Roderick Glossop

Sir Roderick Glossop is a fictional character in stories by P. G. Wodehouse.

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He is the most famous practitioner of psychiatry (affectionately called the brain guy). One of Plum's favourite subtle character, appearing in several Wooster-Jeeves stories and one Blandings story.

Related Topics:
Psychiatry - Brain - Jeeves

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In The Inimitable Jeeves, 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.

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Sir Roderick suspected Bertie Wooster to be suffering from a mental disability. Bertie Wooster's aunts frequently quoted Sir Roderick when they were displeased with Bertie.

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He was once impersonated by Lord Ickenham, who borrowed his identity to take lodgings in Blandings so as to resolve a series of complications. Sir Roderick, of course, suspected nothing.

Related Topics:
Lord Ickenham - Blandings

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He later became a friend of Bertie (in Jeeves in the Offing) when they operated together in a case. At one point, Sir Roderick Glossop pretends to be a butler named Swordfish to hide his identity.

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His nephew Tuppy Glossop is also a close friend of Bertie, and was engaged to Angela, Bertie's cousin and Aunt Dahlia's daughter.

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His daughter Honoria Glossop is briefly engaged to Bertie Wooster (in The Inimitiable Jeeves).

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