Adam Godley as Lomax
The Honourable George Lomax (a.k.a. “Codders”) is working with the Foreign Office. He is the cousin of Virginia Revel. Lomax is a friend of Lord Caterham and his daughter Eileen.
He is described as "a robust man", "inclined to embonpoint, with a red face and protuberant eyes, and an immense sense of his own importance"[1]. He had "the unpleasant habit of retaining a hold upon a person with whom he was engaged in serious conversation"[1]. He had a habit of grabbing the lapel of his interlocutor's coat[2], about which the characters joke in The Secret of Chimneys.
On his request, Lord Caterham arranged a weekend party and invited several prominent guests to his country estate Chimneys. Among the guests is Prince Michael, presumed heir to the long-empty throne of Herzoslovakia. George was very nervous when he discovered that Prince Michael was killed in Chimneys.
George Lomax lives at Wyvern Abbey.
Appearances[]
- The Secret of Chimneys - here, George has a major role as he is a friend of Lord Caterham, owner of Chimneys.
- The Seven Dials Mystery - just like most characters from The Secret of Chimneys (notably Lady Eileen Brent), George is kept in the novel. His role is also very important here.
Adaptations[]
- In the 1981 adaptation of The Seven Dials Mystery, Lomax is portrayed by Terence Alexander.
- In the Marple adaptation of The Secret of Chimneys, Lomax is played primarily by Adam Godley and by Ian Weichardt as a young version.