### [Gervaise](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/if_i_had_a_father_se/characters/gervaise)

_family_

Thomas is Gervaise's brother, and their relationship is protective yet distant, with unspoken tensions.

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