John McEachern, an English gentleman by birth named John Forrest, only son of Eustace Forrest, a onetime major in the Guards and younger brother of Edward Forrest. Expelled from Eton for stealing, sailed to New York and took a job as a policeman, changing his last name to sound Irish. A large man with a jaw like the ram of a battleship, enriched by graft and successful investments. Father of Molly in A Gentleman of Leisure.

• A Gentleman of Leisure