# John Trenchard — The Secret City character guide

> John Trenchard in The Secret City by Hugh Walpole.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** John, Trenchard

**First appearance:** 0026-part-ii-lawrence

## Who they are

An English character, possibly a journalist or traveler in Petrograd.

## In the story

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

Another Englishman who arrived in Russia two years earlier, contrasted with Bohun as shy, self-doubting, humble, and brave.

### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_city_se/chapters/xi)

The narrator mourns his friend John Trenchard, considering his sacrifice wicked and useless.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_city_se/chapters/ii)

Appears in Durward's memories of the war, associated with sorrow and death.

### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_secret_city_se/chapters/xi)

Mentioned as having been treated abominably by Semyonov at the Front.

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