Clifton Bessemer

Also called Clifton, Mr Bessemer, Pulp Paper Magnate, Cliff Bessemer, Bessemer

Mrs Spottsworth's late first husband, the Pulp Paper Magnate and racing enthusiast, killed in a collision with a beer truck.

Connections

dealings

• is married to, communicates through the ouija board with Mrs Spottsworth 10

Talked about, but not there

1. Rosalinda Banks of Ohio marries and outlives two millionaires, the second killed by a lion in Kenya, and is now on her way to stay with Lord Rowcester.Chapter 1
2. Captain Biggar bursts in chasing the bookie who welshed on his double, meets Mrs Spottsworth again and hides his love for her, deciding a penniless hunter cannot court a rich widow.Chapter 1, the Goose and Gherkin, as first husband
3. Driving from the Goose and Gherkin, Mrs Spottsworth decides the spirits sent Captain Biggar back to her and she might cultivate him, then sees Rowcester Abbey in the sunset and falls in love with it.Chapter 6, Rowcester Abbey, as Cliff Bessemer
4. Bill and the Carmoyles argue over whether Mrs Spottsworth will buy the Abbey, Rory tells Bill the police and a mystery man have been asking about his car, and Jeeves announces Mrs Spottsworth.Chapters 6–7, the living room
5. In the moonlit garden Mrs Spottsworth all but invites Captain Biggar to propose, the code keeps him tongue-tied until Bill interrupts, and Biggar listens in disgust as Bill coos to her.Chapter 10, the garden
6. Rory and Monica settle their Derby bets and go to consult Jeeves, and Mrs Spottsworth tells Bill the pendant was a present from Mr Spottsworth, so Biggar's story was false and Bill flees to Jeeves's pantry.Chapter 17, the living room, as Mr Bessemer