the Duke of Chiswick

Also called Chiswick, Duke of Chiswick, old Chiswick, Uncle, Duke, The old boy, The duke

Bicky's wealthy and miserly uncle, the hard-boiled egg, visiting New York.

In each book 2 books

• In My Man Jeeves
  Bicky's wealthy and miserly uncle, the hard-boiled egg, visiting New York.
• In Carry On, Jeeves
  Bicky's rich, miserly uncle, who visits New York.

Connections

dealings

• is uncle of, finances Bicky 22
• refuses, is pestered by the reporters^⁂ 3
• is deceived by Bertie Wooster 2
• is sibling of Bicky's mother 2
• is told by the Birdsburg chappie 2
• refuses the Birdsburg convention^⁂ 2
• rows with, quarrels with the cabby 2
• is paid for a meeting by, is paid to be met by the delicatessen-keeper 2

Everyone and everything else (6)

• is paid for a meeting by, is paid to be met by the pawnbroker's brother 2
• is challenged by, is pestered by Simms 2
• cuts off the allowance of Bicky's allowance^✦︎ 1
• sends away the Colorado ranch 1
• employs the Duke's butler 1
• is the object of a scheme proposed by Jeeves 1

Scenes they are in

My Man Jeeves 3 scenes

1. 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, as the old boy
2. Bicky gets the Duke to agree to meet 'a few pals' the next afternoon, provided there are no reporters.Chapter 3, the sitting-room, as old Chiswick
3. 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 the duke

Carry On, Jeeves 4 scenes

1. The duke arrives, quarrels over his taxi fare, and accepts Bertie’s assurances of Bicky’s prosperity.Chapter 4, Bertie's New York flat, as his uncle
2. Bicky secures his uncle’s agreement to meet his supposed friends, promising there will be no reporters.Chapter 4, the sitting-room, as Chiswick
3. 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 Duke of Chiswick
4. 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, as Chiswick

Talked about, but not there

My Man Jeeves 8 scenes

1. Bertie recalls how London rivals tried to poach the indispensable Jeeves, and introduces the case of Bicky and his uncle.Chapter 3, as hard-boiled egg
2. 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 uncle
3. 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
4. Jeeves reports that the Duke, convinced Bicky is prospering, has cancelled his allowance.Chapter 3, Bertie's New York flat, as the duke
5. 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, as old Chiswick
6. Nobody will pay to meet the Duke except a delicatessen keeper offering ham and an anarchist who wants to kick him.Chapter 3, as old Chiswick
7. 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, as his grace
8. To reward Jeeves, Bertie has him shave off the moustache.Chapter 3, Bertie's New York flat, as the old boy

Carry On, Jeeves 11 scenes

1. Bertie reflects on Jeeves’s indispensability and other men’s attempts to poach him.Chapter 4, as the hard-boiled egg
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 uncle
3. 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, as uncle
4. Bertie tells the returning Bicky that the deception has succeeded.Chapter 4, the entrance
5. 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 His Grace
6. Bicky refuses a loan, and Jeeves suggests selling introductions to the duke.Chapter 4, Bertie's New York flat, as Chiswick
7. The scheme attracts only an offer of ham and an anarchist who wants to kick the duke.Chapter 4, as Chiswick
8. Jeeves recruits eighty-seven paying visitors, and Bertie plans to top up the proceeds secretly.Chapter 4, Bertie's bedroom, as His Grace
9. They arrange seven-minute introductions to the duke in groups of ten.Chapter 4
10. Bertie rewards Jeeves’s ingenuity by agreeing to have his moustache shaved off.Chapter 4, Bertie's New York flat
11. Bertie explains Rocky’s leisurely career as a poet and his expectations from a wealthy aunt.Chapter 5