Honourable James ‘Jago’ Murdo Alastair Fleming Ross, violent and vulpine, heir to the Viscountcy of Croy, merchant banker. Former boyfriend of Charlotte Campbell to whom she gets engaged two weeks after she splits from Strike despite his reputation for violence and alcoholism. Later Viscount Croy and father of Charlotte’s twins (Troubled Blood). Their messy divorce causes trouble for Strike and his agency during the Edie Ledwell investigation till Dev and Midge find proof of his cruelty to his older children (The Ink Black Heart).