# Sir Raymond Blantyre — The Third Round character guide > Sir Raymond Blantyre in The Third Round by H. C. McNeile. **Role:** major **Also known as:** Blantyre, Raymond, Sir Raymond **First appearance:** 0000-i-in-which-the-metropolitan-diamond-syndicate-holds-converse-with-mr-edward-blackton ## Snapshot President of the Metropolitan Diamond Syndicate, a financier who pays others to do the frightening work and discovers too late that his hired professional owns him. ## Who they are Sir Raymond chairs the directors' panic when Drummond reveals that Goodman's notes survive and that Blackton holds them, and he is the one who must murmur assent while Blackton dissects the room's secrets aloud. His restlessness under Blackton's soft voice is the restlessness of a man who knows the arrangement has inverted: the servant is now the master. When the reckoning comes, he is the lesser man who pays while others get off. ## Relationships ### [Hugh Drummond](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_third_round_se/characters/hugh_drummond) _friendship_ Hugh Drummond and Sir Raymond Blantyre are allies, with Blantyre likely assisting Drummond in his investigations. ### [Mr. Edward Blackton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_third_round_se/characters/mr_edward_blackton) _professional_ Mr. Edward Blackton appears to be in a professional relationship with Sir Raymond Blantyre, possibly as an employee or associate. ### [Professor Goodman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_third_round_se/characters/professor_goodman) _professional_ Professor Goodman and Sir Raymond Blantyre have a professional connection, likely within the same criminal or business network. ### [Mr. Lewisham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_third_round_se/characters/mr_lewisham) _professional_ Mr. Lewisham and Sir Raymond Blantyre have a professional connection, possibly as employer and employee. ### [Hugh Drummond](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_third_round_se/characters/hugh_drummond) _friendship_ Hugh Drummond and Sir Raymond Blantyre are allies, with Blantyre likely assisting Drummond in his investigations. ### [Mr. Edward Blackton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_third_round_se/characters/mr_edward_blackton) _professional_ Mr. Edward Blackton appears to be in a professional relationship with Sir Raymond Blantyre, possibly as an employee or associate. ### [Professor Goodman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_third_round_se/characters/professor_goodman) _professional_ Professor Goodman and Sir Raymond Blantyre have a professional connection, likely within the same criminal or business network. ### [Professor Goodman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_third_round_se/characters/professor_goodman) _professional_ Professor Goodman and Sir Raymond Blantyre have a professional connection, likely within the same criminal or business network. ### [Mr. Lewisham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_third_round_se/characters/mr_lewisham) _professional_ Mr. Lewisham and Sir Raymond Blantyre have a professional connection, possibly as employer and employee. ### [Hugh Drummond](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_third_round_se/characters/hugh_drummond) _friendship_ Hugh Drummond and Sir Raymond Blantyre are allies, with Blantyre likely assisting Drummond in his investigations. ### [Mr. Edward Blackton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_third_round_se/characters/mr_edward_blackton) _professional_ Mr. Edward Blackton appears to be in a professional relationship with Sir Raymond Blantyre, possibly as an employee or associate. ### [Mr. Lewisham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_third_round_se/characters/mr_lewisham) _professional_ Mr. Lewisham and Sir Raymond Blantyre have a professional connection, possibly as employer and employee. ## In the story ### [In Which the Metropolitan Diamond Syndicate Holds Converse with Mr. Edward Blackton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_third_round_se/chapters/i-in-which-the-metropolitan-diamond-syndicate-holds-converse-with-mr-edward-blackton) Vice-President of the Metropolitan Diamond Syndicate, who nervously presents the Syndicate's desperate proposal to Blackton, revealing his own financial strain and moral discomfort. ### [II: In Which Professor Goodman Realises That There Are More Things in Life Than Chemistry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_third_round_se/chapters/ii-in-which-professor-goodman-realises-that-there-are-more-things-in-life-than-chemistry) Mentioned as the head of the diamond syndicate who offered the money and recently returned from Switzerland smiling. ### [III: In Which Strange Things Happen in Professor Goodman’s Laboratory](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_third_round_se/chapters/iii-in-which-strange-things-happen-in-professor-goodman-s-laboratory) Presides over the Syndicate meeting, struggling with guilt but committed to the plan. ### [IV: In Which Mr. William Robinson Arrives at His Country Seat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_third_round_se/chapters/iv-in-which-mr-william-robinson-arrives-at-his-country-seat) Pays Blackton the remaining quarter million and expresses agitation about the accident and the fate of Mr. Lewisham. ### [VII: In Which Drummond Takes a Telephone Call and Regrets It](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_third_round_se/chapters/vii-in-which-drummond-takes-a-telephone-call-and-regrets-it) Meets with Drummond, denies knowledge of a threatening letter, claims the diamond process is a fake, and agrees to visit Professor Scheidstrun. ### [In Which Drummond Plays a Little Game of Trains](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_third_round_se/chapters/viii-in-which-drummond-plays-a-little-game-of-trains) Mentioned as a co-conspirator who is now a liability; Robinson considers him a villainous scoundrel. ### [XII: In Which He Samples Mr. Blackton’s Napoleon Brandy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_third_round_se/chapters/xii-in-which-he-samples-mr-blackton-s-napoleon-brandy) Confronts Blackton at the hotel, but is exposed by Drummond as an instigator of murder. He is threatened with prosecution and collapses in fear. ### [In Which Drummond Receives an Addition to His Library](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_third_round_se/chapters/xiii-in-which-drummond-receives-an-addition-to-his-library) Found dead in his Paris hotel room, an empty bottle of veronal beside him—an apparent suicide. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_third_round_se/characters/sir_raymond_blantyre - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_third_round_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_third_round_se/characters