Roderick Glossop
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Sir Roderick Glossop is a recurring fictional character in the comic novels of P. G. Wodehouse
.
Sometimes referred to as "the noted nerve specialist" or "the loony doctor", he is the most famous practitioner of psychiatry
in Wodehouse's works, appearing in several Wooster-Jeeves
stories and one Blandings story. Glossop represents one of the most fearsome authority-figures in the Wodehouse canon who is not an aunt. His character does not satirize any psychological fads in particular, but he manages to appear on the scene whenever one of Wodehouse's hapless heroes happens to be dressed or behaving in a way that might be construed to indicate insanity.
During the events of Uncle Fred in the Springtime
, he is impersonated by Lord Ickenham, who borrows his identity to take lodgings in Blandings so as to resolve a series of complications. Sir Roderick, of course, suspects nothing.
, he is the president of the West London branch of the Anti-Gambling League. Bertie Wooster
's Aunt Agatha is a friend of Sir Roderick's wife Lady Glossop
.
In Thank You, Jeeves
his wife has been dead for two years and he has become engaged to Lady Chuffnell. In Jeeves in the Offing
they are married.
which had been snatched from him in the street. These items had been placed there by Bertie's cousins, Claude and Eustace Wooster after they had purloined them from their various owners in a bid to join a club. This notion was dispelled quite some time later, although not before complications ensued, by a complete explanation of the series of events.
Bertie's aunts frequently quote Sir Roderick when displeased with Bertie.
In Thank you, Jeeves
, he and Bertie patch up their differences when both are seeking refuge after having been forced to black their faces with boot-polish for different reasons. He later becomes a friend of Bertie in the novel Jeeves in the Offing
when he impersonates a butler named 'Swordfish' to hide his identity from Adela Cream as Bertie's Aunt Dahlia
had brought him on to investigate the sanity of Mrs. Cream's son, Wilbur Cream. This spirit of brotherhood was brought on by shared experiences as they both had, while children, sneaking into their headmasters' studies and stealing biscuits (his being mixed while Bertie's were ginger-nuts). After he committed a gaffe by reacquiring a silver cow creamer that Tom Travers, Bertie's uncle had sold to Wilbur, he was forced to reveal his identity to the occupants of Brinkley Court
and to place the blame, incorrectly, on Bertie Wooster.
His nephew Tuppy Glossop
is also a close friend of Bertie and is engaged to Angela, Bertie's cousin and Aunt Dahlia
's daughter.
His daughter Honoria Glossop
was briefly engaged to Bertie Wooster in the events of The Inimitable Jeeves
.
In the television series Jeeves and Wooster
, Glossop is portrayed in three episodes by Roger Brierley
and once by Philip Locke
.
P. G. Wodehouse
Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, KBE was an English humorist, whose body of work includes novels, short stories, plays, poems, song lyrics, and numerous pieces of journalism. He enjoyed enormous popular success during a career that lasted more than seventy years and his many writings continue to be...
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Sometimes referred to as "the noted nerve specialist" or "the loony doctor", he is the most famous practitioner of psychiatry
Psychiatry
Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the study and treatment of mental disorders. These mental disorders include various affective, behavioural, cognitive and perceptual abnormalities...
in Wodehouse's works, appearing in several Wooster-Jeeves
Jeeves
Reginald Jeeves is a fictional character in the short stories and novels of P. G. Wodehouse, being the valet of Bertie Wooster . Created in 1915, Jeeves would continue to appear in Wodehouse's works until his final, completed, novel Aunts Aren't Gentlemen in 1974, making him Wodehouse's most famous...
stories and one Blandings story. Glossop represents one of the most fearsome authority-figures in the Wodehouse canon who is not an aunt. His character does not satirize any psychological fads in particular, but he manages to appear on the scene whenever one of Wodehouse's hapless heroes happens to be dressed or behaving in a way that might be construed to indicate insanity.
During the events of Uncle Fred in the Springtime
Uncle Fred in the Springtime
Uncle Fred in the Springtime is a novel by P.G. Wodehouse, first published in the United States on August 18, 1939 by Doubleday, Doran, New York, and in the United Kingdom on August 25, 1939 by Herbert Jenkins, London....
, he is impersonated by Lord Ickenham, who borrows his identity to take lodgings in Blandings so as to resolve a series of complications. Sir Roderick, of course, suspects nothing.
