What is the name of Ada and Freddie Thorne's son in Peaky Blinders?

Ada and Freddie Thorne’s son in Peaky Blinders is named Karl Thorne.

Karl is the child of Ada Shelby, later Ada Thorne, and Freddie Thorne, a Birmingham communist and close wartime-era associate of Tommy Shelby. The character is named after Karl Marx, the nineteenth-century philosopher and political theorist whose writings strongly influenced communist movements, including the political world Freddie inhabits.

Karl is not one of the show’s central viewpoint characters, so viewers can easily confuse him with other children in the Shelby family. Charles Shelby is Tommy’s son, Billy Shelby is Arthur’s son, and Laurence Gray is Michael Gray’s son. Those names belong to different branches of the extended family.

Freddie dies between the first and second series, with the story attributing his death to “pestilence,” generally understood as a reference to the Spanish flu pandemic. Ada later remains deeply connected to the Shelby family while pursuing a more independent role in the company’s legal and American operations.