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Simon MacDougall

Played by Charles Edwards

A landowner whose refusal to sell puts Eddie’s territorial ambition into direct conflict with wounded social pride.

Biography

Simon owns an estate Eddie wants to buy, including land Eddie regards as historically connected to the Horniman family. Its sale matters to Eddie as more than an ordinary investment.[1][2]

The Gentlemen

Season 1

Reveal Season 1 story spoilers

The published TVmaze appearance record lists Simon MacDougall in Episode 2x03, all in Season 2, and records no Season 1 credit. This is the scope of that retrieved credit record; no unseen Season 1 activities or earlier-life events are invented here.[4]

Season 2

Reveal Season 2 story spoilers

Simon rejects Eddie’s above-market offer and says the refusal is personal. After years of inviting the Hornimans to Christmas without even receiving a reply, he believes they look down on him. He also alludes to rumors about Halstead. Eddie raises his offer, then threatens that it will fall each day until it reaches nothing. The retrieved scene establishes the confrontation and the reason for Simon’s resistance, but is not by itself proof of the final legal terms of a completed sale.[1][2]

Personality

Reveal story spoilers

His refusal shows that social recognition matters more to him than the most profitable immediate offer. He is offended and defiant in the meeting, but the profile does not infer a wider criminal role simply because he has heard rumors about his neighbors.[1][2]

Notes

Charles Edwards is paired with Simon in the Episode 3 cast listing. Do not merge him with the distinct character George Lamb because both are associated with nearby land.[1][2]

Source coverage

Some details are not yet documented by the cited sources; an unrecorded storyline does not establish that a character is absent.

  • Physical Appearance. A verified in-character description is not yet recorded; actor portraits do not establish character appearance.[2][3][1][4]

References

  1. ↑The Gentlemen Series 2 Episode 3 Recap — Reel Mockery · secondary

    Retrieved episode recap; plot only, with actor/name spellings checked against credit listings where available.

    Source access recorded: 2026-10-24
  2. ↑The Gentlemen Season 2 Episode Guide & Ending Explained — The Viewers Perspective · secondary

    Independent recap; extracted text covers episodes 1–3 substantially, then jumps; release-date error (Sept 4) is rejected in favor of Netflix.

    Source access recorded: 2026-10-24
  3. ↑The Gentlemen 2x03 guest cast list — TVmaze · tertiary

    Community-maintained episode-credit inventory, not an official Netflix end-credit capture. A credit does not establish whether footage is new, archival, a vision, or a flashback.

    Source access recorded: 2026-10-24
  4. ↑Simon MacDougall — The Gentlemen: credited appearances — TVmaze · tertiary

    Retrieved character appearance list, not an official end-credit capture; used only for scoped absence of a published S1 credit, not proof of an unshown biography.

    Source access recorded: 2026-10-24
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