Bicky

Also called Mr. Bickersteth, Francis

Francis Bickersteth, Bertie's hard-up pal from Oxford, nephew of the Duke of Chiswick.

In each book 2 books

• In My Man Jeeves
  Francis Bickersteth, Bertie's hard-up pal from Oxford, nephew of the Duke of Chiswick.
• In Carry On, Jeeves
  Francis Bickersteth, Bertie's penniless friend in New York and the Duke of Chiswick's nephew.

Connections

dealings

• depends financially on, is nephew of the Duke of Chiswick 22
• is a friend of, was at school with Bertie Wooster 14
• rewards, is falsely claimed by Jeeves 7
• is child of Captain Rollo Bickersteth 3
• is child of Bicky's mother 2
• longs for, covets the chicken farm 2
• threatens, proposes a scheme involving the Chronicle^⁂ 2
• pawns things with Bicky's pawnbroker 1

Everyone and everything else (5)

• is cut off by the Birdsburg chappie 1
• refuses the Colorado ranch 1
• dislikes the cows^♞︎ 1
• covets the hens^♞︎ 1
• dislikes the horses^♞︎ 1

Scenes they are in

My Man Jeeves 6 scenes

1. Bicky, whose uncle the Duke of Chiswick thinks him busy in business instead of on a Colorado ranch, begs for help, and Jeeves proposes lending him Bertie's flat to pose as its owner.Chapter 3, Bertie's New York flat, as Mr. Bickersteth
2. Leaving the lift, Bertie meets Bicky coming back from the dock and tells him the old boy is upstairs and rattled.Chapter 3, Bertie's New York flat
3. A despairing Bicky refuses Bertie's money and dreams of a chicken farm, and Jeeves suggests charging Americans a fee to shake hands with the Duke.Chapter 3, Bertie's New York flat
4. Nobody will pay to meet the Duke except a delicatessen keeper offering ham and an anarchist who wants to kick him.Chapter 3
5. Bicky gets the Duke to agree to meet 'a few pals' the next afternoon, provided there are no reporters.Chapter 3, the sitting-room
6. Simms's demand for proof that the Duke is a duke exposes the paid handshaking, the furious Duke refuses Bicky a penny, and Jeeves's suggestion of selling the story to the papers makes him take Bicky on as secretary at five hundred a year.Chapter 3, Bertie's New York flat, as Mr. Bickersteth

Carry On, Jeeves 8 scenes

1. Bicky confesses his pretence of business success, and Jeeves proposes lending him Bertie’s flat to fool the visiting duke.Chapter 4, Bertie's New York flat
2. Bertie tells the returning Bicky that the deception has succeeded.Chapter 4, the entrance
3. Bicky refuses a loan, and Jeeves suggests selling introductions to the duke.Chapter 4, Bertie's New York flat
4. Bicky secures his uncle’s agreement to meet his supposed friends, promising there will be no reporters.Chapter 4, the sitting-room
5. Bicky celebrates over lunch by talking enthusiastically about poultry.Chapter 4, Bertie's New York club
6. They arrange seven-minute introductions to the duke in groups of ten.Chapter 4
7. Simms demands proof of the duke’s identity, exposing the paid reception and causing the duke to cancel it.Chapter 4, Bertie's New York flat, as Mr Bickersteth
8. Jeeves suggests selling the story to a newspaper, and the duke buys Bicky’s silence with a secretaryship paying five hundred pounds a year.Chapter 4, Bertie's New York flat

Talked about, but not there

My Man Jeeves 5 scenes

1. Bertie recalls how London rivals tried to poach the indispensable Jeeves, and introduces the case of Bicky and his uncle.Chapter 3
2. The Duke arrives after a row over his cab fare, marvels at the cost of 'Bicky's' flat, and Bertie assures him Bicky is a business success.Chapter 3, Bertie's New York flat
3. Jeeves reports that the Duke, convinced Bicky is prospering, has cancelled his allowance.Chapter 3, Bertie's New York flat, as Mr. Bickersteth
4. Jeeves announces he has signed up eighty-seven boosters from Birdsburg, Missouri, to shake hands with the Duke for a hundred and fifty dollars.Chapter 3, Bertie's bedroom
5. To reward Jeeves, Bertie has him shave off the moustache.Chapter 3, Bertie's New York flat

Carry On, Jeeves 9 scenes

1. Bertie reflects on Jeeves’s indispensability and other men’s attempts to poach him.Chapter 4
2. Jeeves reports Bicky’s anxious calls and explains his family and dependence on a miserly duke.Chapter 4, Bertie's New York flat, as Mr Bickersteth
3. The duke arrives, quarrels over his taxi fare, and accepts Bertie’s assurances of Bicky’s prosperity.Chapter 4, Bertie's New York flat
4. Jeeves reveals that the duke has cut off Bicky’s allowance because he believes Bicky is successful.Chapter 4, Bertie's New York flat, as Mr Bickersteth
5. A distressed Bertie dresses and goes out for dinner.Chapter 4
6. The scheme attracts only an offer of ham and an anarchist who wants to kick the duke.Chapter 4
7. Jeeves recruits eighty-seven paying visitors, and Bertie plans to top up the proceeds secretly.Chapter 4, Bertie's bedroom
8. Bertie rewards Jeeves’s ingenuity by agreeing to have his moustache shaved off.Chapter 4, Bertie's New York flat
9. Bertie explains Rocky’s leisurely career as a poet and his expectations from a wealthy aunt.Chapter 5