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Tamplin, The Honourable Lenox The daughter of Lady Rosalie Tamplin and second cousin of Katherine Grey, she was described “a daughter such as Lenox was a sad thorn in Lady Tamplin’s side, a girl with no kind of tact, who actually looked older than her age, and whose peculiar sardonic form of humour was, to say the least of it, uncomfortable.” Lenox fell in love with Derek Kettering and was complimented by Poirot: “It was you who gave me the first inkling of the truth when you said that the person who committed the crime need not have been on the train at all. Before that, I could not see how the thing had been done.” The Mystery of the Blue Train.

Tamplin, Lady Rosalie The mother of Lenox Tamplin and the cousin of Katherine Grey, Lady Rosalie had been married several times - the first husband was “merely an indiscretion,” and was seldom mentioned; the second, a button manufacturer, died after three years; the third was Viscount Tamplin; and the fourth husband, Charles “Chubby” Evans, she married for “pure pleasure.” A well-known figure on the Riviera, Lady Tamplin owned the Villa Marguerite, which had once been the residence of Madame Daubreuil. [See Murder on the Links.] The Mystery of the Blue Train.

Tanios, Bella Daughter of Emily Arundell’s sister Arabella, cousin of Charles and Theresa Arundell, wife of Dr. Jacob Tanios an mother of Edward and Mary, she had a “pathetic eagerness to assimilate and memorise” her cousin Theresa’s exotic clothes. Miss Peabody called her a “miserable kind of woman - always wanting what she hadn’t got.” She died from an overdose of a sleeping medication. Dumb Witness.

Tanios, Dr. Jacob Husband to Bella, he was the father of Edward and Mary Tanios. Despite his personal charm, Miss Arundell disapproved of him on the grounds of his Greek nationality. He doted on his wife, but speculated with the money she inherited and lost it. Dumb Witness.

Temple, Miss Because she was the maid who served the fatal cocktails to the Reverend Stephen Babbington, Poirot asked her to repeat the scene for his benefit. Three-Act Tragedy.

Templeton, Mr. and Mrs. They were agents of the Big Four. Mr. Templeton posed as a dying man whose circumstances were investigated by Poirot when Mabel Palmer persuaded hi to take interest in the case. The Big Four.

Templeton, Charles The secretary to Dr. Rosen, Templeton was also an undercover agent working for Sir Henry Clithering. “The Four Suspects” from The Thirteen Problems.

Templeton, Micky see Darrell, Claud

Thompson, Dr. “The famous alienist” present at the first “conference of powers” on the A.B.C. murders case, Dr. Thompson suggested that an “alphabetical complex” linked the murders, though he did not rule out coincidence in the case. He discussed the psychological implications of the murders. The ABC Murders.

Thompson, Mrs. The “rather notorious medium,” she conducted a séance after the Trent’s party. While in a trance, Mrs. Thompson said to Jack Trent, Dermot West and Sir Alington West: “Danger! Blood! Not very much blood - quite enough.” This augmented Dermot West’s apprehension of foul play. “The Red Signal” from The Hound of Death.

Tomlinson, Mr. A retired Indian judge, he took the Duchess of Leith and Mr. Satterthwaite on a picnic to the World’s End at Coti Chiaveeri, where he opened Rosina Nunn’s Indian box and discovered the opal that Alec Gerard had been convicted of stealing. “The World’s End” from The Mysterious Mr. Quin.

Tosswill, Dr. A minor official connected with the British Museum, Tosswill was a member of the Men-her-Ra expedition and thought that Poirot’s lecture on magic and superstition was a “hotch-potch of ignorance and credulity.” “The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb” from Poirot Investigates.

Trefusis, Emily This determined and ingenious woman set out to investigate the murder of Captain Trevelyan in an attempt to clear her fiancé and the Captain’s nephew, James Pearson, of suspicion. She enlisted Charles Enderby, a reporter on the Daily Wire, to aid her in the case. She knew that she was in complete control of James, and thought he could “run him and make something of him.” She saw a strikingly similarity of nature and attitude between herself and the shrewd old invalid, Carline Percehouse. The Sittaford Mystery.

