Uncle Joseph

Also called Uncle Joe, the Vinton Street chap, Solon, D’Arcy’s uncle, mine host of Vinton Street

Stilton's uncle, the stern, jesting Vinton Street magistrate who cannot bear to be kept waiting for his soup; he fines Bertie and recognises him in a photograph.

Connections

dealings

• is uncle of Stilton Cheesewright 6
• disapproves of Bertie Wooster 5
• tries in court Barmy Fotheringay-Phipps 1
• is entertained by Florence Craye 1
• recognises the group photograph^✦︎ 1

Scenes they are in

1. After a night in the cells, Bertie, as 'Gadsby', tries to pass off tripping the constable as an accident, and the jesting Vinton Street magistrate fines him ten pounds.Chapter 6, Vinton Street police court, as the beak

Talked about, but not there

1. Fortified by one of Jeeves's specials, Bertie refuses to shave off the moustache Jeeves disapproves of, just as Stilton Cheesewright arrives.Chapters 1–2, the sitting-room, as his uncle
2. Stilton lectures Bertie on keeping fit for the Drones Darts sweep, bristles with jealousy at the mention of Florence, calls the moustache ghastly, and is interrupted as Florence arrives.Chapters 2–3, Bertie's flat, as Uncle Joe
3. Bertie relaxes alone in the Drones smoking-room until he finds Stilton beside him.Chapters 3–4, the Drones smoking-room, as my uncle’s
4. Bertie tells Jeeves of his arrest, orders a huge breakfast, and laments that the Junior Ganymede club book has nothing on Cheesewright, who has become a menace.Chapter 6, Bertie's flat, as magistrate
5. Florence telephones to learn that the magistrate who fined Bertie is Stilton's uncle, reveals that she and Stilton are engaged again, begs Bertie to keep the night club secret, and Stilton silently appears in the room.Chapters 6–7, Bertie's flat, as magistrate
6. Bertie reluctantly goes out after Percy, gives up when he can't find him, and then meets him rounding a rhododendron bush.Chapters 9–10, the garden at Brinkley