Cary Warleggan

Cary Warleggan is a recurring character in Winston Graham's Poldark novels and its TV adaptions. In the 2015 series, he serves as the secondary antagonist of the first season and the tertiary antagonist of the second season.

As the uncle of George Warleggan, Cary is one of the foremost members of the powerful banking family that is buying out several mines in Cornwall. Cary is shown to be far more ruthless and inhumane than his nephew, coldly dismissing the death of Ross Poldark's daughter, as well as demanding Francis Poldark's debts be paid in full, at the risk of leaving them broke (a risk George would not take for the sake of Elizabeth, Francis' wife and the object of George's affection). Also, while George's enmity appears exclusively on Ross, Cary is disdainful of the entire Poldark family. This initially makes him the more impulsive one in the duo, despite being older and with more influence.