Alexander Worple

Also called Alexander, Worple, Mr Worple, Corky’s uncle, The old boy, Uncle Alexander, Mr. Alexander Worple, old Worple

Corky's rich, bad-tempered uncle, in jute, an ornithologist and author of American Birds, who marries Muriel.

In each book 2 books

• In My Man Jeeves
  Corky's rich, bad-tempered uncle, in jute, an ornithologist and author of American Birds, who marries Muriel.
• In Carry On, Jeeves
  Corky's wealthy uncle, an ornithologist and jute man, who marries Muriel Singer.

Connections

dealings

• is uncle of, finances Corky 12
• marries, writes to Muriel Singer 5
• commissions, denounces Corky's portrait of the baby^✦︎ 3
• creates, writes American Birds^✦︎ 2
• invites, asks to do something Bertie Wooster 2
• is parent of the Worple baby 2
• owns Worple's jute business^⁂ 2
• is praised by The Children's Book of American Birds^✦︎ 1

Everyone and everything else (2)

• writes More American Birds^✦︎ 1
• writes Worple's letter^✦︎ 1

Scenes they are in

My Man Jeeves 2 scenes

1. Back in town, Bertie finds Muriel dining alone and learns she has left the stage and married Corky's uncle, who invites Bertie to dinner.Chapter 1, the quiet restaurant, as Alexander
2. Worple is outraged by the leering portrait and orders Corky into the jute business, but Jeeves suggests the picture as a comic series, 'The Adventures of Baby Blobbs'.Chapter 1, Corky's studio, as the uncle

Carry On, Jeeves 2 scenes

1. Bertie meets Muriel at a restaurant and discovers she has married Corky’s uncle.Chapter 2, the quiet restaurant, as Alexander
2. Worple threatens to stop Corky’s allowance over the ghastly portrait, but Jeeves turns it into the idea for Baby Blobbs.Chapter 2, Corky's studio, as the uncle

Talked about, but not there

My Man Jeeves 8 scenes

1. Bertie explains how he came to New York and met Corky, a would-be portrait-painter living on an allowance from his bird-loving, jute-rich uncle Alexander Worple.Chapter 1
2. Corky brings his fiancée Muriel Singer to ask how to break the news to his uncle, and Jeeves proposes that she 'write' a children's bird book dedicated to Worple, at Bertie's expense.Chapter 1, Bertie's New York flat, as your uncle
3. The first copies of The Children's Book of American Birds arrive at Corky's place, full of praise for Worple, and Bertie and Corky think it a cert.Chapter 1, Corky's studio
4. Corky reports that his uncle has written Muriel a warm letter inviting her to call.Chapter 1, Bertie's New York flat, as Mr. Worple
5. Bertie tells Jeeves that Muriel has married the uncle, and Jeeves admits he had foreseen it but did not like to say.Chapter 1, Bertie's New York flat, as his uncle
6. Having avoided Corky for months, Bertie reads in the paper that Mrs. Alexander Worple has had a son and heir, and is too sorry for Corky to eat his breakfast.Chapter 1, Bertie's New York flat
7. Bertie finds Corky painting the baby's portrait for his uncle, his first commission, and hating the infant who has done him out of his inheritance.Chapter 1, Corky's studio, as my uncle
8. Corky telephones that the portrait is finished and his uncle is coming to inspect it, and Bertie agrees to come only if he may bring Jeeves.Chapter 1, Bertie's New York flat, as the red-faced chappie

Carry On, Jeeves 9 scenes

1. Bertie explains his American exile and Corky’s dependence on an uncle who despises his artistic ambitions.Chapter 2
2. Jeeves proposes a ghostwritten bird book to win Worple’s approval of Muriel, with Bertie paying for it.Chapter 2, Bertie's New York flat, as your uncle
3. The conspirators admire the new book’s lavish praise of Worple.Chapter 2, Corky's studio
4. Corky reports that Worple has warmly invited Muriel to meet him.Chapter 2, Bertie's New York flat, as Mr Worple
5. Jeeves admits he had foreseen the possibility of Muriel marrying the uncle.Chapter 2, Bertie's New York flat, as his uncle
6. A birth announcement tells Bertie that Corky has lost his position as Worple’s heir.Chapter 2, Bertie's New York flat
7. Bertie finds Corky bitterly painting the baby who has displaced him from his inheritance.Chapter 2, Corky's studio, as my uncle
8. Corky telephones for moral support when his uncle comes to inspect the finished portrait, and Bertie insists on bringing Jeeves.Chapter 2, Bertie's New York flat, as My uncle
9. Bertie explains Rocky’s leisurely career as a poet and his expectations from a wealthy aunt.Chapter 5