Trefusis, Owen Sir Reuben Astwell’s secretary, he was “a prim, proper young man, disarmingly meek, the type of man who can be, and is, systematically bullied. One could feel quite sure that he never display resentment.” “The Under Dog” from The Under Dog.

Trelawny, Mr. A partner in the firm Askwith and Trelawny of St. Loo, he was Lady Tressilian’s solicitor. He informed Superintendent Battle that Nevile Strange’s trust was to be divided not between Nevile and his wife, as Kay Strange thought, but between Nevile and his first wife, Audrey. Towards Zero.

Trent, Claire The wife of Jack Trent, in Dermot West’s eyes she was: “A statue, a beautiful statue, a thing of gold and ivory and pale-pink coral - a toy for a king, not a real woman.” Dermot feared for her sanity. “The Red Signal” from The Hound of Death.

Trent, Jack The husband of Claire Trent and the best friend of Dermot West, Jack invited Sir Alington, a prominent mental specialist, to the party, and Dermot feared his motives to certify Claire Trent’s insanity. “The Red Signal” from The Hound of Death.

Tressilian, Lady Camilla A friend to Audrey Strange and to Thomas Royce, and widow to Sir Matthew Tressilian, she was a self-confessed enthusiast of scandal and gossip. She admitted that Gull’s Point was the perfect locale for observing the eternal triangle. She often proclaimed: “It seems I am one of those creaking gates - those perpetual invalids who never die.” The poignantly defiant but helpless old woman was found murdered in her bed, her skull crushed. Towards Zero.

Tressilian, Edward The butler at Gorston Hall, Tressilian had been with Simeon Lee for forty years. Lydia Lee said: “He’s like the faithful old retainers of fiction. I believe he’d lie himself blue in the face if it was necessary to protect one of the family!” Hercule Poirot’s Christmas.

Trevelyan, Captain Joseph Arthur A retired Royal Navy officer and the owner of Sittaford House, he was inordinately fond of money. He was the brother of the deceased Mary Pearson, whose marriage he had always resented, Brian Pearson, Sylvia Dering and James Pearson. His best friend and crony was Major Burnaby. A misogynist, he was “not the sort of man who had any knowledge of what literature meant … he was a regular philistine in every way – devoted to sport.” He was found dead and his head crushed with one of the sandbags with which he kept out the winter cold from under his study door. The Sittaford Mystery.

Treves, Mr. An old friend of Lady Tressilian’s, “he was said to know more of backstairs history than any man in England and he was a specialist on criminology. Unthinking people said Mr. Treves ought to write his memoirs. Mr. Treves knew better. He knew that he knew too much.” Mr. Treves thought the standard belief that a murder mystery began with the act of killing was erroneous: “The story begins long before that - years before sometimes - with all the causes and events tat bring certain people to a certain place at a certain time on a certain day.” He agreed with Inspector Battle, who said: “The murder itself is the end of the story. It’s Zero Hour.” After climbing the stairs at Balmoral Court, obeying an out-of-order sign on the lift, Mr. Treves died of a heart attack. The sign had been unauthorized. Towards Zero.

Tripp, Julia and Isabel The sisters were considered “appalling women.” As far as Hastings could tell, they were “vegetarians, theosophists, British Israelites, Christian Scientists, spiritualists and enthusiastic amateur photographers.” They held a séance at which Miss Arundell was wrapped in a “luminous haze.” It was later proved to be a sign of phosphorous poisoning. Dumb Witness.

Turner, Mrs. Felise Marchaud dreamt that Mrs. Turner had been murdered by her husband who had then left Heather Cottage for parts unknown. Felise attributed the cries of “Murder - help! Murder!” that Jack Hartington heard at 7:25 every morning to Mrs. Turner’s spirit. “The Mystery of the Blue Jar” from The Hound of Death.