# Colin Roy Campbell — Kidnapped character guide

> Colin Roy Campbell in Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Colin Roy, Glenure, this Campbell, Colin Campbell, the Red Fox, Red Fox

**First appearance:** 0013-xii-i-hear-of-the-red-fox

## Who they are

The Red Fox, King's factor whose murder sparks the manhunt.

## Relationships

### [Alan Breck Stewart](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/characters/alan_breck_stewart)

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Alan is a Jacobite fugitive hunted by Campbell, the Red Fox, a government agent.

### [David Balfour](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/characters/david_balfour)

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Campbell is the government factor whose murder David witnesses, putting David in danger.

### [Alan Breck Stewart](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/characters/alan_breck_stewart)

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Alan is a Jacobite fugitive hunted by Campbell, the Red Fox, a government agent.

### [David Balfour](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/characters/david_balfour)

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Campbell is the government factor whose murder David witnesses, putting David in danger.

## In the story

### [I Hear of the “Red Fox”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/chapters/xii-i-hear-of-the-red-fox)

Referred to as the Red Fox; the King's factor on Appin, depicted as oppressive and hated by Alan.

### [The Lad with the Silver Button: Across Morven](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/chapters/xvi-the-lad-with-the-silver-button-across-morven)

Mentioned by Mr. Henderland as the King's Factor driving tenants from Appin and Mamore.

### [XVII: The Death of the Red Fox](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/chapters/xvii-the-death-of-the-red-fox)

The Red Fox, King's Factor, is shot dead on the road in Appin after a brief exchange with David.

### [XVIII: I Talk with Alan in the Wood of Lettermore](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/kidnapped_se/chapters/xviii-i-talk-with-alan-in-the-wood-of-lettermore)

Mentioned as the victim of the Appin murder; his death is the central event driving the chapter's conflict.

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