Ormerod

In the novel The Pale Horse, Ormerod was a name on Father Gorman's list containing names which the dying Mrs Davis had given to Father Gorman. When investigating the names on the list, Inspector Lejeune spoke to Eileen Brandon who worked for the same survey company Mrs Davis worked for.

According to Eileen, Mrs Davis had said that she once had a survey subject named Ormerod. She had surveyed Ormerod just a fortnight previously. He looked "like a man in the pink of condition". Yet he then died very suddenly of a cerebral haemorrhage.

Nothing more is mentioned of this name in the text. It is never confirmed if this is the same person as Major Ormerod, an acquaintance of Mark Easterbrook.