# Tom Reckenthorpe — Short Fiction character guide

> Tom Reckenthorpe in Short Fiction by Anthony Trollope.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Tom, General Reckenthorpe, General Tom, General Tom Reckenthorpe

**First appearance:** 0019-the-two-generals

## Snapshot

A military man and father whose family fortunes and romantic entanglements ripple through Trollope's domestic plots.

## Who they are

General Reckenthorpe belongs to the world of family councils, marriage prospects, and the careful weighing of sons-in-law. He is a man of rank and opinion, implicated in the romantic and social maneuvering of those around him, and his judgments carry weight in the drawing rooms and country houses where matches are made. His presence anchors the early arc by tying private feeling to the expectations of name, money, and military propriety.

## In the story

### [The O'Conors of Castle Conor, County Mayo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/the-o-conors-of-castle-conor-county-mayo)

The patriarch of Castle Conor; a fine-looking man with a piercing gray eye; invites the narrator to stay.

### [The Two Generals](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/the-two-generals)

Returns to Frankfort as a Confederate general, having lost a leg, to marry Ada Forster.

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