# Macgillivray — The Powerhouse character guide

> Macgillivray in The Powerhouse by John Buchan.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** himself

**First appearance:** 0005-iii-tells-of-a-midsummer-night

## Who they are

A Scotland Yard man whose name is used as bait in a Bloomsbury trap, drawing the narrator into a locked room and a face from an old burglary case.

## Relationships

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_powerhouse_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_professional_

Macgillivray is likely a subordinate or employee of Docker, interacting with the narrator in a professional capacity.

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_powerhouse_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_professional_

Macgillivray is likely a subordinate or employee of Docker, interacting with the narrator in a professional capacity.

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_powerhouse_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_professional_

Macgillivray is likely a subordinate or employee of Docker, interacting with the narrator in a professional capacity.

## In the story

### [IV: I Follow the Trail of the Super-Butler](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_powerhouse_se/chapters/iv-i-follow-the-trail-of-the-super-butler)

Scotland Yard official; provides information about the Powerhouse and identifies Routh from old records.

### [I Take a Partner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_powerhouse_se/chapters/v-i-take-a-partner)

Provides intelligence about the 'Powerhouse' being a European anarchist plot.

### [VI: The Restaurant in Antioch Street](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_powerhouse_se/chapters/vi-the-restaurant-in-antioch-street)

Telephones Leithen to arrange dinner at Rapaccini's, but the invitation is later revealed to be a hoax.

### [I Find Sanctuary](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_powerhouse_se/chapters/vii-i-find-sanctuary)

Scotland Yard contact; Leithen arranges for him to receive the evidence at the Embassy.

### [The Powerhouse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_powerhouse_se/chapters/viii-the-powerhouse)

Implied as part of the police authorities who know Leithen and are acting on his advice.

### [Return of the Wild Geese](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_powerhouse_se/chapters/ix-return-of-the-wild-geese)

One of the few who knows the full story; trusted to remain silent.

## Links

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