# Willoughby Vinrace — The Voyage Out character guide

> Willoughby Vinrace in The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Vinrace, Mr. Vinrace

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Who they are

Rachel's father, a shipowner who arranges the voyage.

## Relationships

### [Helen Ambrose](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_voyage_out_se/characters/helen_ambrose)

_family_

Willoughby is Helen's brother-in-law, and their relationship is cordial but distant, focused on Rachel's welfare.

### [Helen Ambrose](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_voyage_out_se/characters/helen_ambrose)

_family_

Willoughby is Helen's brother-in-law, and their relationship is cordial but distant, focused on Rachel's welfare.

### [Helen Ambrose](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_voyage_out_se/characters/helen_ambrose)

_family_

Willoughby is Helen's brother-in-law, and their relationship is cordial but distant, focused on Rachel's welfare.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_voyage_out_se/chapters/i)

Rachel's father, who greets Helen warmly and expresses pride in Rachel, though his manner is somewhat overbearing.

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

Briefly speaks to Rachel, telling her to find employment and mentioning Mr. Pepper's knowledge of separable verbs.

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

Hosts the dinner and engages in conversation about ship captains and navigation; supports the Dalloways' views on suffrage.

### [Chapter V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_voyage_out_se/chapters/v)

Jovially discusses convalescence stages and praises Richard; focused on business.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_voyage_out_se/chapters/vi)

Agrees to let Rachel stay with the Ambroses, revealing his ambitions for Parliament and his desire to have Rachel trained as a Tory hostess.

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

Offered free passages on his ship for the Ambroses' journey to Santa Marina.

### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_voyage_out_se/chapters/xv)

His letter is discussed; he inquires about Rachel's manners and morals, and boasts about his colonial exploits.

### [Chapter XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_voyage_out_se/chapters/xvi)

Mentioned as a great dim force in the house, contemptuous yet good-humoured, whose point of view Rachel had always taken for granted.

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