# Jack Norreys — Midwinter character guide

> Jack Norreys in Midwinter by John Buchan.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Jack, Norreys

**First appearance:** 0005-iii-in-which-private-matters-cut-across-affairs-of-state

## Snapshot

A reckless young relation of Sir John Norreys, glimpsed in the Norreys orbit as the family's hot-headed edge against its colder calculations.

## Who they are

Jack moves in the same Loyalist circles as his kinsman Sir John, but where the baronet is a tool of policy, Jack reads as the family's unguarded impulse — the streak of daring that makes the Norreys name dangerous in more than one sense. He is a reminder that the Jacobite web is not only made of schemers but of young men who enjoy the risk. His presence sharpens Alastair's sense that the enemy has faces both cold and careless.

## In the story

### [XII: The Hut in the Oak Shaw](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/midwinter_se/chapters/xii-the-hut-in-the-oak-shaw)

Heard speaking outside the hut; refers to Alastair as a traitor and discusses the Prince's march toward Derby.

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