# Jean Baptiste Carrier — Lord Tony’s Wife character guide > Jean Baptiste Carrier in Lord Tony’s Wife by Baroness Orczy. **Role:** major **Also known as:** Carrier, citizen Carrier, Proconsul Carrier **First appearance:** 0059-i-the-tiger-s-lair ## Snapshot The revolutionary proconsul of Nantes, whose zeal for the Republic expresses itself in mass drownings and a casual brutality that horrifies even his allies. ## Who they are Carrier rules Nantes as the Revolution's most feared representative, dispensing death by fusillade and by the packed barges he sends into the Loire. His power is absolute and his methods theatrical in their cruelty, making him the human face of the Terror that the Scarlet Pimpernel exists to defy. In this story he is the looming threat behind the pursuit of Yvonne, the man whose city waits to swallow anyone the conspirators deliver into his hands. ## Relationships ### [Citizen Chauvelin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/characters/citizen_chauvelin) _professional_ Chauvelin and Carrier are ruthless revolutionary colleagues, collaborating on brutal political repression. ### [Fleury](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/characters/fleury) _professional_ Fleury serves as a subordinate to Carrier, assisting in his brutal revolutionary activities. ### [Pierre Adet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/characters/pierre_adet) _professional_ Carrier and Adet are fellow revolutionaries who collaborate on political purges and executions. ### [Yvonne de Kernogan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/characters/yvonne_de_kernogan) _rivalry_ Carrier views Yvonne as an enemy of the revolution and actively seeks her arrest and death. ### [Citizen Chauvelin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/characters/citizen_chauvelin) _professional_ Chauvelin and Carrier are ruthless revolutionary colleagues, collaborating on brutal political repression. ### [Citizen Chauvelin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/characters/citizen_chauvelin) _professional_ Chauvelin and Carrier are ruthless revolutionary colleagues, collaborating on brutal political repression. ### [Fleury](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/characters/fleury) _professional_ Fleury serves as a subordinate to Carrier, assisting in his brutal revolutionary activities. ### [Yvonne de Kernogan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/characters/yvonne_de_kernogan) _rivalry_ Carrier views Yvonne as an enemy of the revolution and actively seeks her arrest and death. ### [Pierre Adet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/characters/pierre_adet) _professional_ Carrier and Adet are fellow revolutionaries who collaborate on political purges and executions. ### [Yvonne de Kernogan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/characters/yvonne_de_kernogan) _rivalry_ Carrier views Yvonne as an enemy of the revolution and actively seeks her arrest and death. ### [Fleury](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/characters/fleury) _professional_ Fleury serves as a subordinate to Carrier, assisting in his brutal revolutionary activities. ### [Pierre Adet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/characters/pierre_adet) _professional_ Carrier and Adet are fellow revolutionaries who collaborate on political purges and executions. ## In the story ### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/iii) Mentioned as the instigator of the mass drowning, described as a wild beast. ### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/iv) Referenced as the proconsul in Nantes who will deal with the duc and Yvonne once delivered by Martin-Roget. ### [The Coast of France](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/ix-the-coast-of-france) Mentioned as the Proconsul who has suspended navigation of the Loire for his nefarious noyades. ### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/iii) Mentioned as the Proconsul who suspended Loire navigation for his nefarious noyades. ### [Book II: Nantes, December, 1793](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/book-ii-nantes-december-1793) Proconsul of Nantes, orchestrates the Terror. ### [I: The Tiger's Lair](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/i-the-tiger-s-lair) The proconsul of Nantes, inventor of the Noyades, who plots with Martin-Roget to disgrace the Kernogans. ### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/i) The proconsul sent to Nantes to exterminate counterrevolutionaries; he invents the Noyades and Republican marriages. ### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/ii) The proconsul who rules Nantes with terror, living in luxury and isolation in the Hôtel de la Villestreux, constantly planning executions and fearing assassination. ### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/iii) Paces in his boudoir, exulting in his cruelties; orders the confiscation and execution of fifty-three priests. ### [Chapter IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/iv) Proconsul who demands the Kernogans be removed from Nantes, threatening to break his promise if Martin-Roget delays. ### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/v) Brutal and overbearing proconsul who threatens Martin-Roget and accepts a bribe for further assistance. ### [Chapter VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/vi) Proconsul of Nantes, devises a plan to send criminals to Paris to justify his atrocities, and agrees to raid the Rat Mort to trap Yvonne and the Duc. ### [II: Le Bouffay](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/ii-le-bouffay) Mentioned as having suggested flinging the Kernogans into the Loire; his earlier conversation with Martin-Roget is referenced. ### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/iii) Mentioned as the proconsul who suggested marrying an aristo and the Rat Mort plan. ### [III: The Fowlers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/iii-the-fowlers) Referenced as the proconsul who devised the scheme to arrest inhabitants of the Rat Mort and deport them; his Marats will be involved. ### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/iv) Mentioned as the architect of the scheme to arrest everyone in the Rat Mort and send them to Paris as convicts, though he has left Martin-Roget without armed support. ### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/v) Mentioned as the Proconsul in Nantes whom Chauvelin plans to use against Blakeney. ### [The Net](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/iv-the-net) Torn between terror of assassination and greed for the reward, ultimately agrees to support Chauvelin's scheme. ### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/i) The proconsul, initially reluctant and fearful, is swayed by greed and fear to listen to Chauvelin's proposal. ### [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/ii) Terrified of the Scarlet Pimpernel but arrogant; he reluctantly leans on Chauvelin for advice. ### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/iii) Proconsul who reluctantly agrees to Chauvelin's plan, motivated by the reward and the capture of the English spies. ### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/iv) Gives his support to Chauvelin's scheme and orders Fleury to cooperate. ### [IX: The Proconsul](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/ix-the-proconsul) The proconsul; his coach departs at high speed, but it is later revealed he never left his room—the departure was a hoax. ### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/ii) In a state of extreme terror, he flees Nantes in his coach, shouting about an English assassin and threatening Commandant Fleury. ### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/iv) Referenced as the proconsul who is supposedly upstairs in his room. ### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/v) Carrier is mentioned as having been impersonated; he later searches for Chauvelin. ### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/chapters/i) Furious and fuming over the failure; receives the bribe from Martin-Roget and vents his wrath on Commandant Fleury. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/characters/jean_baptiste_carrier - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lord_tony_s_wife_se/characters