Randall Lillywhite was a magistrate of the circuit court in Hillsborough, North Carolina.
Personal History[]
Little is known about Lillywhite’s early life. Sometime before 1770, he arrived in North Carolina and was appointed the magistrate of a circuit court in Hillsborough.
Outlander series[]
The Fiery Cross[]
Lillywhite attends the Gathering at Mount Helicon in 1770 with several other high-ranking North Carolina officials. While at the Gathering, he arrests Father Kenneth Donahue. Lillywhite shows open disdain for Catholicism, and reluctantly allows Jamie private confession with Father Kenneth.
It is later revealed that he had arrested Father Kenneth to prevent Jocasta Cameron from marrying Duncan Innes, giving his friend (and Jocasta's rejected suitor) Lieutenant Wolff more time and opportunity to marry Jocasta, by force if necessary.
He had also been working with Stephen Bonnet, David Anstruther, and several others to smuggle whisky into the colonies. After learning that Jamie intends to sell a cache of whisky to a local smuggler, they attempt to intercept the merchandise. Anstruther and Lillywhite attempt to kill Jamie and Roger, but instead Jamie kills the former and Roger the latter.
Personality[]
Murderous tendencies aside, he is extremely well-mannered. He speaks with an "aristocratic drawl."[1]
Physical Appearance[]
He is described as a "tall, rather drooping man."[1] He is normally well-dressed, often wearing a bottle-green coat with silver buttons. He wears a wig.[2]
Name[]
- Randall derives from the English surname via the given name Randel, which is a medieval diminutive form of names (e.g. Randolf) beginning with the Germanic element rand meaning "rim (of a shield)".[3]
- Lillywhite is an English nickname surname was originally used for a woman, denoting one who was "white as a lilly", but it also applied to a man in the sense of "one who had a fair complexion".[4]
Trivia[]
- He may have a second cousin by the name of Alexander who later serves as a Colonel in the American Revolution.[5]
- Accidentally referred to as Randall Lillington on several occasions[6][7][8] in later books. This has been confirmed as a continuity error.[9]
- Diana has stated that Randall Lillywhite is a separate character from the real historical Lillington.[9]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Fiery Cross, chapter 13.
- ↑ The Fiery Cross, chapter 102.
- ↑ Behind the Name: Randel – accessed 28 September 2014.
- ↑ SurnameDB: Lillywhite. Accessed 4 January 2020.
- ↑ A Breath of Snow and Ashes, chapter 108. When Roger mets Alexander Lillington, his stomach drops as "Randall Lillington had been a second cousin of the Colonel’s." This is obviously intended to refer to Randall Lilywhite, who Roger killed. However, complicating matters is the fact that Alexander Lillington was a real North Carolina colonel.
- ↑ A Breath of Snow and Ashes, chapter 101. "Had he ever prayed for Lillington, or Boble?"
- ↑ A Breath of Snow and Ashes, chapter 101. "He hadn't meant to kill Randall Lillington; that had been almost accident"
- ↑ A Breath of Snow and Ashes, chapter 108. "the scent of the tidal forest, with its peculiar mix of aromatic pine and distant seaweed, the crunch of shell and needle beneath his feet, brought back to him in vivid detail the day he had killed Lillington."
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Gabaldon, Diana. "ABOSA Typos - SOS!!." MSG: 51511.24. Diana Gabaldon. Books and Writers Community. Compuserve. Published 4 April 2006. Accessed 4 January 2020.