Relationships
In The Inimitable JeevesThe Inimitable Jeeves
The Inimitable Jeeves is a semi-novel collecting Jeeves stories by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom by Herbert Jenkins, London, on May 17, 1923, and in the United States by George H...
, he is the president of the West London branch of the Anti-Gambling League. Bertie Wooster
Bertie Wooster
Bertram Wilberforce "Bertie" Wooster is a recurring fictional character in the Jeeves novels of British author P. G. Wodehouse. An English gentleman, one of the "idle rich" and a member of the Drones Club, he appears alongside his valet, Jeeves, whose genius manages to extricate Bertie or one of...
's Aunt Agatha is a friend of Sir Roderick's wife Lady Glossop
Lady Glossop
Lady Delia Glossop is a recurring fictional character in the Jeeves stories of British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse, being the wife of well known nerve specialist Sir Roderick Glossop, mother to Oswald and Honoria Glossop, and an acquaintance of Bertie's fearsome Aunt Agatha Gregson...
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In Thank You, Jeeves
Thank You, Jeeves
Thank You, Jeeves is a Jeeves novel by P.G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on March 16, 1934 by Herbert Jenkins, London, and in the United States on April 23, 1934 by Little, Brown and Company, New York....
his wife has been dead for two years and he has become engaged to Lady Chuffnell. In Jeeves in the Offing
Jeeves in the Offing
Jeeves in the Offing is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United States on 4 April 1960 by Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York, under the title How Right You Are, Jeeves, and in the United Kingdom on 12 August 1960 by Herbert Jenkins, London....
they are married.
Bertie Wooster
Early in the series, Sir Roderick suspects Bertie of suffering from a mental disability, borne by the discovery of twenty-three cats (three in the television series) in Bertie's bedroom as well as the presence of a goldfish and his own top hatTop hat
A top hat, beaver hat, high hat silk hat, cylinder hat, chimney pot hat or stove pipe hat is a tall, flat-crowned, broad-brimmed hat, predominantly worn from the latter part of the 18th to the middle of the 20th century...
which had been snatched from him in the street. These items had been placed there by Bertie's cousins, Claude and Eustace Wooster after they had purloined them from their various owners in a bid to join a club. This notion was dispelled quite some time later, although not before complications ensued, by a complete explanation of the series of events.
Bertie's aunts frequently quote Sir Roderick when displeased with Bertie.
In Thank you, Jeeves
Thank You, Jeeves
Thank You, Jeeves is a Jeeves novel by P.G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on March 16, 1934 by Herbert Jenkins, London, and in the United States on April 23, 1934 by Little, Brown and Company, New York....
, he and Bertie patch up their differences when both are seeking refuge after having been forced to black their faces with boot-polish for different reasons. He later becomes a friend of Bertie in the novel Jeeves in the Offing
Jeeves in the Offing
Jeeves in the Offing is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United States on 4 April 1960 by Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York, under the title How Right You Are, Jeeves, and in the United Kingdom on 12 August 1960 by Herbert Jenkins, London....
when he impersonates a butler named 'Swordfish' to hide his identity from Adela Cream as Bertie's Aunt Dahlia
Aunt Dahlia
Dahlia Travers is a recurring fictional character in the Jeeves novels of British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse, being best known as Bertie Wooster's bonhomous, red-faced Aunt Dahlia. She is much beloved by her nephew, in contrast with her sister, Bertie's Aunt Agatha...
had brought him on to investigate the sanity of Mrs. Cream's son, Wilbur Cream. This spirit of brotherhood was brought on by shared experiences as they both had, while children, sneaking into their headmasters' studies and stealing biscuits (his being mixed while Bertie's were ginger-nuts). After he committed a gaffe by reacquiring a silver cow creamer that Tom Travers, Bertie's uncle had sold to Wilbur, he was forced to reveal his identity to the occupants of Brinkley Court
Brinkley Court
Brinkley Court is a recurring fictional location, a country house in the stories of British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse, being the seat of Tom and Dahlia Travers...
and to place the blame, incorrectly, on Bertie Wooster.
