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Dick Tiltwood

A young hunting companion from a sporting clerical family, eager to escape the office desk for a life measured in fences and fields.

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Also known as III Dick, Tiltwood

First appearance: III

As a supporting figure in Memoirs of a Foxhunting Man, Dick Tiltwood is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Rides out with George for imitation hunts and enjoys the sporting make-believe.
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Dick Tiltwood moves in the same country-house and Rectory circles as the narrator, a son of the sporting clergy whose brothers have been raised as keen fox-hunters and salmon-fishers. He shares the narrator's passion for riding and his contempt for a life spent making money in a blinking office. His easy companionship and shared enthusiasm help anchor the narrator's early hunting days in a world of youthful, uncomplicated pleasure before the War intrudes.

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  • Other

Character groups

  • Extended community and war associates
  • Hunt staff and locals
  • Protagonist

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  • Escalation
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