# Tommy Deloraine — The Powerhouse character guide

> Tommy Deloraine in The Powerhouse by John Buchan.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Tommy, the sage Tommy, Whereupon Tommy

**First appearance:** 0003-i-beginning-of-the-wild-goose-chase

## Who they are

A restless Yorkshire squire and gadfly MP who abandons Westminster for Venezuela on a mysterious errand, leaving his friend Leithen a trail to follow.

## Relationships

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

_social_

Tommy Deloraine is a younger man, possibly a friend or protégé, who interacts with the narrator in Docker's orbit.

### [Bill Docker](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_powerhouse_se/characters/bill_docker)

_friendship_

Bill Docker and Tommy Deloraine have a friendly, possibly mentor-like relationship, with Tommy being a younger companion.

### [Ethel Pitt-Heron](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_powerhouse_se/characters/ethel_pitt_heron)

_social_

Ethel Pitt-Heron and Tommy Deloraine are social acquaintances, likely moving in the same high-society circles.

### [Bill Docker](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_powerhouse_se/characters/bill_docker)

_friendship_

Bill Docker and Tommy Deloraine have a friendly, possibly mentor-like relationship, with Tommy being a younger companion.

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

_social_

Tommy Deloraine is a younger man, possibly a friend or protégé, who interacts with the narrator in Docker's orbit.

### [Ethel Pitt-Heron](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_powerhouse_se/characters/ethel_pitt_heron)

_social_

Ethel Pitt-Heron and Tommy Deloraine are social acquaintances, likely moving in the same high-society circles.

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

_social_

Tommy Deloraine is a younger man, possibly a friend or protégé, who interacts with the narrator in Docker's orbit.

### [Ethel Pitt-Heron](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_powerhouse_se/characters/ethel_pitt_heron)

_social_

Ethel Pitt-Heron and Tommy Deloraine are social acquaintances, likely moving in the same high-society circles.

## In the story

### [I: Beginning of the Wild-Goose Chase](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_powerhouse_se/chapters/i-beginning-of-the-wild-goose-chase)

Restless MP and friend; reveals Pitt-Heron's disappearance and his plan to pursue him to Moscow.

### [I First Hear of Mr. Andrew Lumley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_powerhouse_se/chapters/ii-i-first-hear-of-mr-andrew-lumley)

Mentioned as having gone off in quest of Pitt-Heron, sending a Moscow address.

### [III: Tells of a Midsummer Night](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_powerhouse_se/chapters/iii-tells-of-a-midsummer-night)

Mentioned as having hypothesized with Leithen about Charles's departure.

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

Leithen's friend, whose situation partly motivates the narrator.

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

Mentioned as a figure to whom loyalty is owed, influencing the decision to keep Pitt-Heron's secret.

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

Returns from his adventures, lean and sunburnt; visits Leithen in his chambers and is told that Leithen knows the full story.

## Links

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