His nephew Tuppy Glossop
Tuppy Glossop
Hildebrand "Tuppy" Glossop is a fictional character appearing in some of P. G. Wodehouse Jeeves books. He is a member of the Drones Club and a good friend of Bertie Wooster. In Right Ho, Jeeves, we learn that Tuppy is of Scottish origin.-Relationships:...
is also a close friend of Bertie and is engaged to Angela, Bertie's cousin and Aunt Dahlia
Aunt Dahlia
Dahlia Travers is a recurring fictional character in the Jeeves novels of British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse, being best known as Bertie Wooster's bonhomous, red-faced Aunt Dahlia. She is much beloved by her nephew, in contrast with her sister, Bertie's Aunt Agatha...
's daughter.
His daughter Honoria Glossop
Honoria Glossop
Honoria Glossop is a particularly formidable female from the Jeeves stories by P. G. Wodehouse. She is of a rather muscular, sporty temperament, and as such remains unattached...
was briefly engaged to Bertie Wooster in the events of The Inimitable Jeeves
The Inimitable Jeeves
The Inimitable Jeeves is a semi-novel collecting Jeeves stories by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom by Herbert Jenkins, London, on May 17, 1923, and in the United States by George H...
.
In the television series Jeeves and Wooster
Jeeves and Wooster
-External links:*—An episode guide to the series, including information about which episodes were adapted from which Wodehouse stories.*—Episode guides, screenshots and quotes from the four series....
, Glossop is portrayed in three episodes by Roger Brierley
Roger Brierley
Roger Brierley was a British chartered accountant-cum-actor.Though never a major star, he appeared in many television productions over a forty year period. He twice appeared in Doctor Who, as Trevor in The Daleks' Master Plan and as the voice of Drathro in The Mysterious Planet...
and once by Philip Locke
Philip Locke
Philip Locke was an English actor.He is possibly best known for his role as villainous SPECTRE underling Vargas in the 1965 James Bond film Thunderball...
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Appearances
- Scoring Off Jeeves (The Inimitable JeevesThe Inimitable JeevesThe Inimitable Jeeves is a semi-novel collecting Jeeves stories by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom by Herbert Jenkins, London, on May 17, 1923, and in the United States by George H...
) - Sir Roderick Comes to Lunch (The Inimitable Jeeves)
- Rummy Afair Of Old Biffy (Carry On, JeevesCarry on, JeevesCarry on, Jeeves is a collection of ten short stories by P. G. Wodehouse. It was first published in the United Kingdom on 9 October 1925 by Herbert Jenkins, London, and in the United States on October 7, 1927 by George H. Doran, New York...
) - Jeeves and the Inpending Doom (Very Good, JeevesVery Good, JeevesVery Good, Jeeves is a collection of eleven short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, all featuring Jeeves and Bertie Wooster. It was first published in the United States on 20 June 1930 by Doubleday, Doran, New York, and in the United Kingdom on 4 July 1930 by Herbert Jenkins, London...
) - Jeeves and the Yule-Tide SpiritJeeves and the Yule-tide Spirit"Jeeves and the Yule-tide Spirit" is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse. It was first published in the December 1927 edition of Strand Magazine and in the 24 December 1927 edition of Liberty, and saw its first book publication in Very Good, Jeeves in 1930....
(Very Good, JeevesVery Good, JeevesVery Good, Jeeves is a collection of eleven short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, all featuring Jeeves and Bertie Wooster. It was first published in the United States on 20 June 1930 by Doubleday, Doran, New York, and in the United Kingdom on 4 July 1930 by Herbert Jenkins, London...
) - Thank You, JeevesThank You, JeevesThank You, Jeeves is a Jeeves novel by P.G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on March 16, 1934 by Herbert Jenkins, London, and in the United States on April 23, 1934 by Little, Brown and Company, New York....
- Uncle Fred in the SpringtimeUncle Fred in the SpringtimeUncle Fred in the Springtime is a novel by P.G. Wodehouse, first published in the United States on August 18, 1939 by Doubleday, Doran, New York, and in the United Kingdom on August 25, 1939 by Herbert Jenkins, London....
- Jeeves in the OffingJeeves in the OffingJeeves in the Offing is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United States on 4 April 1960 by Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York, under the title How Right You Are, Jeeves, and in the United Kingdom on 12 August 1960 by Herbert Jenkins, London....
- Jeeves and the Greasy Bird (Plum PiePlum PiePlum Pie is a collection of nine short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on September 22, 1966 by Herbert Jenkins, London, and in the United States on December 1, 1967 by Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York....
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