Tony Lumpkin

When he accidentally meets Charles Marlow and his friend Hastings, who are coming to see Tony's parents in order to put Marlow forward as a suitor to Tony's stepsister Kate, he deliberately misdirects them, causing them to believe that the house where they are bound is an inn and that the Hardcastles are its landlord and landlady.

Tony is promised in marriage to his cousin, Constance Neville, which he despises, and therefore he assists in her plans to elope with Hastings.

Tony takes an interest in horses, "Bet Bouncer" and especially the alehouse, where he joyfully sings with members of the lower-classes.

Reportedly the part was originally intended for the Irish actor William Hamilton but he was replaced by John Quick before the production.

[3] She Stoops to Conquer was chosen as the play to relaunch the Georgian Angles Theatre in Wisbech, the town where the real Lumpkin moved to from Leverington after spending all his money.