Roderick Glossop

Sir Roderick Glossop
Sir Roderick Glossop, tall man standing on the right side
Last appearance	Kidnapped!
Created by	P. G. Wodehouse
Portrayed by	portrayed in three episodes by Roger Brierley and once by Philip Locke
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Gender	Male
Title	Sir Roderick Glossop
Nationality	British

Sir Roderick Glossop is a recurring fictional character in the comic novels of P. G. Wodehouse.

Sometimes referred to as "the noted nerve specialist" or "the loony doctor", he is the most famous practitioner of psychiatry in Wodehouse's works, appearing in several Wooster-Jeeves stories and one Blandings story. Glossop represents one of the most fearsome authority-figures in the Wodehouse canon who is not an aunt. His character does not satirize any psychological fads in particular, but he manages to appear on the scene whenever one of Wodehouse's hapless heroes happens to be dressed or behaving in a way that might be construed to indicate insanity.

During the events of Uncle Fred in the Springtime, he is impersonated by Lord Ickenham, who borrows his identity to take lodgings in Blandings so as to resolve a series of complications. Sir Roderick, of course, suspects nothing.

He is described as bald and round-headed (the upper portion of his head is compared to the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral) with thick, black eyebrows and (usually) a severe expression of face.

In The Inimitable Jeeves, he is the president of the West London branch of the Anti-Gambling League. Bertie Wooster's Aunt Agatha is a friend of Sir Roderick's wife Lady Glossop.

In Thank You, Jeeves his wife has been dead for two years and he has become engaged to Lady Chuffnell. In Jeeves in the Offing they are married.

Early in the series, Sir Roderick suspects Bertie of suffering from a mental disability, borne by the discovery of three cats (later accounts of the incident in subsequent books say it was twenty-three cats) in Bertie's bedroom as well as the remains of a cat-devoured salmon and his own top hat which had been snatched from him in the street. These items had been placed there by Bertie's cousins, Claude and Eustace Wooster after they had purloined them from their various owners in a bid to join a club. This notion was dispelled quite some time later, although not before complications ensued, by a complete explanation of the series of events.