Cyril's father

Also called old Bassington-Bassington senior

Bassington-Bassington senior, who sent Cyril to America and is dead against the stage.

Connections

dealings

• is parent of, is against the stage career of Cyril Bassington-Bassington 6

Talked about, but not there

1. Cyril gleefully announces that George has given him a part in Ask Dad, which his father would never allow, and George on the telephone refuses to drop him.Chapter 9, Bertie's New York flat, as my jolly old guv’nor
2. Clutching Aunt Agatha's threatening letter, Bertie bursts into the kitchen to find Jeeves entertaining a valet and a freckled boy who sizes him up and declares his pop is richer.Chapter 10, the kitchen, as Cyril’s father
3. At the dress-rehearsal of Ask Dad, Blumenfield's son condemns Cyril as the ugly one with a face like a fish, Cyril threatens to spank him, and Blumenfield fires Cyril on the spot.Chapter 10, Blumenfield's theatre, as old Bassington-Bassington senior
4. Cyril calls to say he has nobly resigned from the show out of duty to his father and is off to Washington, and Jeeves allows that young Blumenfield may have overheard his views on Cyril and the stage.Chapter 10, Bertie's bedroom, as the jolly old guv’nor