# Eric Tipstead — The Good Companions character guide

> Eric Tipstead in The Good Companions by J. B. Priestley.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Tipstead, Mr. Eric Tipstead, Tipstead, Eric

**First appearance:** 0068-i-a-wind-in-the-triangle

## Who they are

A nervous and put-upon husband in a comic subplot.

## In the story

### [Mr. Oakroyd Leaves Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/i-mr-oakroyd-leaves-home)

Mentioned as Leonard's friend who works at Gregson's and helped Leonard get a job there.

### [Miss Trant Is Almost a Second Columbus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/v-miss-trant-is-almost-a-second-columbus)

Mentioned as having won a £500 prize and having an affair with a barmaid, causing marital strife.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/ii)

Mr. Tipstead is absent but central to the chapter; he has run off with another woman in Miss Trant's car.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/iii)

Eric Tipstead is mentioned as the man who took Miss Trant's car by mistake and is the object of Effie's affection.

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