Rupert Bingley, formerly the butler-valet Brinkley (q.v.), man of property in Much Obliged, Jeeves; smallish and now plump, a Gawd-help-us character with a familiar manner (he addresses Jeeves as "Reggie"), lives at 5 Ormond Crescent, Market Snodsbury, on an inheritance. Erstwhile employers include Bertie Wooster, L.P. Runkle and Ginger Winship. His political views, far to the left in his butler days, are now conservative. Steals the Junior Ganymede club book to blackmail Ginger Winship.

• Much Obliged, Jeeves