# Jack Kennard — The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel character guide

> Jack Kennard in The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Kennard, Jack

**First appearance:** 0001-i

## Snapshot

An Englishman who refused to leave Revolutionary Paris while the woman he loved was still trapped there, living hour to hour under the shadow of denunciation.

## Who they are

Kennard gave up his prospects in England to stay near Esther Vincent, taking a dull accountant's post in a Montmartre wine shop while every knock at the door might mean arrest as an alien enemy. He and Esther steal what happiness they can in a city where love is itself a kind of suspect activity, and their quiet idyll under the Revolution's shadow mirrors the larger rescues the League undertakes. His presence shows what the Pimpernel's work is for: ordinary people who would otherwise be swallowed whole.

## Relationships

### [Esther Vincent](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_league_of_the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/characters/esther_vincent)

_friendship_

Esther Vincent and Jack Kennard are close friends and allies, working together to help fugitives escape the revolution.

### [Esther Vincent](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_league_of_the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/characters/esther_vincent)

_friendship_

Esther Vincent and Jack Kennard are close friends and allies, working together to help fugitives escape the revolution.

### [Esther Vincent](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_league_of_the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/characters/esther_vincent)

_friendship_

Esther Vincent and Jack Kennard are close friends and allies, working together to help fugitives escape the revolution.

## In the story

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

Englishman who gave up his prospects to watch over Esther; works as an accountant and lives in constant danger as an alien enemy.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_league_of_the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/iv)

Jack is Esther's English lover, who is violently subdued and removed from the premises by Merri's men after attempting to protect her.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_league_of_the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/v)

Watches Esther's window, finds a cryptic note, attempts rescue, and is overpowered and bound by Rateau.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_league_of_the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/vi)

Esther's English lover, mentioned as suffering for her sake and heard in a dream-like state.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_league_of_the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/chapters/vii)

Esther's English lover; apologizes for his earlier frantic behavior and expresses gratitude for the rescue.

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_league_of_the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/characters/jack_kennard
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