# Sir Hector Trumpler — The Red Thumbmark character guide

> Sir Hector Trumpler in The Red Thumbmark by R. Austin Freeman.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Sir Hector

**First appearance:** 0008-vii-shoals-and-quicksands

## Snapshot

The prosecuting counsel whose severe bearing and courtroom authority make him the formidable legal adversary Thorndyke's scientific defence must overcome.

## Who they are

Sir Hector Trumpler embodies the weight of the Crown's case against Reuben Hornby, a barrister whose wig and obsolete habiliments seem to belong to an older, more rigid order. His presence in the trial raises the stakes for Thorndyke, who must persuade a court inclined to trust established procedure over novel medical evidence. He represents the institutional skepticism that the defence's fingerprint analysis and experimental methods must ultimately answer.

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