 He is the father of Gertrude Butterwick, and the uncle to Ambrose and Reggie Tennyson.He demands that Monty Bodkin hold a job for one full year before he can marry Gertrude.Uncle of Hugo Carmody, Lester is an overweight, somewhat miserly fellow, who resides at Rudge Hall

Hero of "The Swoop", Clarence is a fourteen-year-old Boy Scout, who saves England from invasion by foreign powers thanks to his remarkable "nous", and as a result becomes the hero and darling of the nation.