# Sir Deakin Killigrew — The Splendid Spur character guide

> Sir Deakin Killigrew in The Splendid Spur by Arthur Quiller-Couch.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Deakin, Sir Deakin, Sir Deakin Killigrew, Deakin Killigrew

**First appearance:** 0002-i-the-bowling-green-of-the-crown

## Who they are

Delia's late father, a royalist whose death sets events in motion.

## In the story

### [The Young Man in the Cloak of Amber Satin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_splendid_spur_se/chapters/ii-the-young-man-in-the-cloak-of-amber-satin)

Anthony's father, recently returned to England to reclaim his estates in Cornwall.

### [VI: The Flight in the Pine Wood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_splendid_spur_se/chapters/vi-the-flight-in-the-pine-wood)

Devises the trick with the punch bowl; leads the escape; suffers from a cough and dies of a lung hemorrhage in the pine wood.

### [I Find a Comrade](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_splendid_spur_se/chapters/vii-i-find-a-comrade)

Delia's father; found dead at the dingle; buried by Jack on the hillside.

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