# Jinker — Waverley character guide

> Jinker in Waverley by Walter Scott.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** James, Jamie Jinker, Lieutenant Jinker

**First appearance:** 0050-part-ii-xvi-an-incident-gives-rise-to-unavailing-reflections

## Who they are

Jacobite officer and horse-dealer.

## In the story

### [X: The Journey Is Continued](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/waverley_se/chapters/part-ii-x-the-journey-is-continued)

A horse-couper turned lieutenant, he provides comic relief and reveals his mercenary motives for joining the Jacobite cause.

### [XV: The March](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/waverley_se/chapters/part-ii-xv-the-march)

Reduced to a reformado, but still present with Balmawhapple in the cavalry.

### [The Conflict](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/waverley_se/chapters/part-ii-xviii-the-conflict)

Delivers an elegy for Balmawhapple, blaming the martingale on his mare for the catastrophe.

### [A Journey to London](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/waverley_se/chapters/part-ii-xxxii-a-journey-to-london)

Mentioned as Lieutenant Jinker in the alias context; Edward uses the name 'Butler' from a former fellow-officer.

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