Mike Jackson, friend and companion of Psmith in
Mike,
Psmith in the City,
Psmith Journalist,
Leave It to Psmith.
Age 15 at the beginning of Mike, enters
Wrykyn from King-Hall's, a private school at Emsworth,
Hampshire. Tall, thin, and wiry, the youngest of the Jackson
brothers, all of whom are keen cricketers. Lives at Wain's
house and earns a place on Wrykyn's first eleven when his
father withdraws him for poor grades and sends him to
Sedleigh, where he lives in Outwood's, meets Psmith, and at
first declines to play cricket. After Sedleigh, his name is
down for King's College, Cambridge, but because of his
father's financial reverses at the beginning of Psmith in the City he rents
a bed-sitter in Dulwich and works at the New Asiatic Bank.
At the end of Psmith in the City, he will attend Cambridge as Psmith's
confidential secretary and adviser, later to take up a position
as an agent on the Psmith estates. Touring America as a
member of the Marylebone Cricket Club in Psmith Journalist after his
first year at Cambridge with Psmith. Loses his position as
manager of the Smith estate when Psmith's father dies; works
for a time as master at a school. Married to Joseph Keeble's
stepdaughter Phyllis in Leave It to Psmith, where they need capital to buy
a farm.
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