# Sir Christopher Lacy — Midwinter character guide

> Sir Christopher Lacy in Midwinter by John Buchan.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Kit Lacy, Kit, Lacy

**First appearance:** 0009-vii-how-a-man-may-hunt-with-the-hounds-and-yet-run-with-the-hare

## Snapshot

A baronet with a theatrical air and a long memory for grudges, whose verdict on Jack Norreys cuts through the room like a blade.

## Who they are

Sir Christopher Lacy holds the table at Lord Cornbury's with the ease of a man who has known his hearers since Eton and Christ Church, and his judgment on Jack Norreys is delivered with the relish of old rivalry. He calls Norreys a low hound, a cardsharp who loves play like an attorney rather than a gentleman, and his testimony gives the tutor's alarm a weight it lacked. His willingness to name the truth aloud makes him a catalyst in the early arc, pushing the company toward pursuit and consequence.

## In the story

### [II: In Which a Nobleman Is Perplexed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/midwinter_se/chapters/ii-in-which-a-nobleman-is-perplexed)

A guest at Cornbury, attempts a hunting-song during the evening.

### [III: In Which Private Matters Cut Across Affairs of State](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/midwinter_se/chapters/iii-in-which-private-matters-cut-across-affairs-of-state)

Present at dinner, initially mellow but later angry; refuses to help Johnson due to his own pride and past rejection by Miss Grevel.

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