Tobias Quinn

Tobias Quinn
Biographical information
Full name	Tobias Mac Gréagair Quinn
Born	c. 1722
Died	1760 (age 38)
Marital status	Single
Also known as	Toby Quinn
Physical information
Gender	Male
Hair color	Curly brown with gray streaks
Affiliations
Nationality	Irish
Family members
Tess (divorced) Betty Mitchell (former sister-in-law)
Book appearances
The Scottish Prisoner
The Scottish Prisoner

“	He rode down from the fells, prey to an unsettling mix of emotions. Incredulity and impatience at Quinn's fat-heided scheme, a weary dismay at the realization that the Jacobite Cause was still alive, if only faintly squirming, and irritation at Quinn's attempt to inveigle him back into it. More than a bit of fear, if he was honest. And notwithstanding all that... joy at seeing Quinn again. It had been a long time since he’d seen the face of a friend.	”
	— The Scottish Prisoner

Tobias Quinn was an Irish Jacobite sympathizer who knew Jamie Fraser during the Jacobite Rising of 1745.

Personal History

Tobias was of the Quinns of Portkerry.

Lord John Series

The Scottish Prisoner

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Utilizing his former sister-in-law Betty Mitchell, Tobias tries to involve Jamie Fraser – and co-incidentally Lord John Grey – into his scheme of using a mystical Celtic cup to help rally the scattered and beaten Jacobite cause. Eventually, he kills Gerald Siverly for embezzling Jacobite funds and tries to frame Grey for it. Later, he commits suicide when his plans fall apart.

Personality

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Physical Appearance

Tobias was thin and often wore a slouched hat, covering his head of brown curls streaked with gray.

Name

• Tobias is a Greek form of Tobiah, from the Hebrew name טוֹבִיָּה (Toviyyah) which meant "Yahweh (God) is good".
• Quinn is an Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cuinn meaning "descendant of Conn", Conn meaning "chief" in Irish Gaelic.