Reginald Chuffnell ("Chuffy")
Reginald Chuffnell ("Chuffy") | |
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![]() Reginald Chuffnell and Bertie Wooster | |
First appearance | Chuffy |
Created by | P. G. Wodehouse |
Portrayed by | John Barrard |
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Gender | Male |
Occupation | Lord |
Title | 5th Baron Chuffnell |
Nationality | British |
Lord Chuffnell , often known as Chuffy or Marmaduke, is a recurring fictional character from the Jeeves novels of British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse, being 5th Baron Chuffnell. In the 1990s television series Jeeves and Wooster he is portrayed by Matthew Solon . Adapted from Thank You, Jeeves.
The fictional 5th Baron Chuffnell. Nicknamed "Marmaduke" by his fiancee Pauline Stoker, and "Chuffy" by his friends at the Drones Club. Due to financial troubles with the running of Chuffnell Hall, he is planning to sell it and the estate to American businessman J. Washburn Stoker. It is during this transacation that he meets and falls in love with Pauline, Stoker's daughter, although their engagement is temporarily thrown into disarray by Bertie's blunderings. He discovers, to his concern, that Pauline was once engaged to Bertie.
Jeeves produces a plan to get Pauline and Chuffy together. Chuffy is normally a civil, decent fellow to Bertie, but can easily succumb to anger when his engagement with Pauline is put in doubt. Chuffy saves Pauline when Bertie's cottage burns down.
References
- Primary sources consulted
- Wodehouse, P. G. (1975) [1938]. The Code of the Woosters. New York: Vintage Books. ISBN 0-394-72028-8.
- Wodehouse, P. G. (1999) [1954]. Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-028120-7.
- Secondary sources consulted
- Usborne, Richard (2003) [2002]. Plum Sauce: A P. G. Wodehouse Companion. Woodstock, New York: The Overlook Press. pp. 137–207. ISBN 1-58567-441-9.