William Boyd Carrington

In the novel Curtain, Sir William Boyd Carrington is a retired governor of an Indian province, and a well-known big game hunter. He was described as "very good looking, though a man well over fifty, with a deeply tanned face. He looked as though he had led an out-of-doors life, and he looked, too, the type of man that is becoming more and more rare; an Englishman of the Old school, straightforward, the kind of man who can command". During the events of the novel, Sir William stayed at Styles Court. If he died, his notable fortune would be divided into donations and charity societies.