# Lord Sunderland — The Great Roxhythe character guide

> Lord Sunderland in The Great Roxhythe by Georgette Heyer.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Sunderland, the pious Lord Sunderland

**First appearance:** 0054-ix-the-sunderlands

## Who they are

A cunning politician who shifts allegiances to survive.

## In the story

### [III: Agitations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_roxhythe_se/chapters/iii-agitations)

Informs the Duke of York of Roxhythe's stance; described as secret and waiting to see which party wins.

### [VIII: The Losing Game](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_roxhythe_se/chapters/viii-the-losing-game)

Delivers King James's order for Roxhythe to leave the country, but is outmaneuvered and left anxious about Roxhythe's knowledge of his own intrigues.

### [IX: The Sunderlands](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_roxhythe_se/chapters/ix-the-sunderlands)

Sunderland advises King James II to tolerate Roxhythe rather than confront him, and later discusses Monmouth's potential recruitment of Roxhythe with his wife.

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