Snape, Weasley and Malfoy- timelines?

[Steve Vander Ark]

No: HPFGUIDX 18441

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "*Lilith Morgana*" <lilith_snape at h...> 
wrote:
> Oh, sorry I didn't realise that. It's true, they never say what 
> Malfoy does for a living at all. He's probably one of the people 
who 
> are rich and powerful enough to be able to enjoy a laid-back 
> life...*grins* 

We do know that he served on the Committee for the Disposal of 
Dangerous Creatures -- but no, we don't even know that. Perhaps he 
was only present in that whole debacle as the "plaintiff." 

He was a member of the Board of Governors of Hogwarts, of course, but 
that also doesn't mean he worked for the Ministry. 

My own take is that he doesn't officially work for the Ministry, he 
volunteers his time and influence wherever it seems to him that it 
would help him personally. 

Just a side note, I love the idea that he just might be the rich man 
who owns the Riddle House, mentioned in GF1, who keeps it for tax 
purposes, although no one can quite figure out what tax purposes 
those might be. Hey, Lucious had Tom Riddle's old diary...maybe he 
has Tom Riddle's grandparents' old house too. 

And then, with that in mind and since we know that wizards live 
longer than Muggles, maybe Lucious was one of those "closest friends" 
at Hogwarts to whom Tom Riddle was already known as Voldemort, fifty 
years ago.

Just to set the record straight, Lucious and Narcissa were both in 
Slytherin, according to Draco in SS, and therefore yes, they went to 
Hogwarts.

Steve Vander Ark
The Harry Potter Lexicon
which has a page about the Malfoy family
http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon