<Li> Captain The Honourable Edward `` Teddy '' Meldrum ( Michael Knowles ) - Teddy is Lord Meldrum 's younger brother . Little is known about his past life apart from he tried to seduce the 16 - year - old dormitory maid at Eton , when he was 19 . During the First World War , he had been conscripted as a Captain into the British Army and had served in the Infantry on the Western Front . On September 16 , 1918 , Teddy fought in the Battle of Amiens , where , whilst leading his men forward was wounded by getting shot in the head by a piece of shrapnel fired from a heavy gun ( referred to by everybody as a `` bonk on the head '' ) . Teddy was knocked unconscious and fell into a shell hole . Later he was discovered by and carried back to a nearby Hospital by Alf and James . By 1927 the Honourable Teddy is still unmarried and living in his brother 's house . Due to the head wounds that he sustained in the war , he has a lust for servant girls , has had relationships with 5 previous maids ( Maggie , Amy , Bella , Violet and Ethel ) and has fathered children to them all ( 6 in all , the last one had twins ! ) : he can not resist their `` shiny , scrubbed faces '' and `` scent of carbolic soap '' . After Ivy starts working in the house , he is also smitten by her , though she frequently resists . He is being forced by his brother to marry Madge Cartwright , the heiress to a soap dynasty , although is more interested in her maid , Rose . When Poppy elopes to Gretna Green to marry Dickie Metcalfe , Teddy takes the idea and elopes with Rose with the same intention , but this fails . Teddy eventually does marry Rose and raises a family with her . Following the loss of the family fortune , Teddy becomes a successful car salesman . He often says ' bally cheek ! ' and ' oh hang ! ' . </Li>
<Li> Captain The Honourable Edward `` Teddy '' Meldrum ( Michael Knowles ) - Teddy is Lord Meldrum 's younger brother . Little is known about his past life apart from he tried to seduce the 16 - year - old dormitory maid at Eton , when he was 19 . During the First World War , he had been conscripted as a Captain into the British Army and had served in the Infantry on the Western Front . On September 16 , 1918 , Teddy fought in the Battle of Amiens , where , whilst leading his men forward was wounded by getting shot in the head by a piece of shrapnel fired from a heavy gun ( referred to by everybody as a `` bonk on the head '' ) . Teddy was knocked unconscious and fell into a shell hole . Later he was discovered by and carried back to a nearby Hospital by Alf and James . By 1927 the Honourable Teddy is still unmarried and living in his brother 's house . Due to the head wounds that he sustained in the war , he has a lust for servant girls , has had relationships with 5 previous maids ( Maggie , Amy , Bella , Violet and Ethel ) and has fathered children to them all ( 6 in all , the last one had twins ! ) : he can not resist their `` shiny , scrubbed faces '' and `` scent of carbolic soap '' . After Ivy starts working in the house , he is also smitten by her , though she frequently resists . He is being forced by his brother to marry Madge Cartwright , the heiress to a soap dynasty , although is more interested in her maid , Rose . When Poppy elopes to Gretna Green to marry Dickie Metcalfe , Teddy takes the idea and elopes with Rose with the same intention , but this fails . Teddy eventually does marry Rose and raises a family with her . Following the loss of the family fortune , Teddy becomes a successful car salesman . He often says ' bally cheek ! ' and ' oh hang ! ' . </Li>
who played teddy in you rang my lord
who played teddy in you rang my lord
Michael Knowles
Michael Knowles