# Lord Redcar — In the Days of the Comet character guide

> Lord Redcar in In the Days of the Comet by H. G. Wells.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** young Lord Redcar, Redcar

**First appearance:** 0010-ii-nettie

## Snapshot

A young aristocrat whose friendship with Edward Verrall draws him into a pursuit that tests his privilege and loyalties.

## Who they are

Lord Redcar belongs to the leisured class of the old world, moving easily through the social circles that Willie Leadford can only glimpse from outside. His tension is the gap between aristocratic ease and the raw urgency of the pursuit he becomes entangled in, a pursuit that demands more of him than his upbringing prepared him for. He matters because his presence in the narrative shows how the old hierarchies persist even as the comet's influence begins to dissolve them, and his choices ripple through the middle arc.

## Relationships

### [Mitchell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/characters/mitchell)

_professional_

Lord Redcar is a wealthy industrialist or landowner, and Mitchell is likely his employee or subordinate.

### [Melmount](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/characters/melmount)

_professional_

Lord Redcar and Melmount are likely political or business associates, collaborating on matters of power and reform.

### [Mitchell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_the_days_of_the_comet_se/characters/mitchell)

_professional_

Lord Redcar is a wealthy industrialist or landowner, and Mitchell is likely his employee or subordinate.

## In the story

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

Young coal owner and landlord, taking a hard line against striking miners, driving a motor car and provoking resentment.

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

Colliery owner whose motorcar causes a confrontation with the crowd; described as a big, fair, handsome young man.

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

Mentioned as having contributed to the planning of the commune and its railway line.

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