# Tigg Montague — Martin Chuzzlewit character guide

> Tigg Montague in Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Tigg, Mr. Tigg, Montague, Mr. Montague

**First appearance:** 0007-v

## Snapshot

A flamboyant, frogged-and-moustached swindler who stages lavish dinners on credit and sells shares in the glittering, hollow Anglo-Bengalee Insurance Company.

## Who they are

Tigg Montague reinvents himself from shabby adventurer into a man of the world, surrounding himself with literary and theatrical hangers-on like Wolf and Pip and plying Jonas Chuzzlewit with choice wines and gorgeous plate. His Anglo-Bengalee scheme is a masterpiece of respectable fraud, and his calculated hospitality is designed to flatter exactly the greed he intends to exploit. He matters because he gives Jonas a partner in crime and a mirror for his own rapacity, and because his enterprise shows how easily London society mistakes confidence for substance.

## Relationships

### [Jonas Chuzzlewit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/characters/jonas_chuzzlewit)

_professional_

Jonas and Tigg are corrupt business partners in a fraudulent insurance scheme, exploiting each other.

### [Jonas Chuzzlewit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/characters/jonas_chuzzlewit)

_professional_

Jonas and Tigg are corrupt business partners in a fraudulent insurance scheme, exploiting each other.

### [Jonas Chuzzlewit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/characters/jonas_chuzzlewit)

_professional_

Jonas and Tigg are corrupt business partners in a fraudulent insurance scheme, exploiting each other.

## In the story

### [Introductory, concerning the pedigree of the Chuzzlewit family](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/i)

Not directly present but referenced indirectly through the family's later connections; not a focus in this chapter.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/iv)

Tigg is the shabby-genteel stranger who collides with Pecksniff at the Dragon; he later attends the family gathering as Chevy Slyme's friend, ogling the ladies and showing a hint of banter.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/vii)

Acts as Chevy Slyme's agent, flatters Tom Pinch, and borrows half a sovereign from him.

### [Chapter XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/xiii)

Encountered by Martin at a pawnbroker's shop; Martin is humiliated by the meeting.

### [Showing that old friends may not only appear with new faces, but in false colours. That people are prone to bite, and that biters may sometimes be bitten.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/xxvii)

Now chairman of the Anglo-Bengalee Disinterested Loan and Life Assurance Company, dressed in fine clothes and jewels, attempting to recruit Jonas Chuzzlewit.

### [Mr. Montague at home. And Mr. Jonas Chuzzlewit at home.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/xxviii)

Hosts Jonas in his luxurious apartment, orchestrating the evening to ensnare him in his scheme.

### [Secret Service](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/xxxviii)

Whispers to Jonas, causing him great terror, and enlists his help with Pecksniff.

### [Mr. Jonas and his friend, arriving at a pleasant understanding, set forth upon an enterprise](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/xli)

Confronts Jonas about his attempted escape, asserts confidence in their partnership, and maintains a calm, manipulative demeanor.

### [Chapter XLII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/xlii)

Paranoid and fearful, insists on keeping together after the accident, dreams of a locked door and a secret.

### [Chapter XLIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/xliv)

The wealthy speculator and President of the Anglo-Bengalee Assurance Office, visiting with Jonas.

### [Chapter XLVII: Conclusion of the Enterprise of Mr. Jonas and His Friend](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/martin_chuzzlewit_se/chapters/xlvii)

The victim, murdered by Jonas in the wood; his body left among the leaves.

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