# The Colonel — Kate Plus 10 character guide

> The Colonel in Kate Plus 10 by Edgar Wallace.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** the Colonel, Colonel Westhanger, Colonel mio, Colonel

**First appearance:** 0000-i-eighty-three-pearls-on-a-string

## Snapshot

Colonel Westhanger presides at one end of Kate's long table, a military man whose daughter commands the room he sits in.

## Who they are

Colonel Westhanger is Kate's father and the nominal head of the conspirators' table, yet he alone receives no papers and is silenced when he questions her orders. His mild tolerance of her lateness and his growled objection to burning the instructions reveal a man whose authority has quietly passed to his daughter. That inversion — the Colonel seated at the head but taking orders — gives the early arc its uneasy family tension and hints at how completely Kate has remade the world around her.

## Relationships

### [The Girl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kate_plus_10_se/characters/the_girl)

_family_

The Colonel is likely a father or uncle figure to The Girl, showing protective and authoritative concern.

### [Michael Pretherston](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kate_plus_10_se/characters/michael_pretherston)

_rivalry_

Michael and The Colonel are adversaries, clashing over The Girl's welfare and Michael's intentions.

### [Kate Westhanger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kate_plus_10_se/characters/kate_westhanger)

_professional_

Kate and The Colonel share a professional relationship, possibly as colleagues in a shared mission or household.

### [The Girl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kate_plus_10_se/characters/the_girl)

_family_

The Colonel is likely a father or uncle figure to The Girl, showing protective and authoritative concern.

### [Michael Pretherston](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kate_plus_10_se/characters/michael_pretherston)

_rivalry_

Michael and The Colonel are adversaries, clashing over The Girl's welfare and Michael's intentions.

### [The Girl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kate_plus_10_se/characters/the_girl)

_family_

The Colonel is likely a father or uncle figure to The Girl, showing protective and authoritative concern.

### [Kate Westhanger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kate_plus_10_se/characters/kate_westhanger)

_professional_

Kate and The Colonel share a professional relationship, possibly as colleagues in a shared mission or household.

### [Michael Pretherston](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kate_plus_10_se/characters/michael_pretherston)

_rivalry_

Michael and The Colonel are adversaries, clashing over The Girl's welfare and Michael's intentions.

### [Kate Westhanger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kate_plus_10_se/characters/kate_westhanger)

_professional_

Kate and The Colonel share a professional relationship, possibly as colleagues in a shared mission or household.

## In the story

### [III: Other Eyes Watched Michael](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kate_plus_10_se/chapters/iii-other-eyes-watched-michael)

Colonel Westhanger watches Michael from his house in Crime Street, expresses dislike for him, and orders him to be followed.

### [IV: “The Ideal Criminal Is a Strategist”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kate_plus_10_se/chapters/iv-the-ideal-criminal-is-a-strategist)

Discusses the gang's operations with Kate, expresses nervousness about their big job, and later plans with Gregori.

### [IX: The Shareholders and an Interruption](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kate_plus_10_se/chapters/ix-the-shareholders-and-an-interruption)

Vehemently defends his role in Kate's upbringing, threatens Michael, and later nervously awaits Kate's arrival for the gang meeting.

### [XVI: On the Unmorality of Professional Thieves](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kate_plus_10_se/chapters/xvi-on-the-unmorality-of-professional-thieves)

Kate's uncle, supports Gregori's plan to settle down and tries to reason with Kate.

### [XVII: The Independent Strategy of Señor Gregori](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kate_plus_10_se/chapters/xvii-the-independent-strategy-of-se-or-gregori)

Attempts to bribe Michael with a share of the gold; agrees to keep Michael alive until the gold is moved.

### [XVIII: The Colonel Was a Gentleman at the Last](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kate_plus_10_se/chapters/xviii-the-colonel-was-a-gentleman-at-the-last)

Defends Kate by throwing Gregori to the floor; is shot dead by Gregori.

## Links

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