# Robert Lamhorn — The Turmoil character guide

> Robert Lamhorn in The Turmoil by Booth Tarkington.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Robert, Lamhorn, Mr. Robert Lamhorn, Mr. Lamhorn, that Lamhorn, Bobby Lamhorn, Bobby

**First appearance:** 0005-iv

## Snapshot

A charming, dubious suitor who marries Edith Sheridan in a secret New York ceremony, then must face the family he married into.

## Who they are

Robert Lamhorn is the smooth outsider who slips past the Sheridan family's guard and marries Edith in a quiet ceremony, telegraphing the news home while Sheridan rages and smashes statues. His charm is his currency and his mystery his weapon; the family knows almost nothing about him, and what they suspect they do not like. His arrival forces the Sheridans to reckon with the limits of their money and their judgment, and sets the household's simmering tensions boiling over.

## Relationships

### [Roscoe Sheridan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_turmoil_se/characters/roscoe_sheridan)

_professional_

Robert Lamhorn and Roscoe Sheridan are business associates, with Lamhorn working under Roscoe's influence.

### [Edith Sheridan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_turmoil_se/characters/edith_sheridan)

_social_

Edith is acquainted with Robert Lamhorn through family and social circles, but she distrusts his intentions toward Mary.

### [Sibyl Sheridan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_turmoil_se/characters/sibyl_sheridan)

_social_

Robert Lamhorn and Sibyl Sheridan move in the same social circles, but their relationship is superficial and strained.

### [Edith Sheridan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_turmoil_se/characters/edith_sheridan)

_social_

Edith is acquainted with Robert Lamhorn through family and social circles, but she distrusts his intentions toward Mary.

### [Sibyl Sheridan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_turmoil_se/characters/sibyl_sheridan)

_social_

Robert Lamhorn and Sibyl Sheridan move in the same social circles, but their relationship is superficial and strained.

### [Roscoe Sheridan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_turmoil_se/characters/roscoe_sheridan)

_professional_

Robert Lamhorn and Roscoe Sheridan are business associates, with Lamhorn working under Roscoe's influence.

## In the story

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_turmoil_se/chapters/vii)

Described by Mary as a 'bad lot' and the only one eager for a drink at the after-party.

### [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_turmoil_se/chapters/x)

Discussed as a man with a bad reputation who is pursuing Edith for her money.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_turmoil_se/chapters/xiv)

Visits Edith in the evening; leaves early after Bibbs's awkward intrusion.

### [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_turmoil_se/chapters/xxv)

Marries Edith Sheridan; mentioned in the telegram as her new husband.

### [XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_turmoil_se/chapters/xxvi)

Mentioned as the 'cigarette' son-in-law with whom Edith eloped; Sheridan despises him.

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