Major General Sir Masterman Petherick-Soames, Mabel's uncle in The Ordeal of Osbert Mulliner. Once horsewhipped Capt. J.G. Walkinshaw on the steps of the Drones Club for trifling with the affections of his niece Hester; similarly rebuked Rupert Blenkinsop-Bustard on the steps of the Junior Bird Fanciers for trifling with the affections of his niece Gertrude. Prepared to administer like treatment to Osbert Mulliner on the steps of the United Jade Fanciers for trifling with the affections of his niece Mabel.

• The Ordeal of Osbert Mulliner