Mr Partridge

In the Tommy and Tuppence short story The Clergyman's Daughter/The Red House, Mr Partridge is one of two men who are suitors for Monica Deane. Being a wealthy man, Monica's financial troubles would be at an end if she agreed to marry him. According to Monica, he is a good and worthy man but somehow she feels he just isn't right for her. Tuppence, listening to her, understands the predicament. In her words, one could "go on telling yourself how good and worthy he is, and adding up his qualities as though they were an addition sum—and it all has a simply refrigerating effect.”

Portrayals
In LWT's 1983 TV adaptation of The Clergyman's Daughter, Mr Partridge is given a first name "Norman". He has much the same role as in the original and ask Monica to marry him on several occasions. In one instance, it comes with a little pressure because he brings news that the bank has decided to foreclose. Norman believes that Monica should just sell the house and marry him immediately. He is shown dining at the Red House early in the first scene and is a witness to the "poltergeist" event which affected the lodgers Edmund Hove and his wife.

Norman Partridge is portrayed by Geoffrey Drew. His occupation is not stated but at one point Monica introduces him as her "financial adviser".