Uncle Cuthbert

Also called Gussie’s governor

Gussie's late father, the extravagant former head of the family, who married Aunt Julia off the stage.

Connections

dealings

• marries, pays Aunt Julia 2
• is uncle of Bertie Wooster 1
• is parent of Gussie Mannering-Phipps 1
• is despised by Joe Danby 1

Talked about, but not there

1. Aunt Agatha rouses Bertie early to tell him Gussie has fallen for a vaudeville girl in New York and orders him to go over and stop the marriage.Chapter 1
2. Aunt Julia and Joe Danby recognise each other as old stage partners, Danby confesses he always loved her, and when she reveals Gussie is her son he asks her to come back to the profession and she falls into his arms.Chapter 1, the Danbys' apartment, as your husband