# Sir Ferdinand Morringer — Robbery Under Arms character guide

> Sir Ferdinand Morringer in Robbery Under Arms by Rolf Boldrewood.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Sir Ferdinand, Morringer

**First appearance:** 0001-robbery-under-arms

## Snapshot

The colony's polished Inspector of Police, hunting Starlight and the Marstons with a duellist's manners and a civil servant's caution about his own career.

## Who they are

Sir Ferdinand arrives at the goldfields with warrants, a jealous woman's tip, and a taste for gentlemanly fencing that stops short of actual duels. He trades barbs with Clifford over Starlight's escape, hinting at arrests he won't make and insults he won't answer with pistols. His pursuit gives the gang a relentless, well-bred adversary whose intelligence and vanity make him as dangerous as he is useful to the plot.

## In the story

### [Jim's Marriage and the New Inspector](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/xxx)

New Inspector of Police on the goldfield; a baronet and former Guards officer, much talked about by the miners.

### [XXXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/xxxiv)

Leads the police raid on the goldfields; receives information from Kate Mullockson and confronts Clifford about Starlight's identity.

### [LII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/robbery_under_arms_se/chapters/lii)

Seen near the cottage with a trooper; forces Dick to hide.

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