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- "Popular Minister who first established an Auror recruitment programme."
- — Eldritch Diggory[src]
Diggory was the surname of a wizarding family of unknown blood status. They lived near Ottery St Catchpole in Devon, England. They lived close to the Weasley (The Burrow), Lovegood, and Fawcett families.[9] Former Minister for Magic Eldritch Diggory was a famous member of this family.
History[]
Early history[]
Eldritch Diggory was appointed Minister for Magic in 1733. He was re-elected in 1740. He created the Auror recruitment programme. He died in 1747 due to Dragon Pox.[2]
Recent history[]
- "Remember Cedric. Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is right and what is easy, remember what happened to a boy who was good, and kind, and brave, because he strayed across the path of Lord Voldemort. Remember Cedric Diggory."
- — Cedric Diggory's eulogy[src]
Amos Diggory was a Ministry of Magic official who worked for the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures. The Diggorys lived somewhere in Devon by Ottery St Catchpole.[9] Amos was a ruddy-faced wizard with a scrubby brown beard. He took a great deal of pride in his son, Cedric, even to the point of being somewhat rude about it to Harry Potter.[4] Other than that, Amos was a genial man who was on friendly terms with Arthur and Molly Weasley. However, he didn’t recognise the Weasley children, so the two families were not close friends.
Amos and Cedric at the 1994 Quidditch World Cup
Amos and Cedric attended the 1994 Quidditch World Cup. After the worls cup Death Eaters attacked and tortured the Muggle Roberts family. Amos was also present for the reappreance of the Dark Mark. When in his official capacity Amos was very stern and perhaps even go overboard a little. His tone with Winky when he interrogated her after the discovery of the Dark Mark was very severe. He called her "elf" instead of using her name.[10]
Cedric attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in Hufflepuff House from 1989. He was Captain of the Hufflepuff Quidditch team from 1993.[3] In 1994, Cedric entered the Triwizard Tournament and was picked by the Goblet of Fire to represent Hogwarts alongside Harry Potter.[8] He did very well in the tournament,[11][12] and was a high contender to win by the final task.[5]
Cedric did find the Triwizard Cup and agreed to share victory with Harry, but the cup was in fact a Portkey which took them to the Little Hangleton graveyard instead of back to Hogwarts, where Cedric was murdered by Peter Pettigrew on the orders of Lord Voldemort.[13]
Cedric's memorial feast after his murder
Cedric's memory motivated a lot of fellow students throughout the next few years, particularly Harry who remembered him highly.[6] After Cedric was murdered, Amos was overcome and couldn't even talk with Harry, but cried through the entire interview. His wife spoke gently to Harry, however, and make it clear that they didn't blame him.[14]
Amos was still alive as of 2020, when he tried to obtain one of the new Time-Turners to save Cedric along with Albus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy. However, the plan did not work and was abandoned.[6]
Family members[]
Diggory family[]
| Wizard(s) | Notes |
|---|---|
| Eldritch Diggory | Minister for Magic from 1733 to 1747. Died in office from a case of Dragon Pox.[2] |
| Amos Diggory | Ministry of Magic employee in the 1990s.[4] |
| Mrs Diggory | Amos's wife and Cedric's mother.[5] |
| Cedric Diggory | A Hufflepuff student[3] and Triwizard Champion,[8] who was murdered by Peter Pettigrew in 1995.[13] |
Distant relations[]
| Wizard(s) | Notes |
|---|---|
| Helen Thistlewood | Great-niece of Eldritch Diggory.[7] |
| Eddie Thistlewood | Great-nephew of Eldritch Diggory and Helen's brother.[7] |
Family tree[]
| Eldritch Diggory | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Unknown | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Many generations | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Helen Thistlewood | Eddie Thistlewood | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Amos Diggory | Mrs Diggory | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Cedric Diggory | |||||||||||||||||||||
Etymology[]
It is commonly believed that J. K. Rowling borrowed Diggory from Digory Kirke in C.S. Lewis's Narnia series, as he is said to be one of her favourite authors. Diggory is also a real, yet obscure surname, first seen as Degaré (d'egarè, "lost one") in 14th century Breton lai Sir Degaré.
Appearances[]
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix} (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) (Appears in flashback(s)) (Appears in photographs)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (play)
- Quidditch Through the Ages (Mentioned only)
- Pottermore
- Wizarding World
- Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup
- Harry Potter for Kinect
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 (Appears in flashback(s))
- LEGO Harry Potter
- Harry Potter: The Character Vault
- Harry Potter: The Creature Vault
- Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
- Harry Potter: Wizards Unite
Notes and references[]
- ↑ In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 24 (Rita Skeeter's Scoop), Hagrid tells Harry that he hopes he wins the Triwizard Tournament as "It’d show ’em all ... yeh don’ have ter be pureblood ter do it." implying that Cedric is a pure-blood. Since Cedric's parents were both wizards, he could not have been a Muggle-born anyway.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Writing by J. K. Rowling: "Ministers for Magic" at Wizarding World
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 9 (Grim Defeat)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 6 (The Portkey)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 31 (The Third Task)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Hogwarts Legacy
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 16 (The Goblet of Fire)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 6 (The Portkey) - "No, the Lovegoods have been there for a week already and the Fawcetts couldn’t get tickets," said Mr Diggory. "There aren’t any more of us in this area, are there?"
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 9 (The Dark Mark)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 20 (The First Task)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 26 (The Second Task)
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 32 (Flesh, Blood and Bone)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 37 (The Beginning)