# Lord Belpher — A Damsel in Distress character guide

> Lord Belpher in A Damsel in Distress by P. G. Wodehouse.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Belpher, The Belpher

**First appearance:** 0002-i

## Snapshot

Maud's pompous brother, freshly twenty-one and swollen with self-importance, whose wounded dignity fuels his campaign against George.

## Who they are

Percy, now Lord Belpher, takes himself with a seriousness that makes his own misfortunes unbearable and everyone else's hilarious. A limping, seething young aristocrat, he sees George as an interloper and his sister's independence as an insult to the family name, and he pursues both grievances with a baffled fury that reduces his weight by ounces a day. His obstruction is the engine of the novel's middle act: every attempt he makes to guard Maud only tightens the knot he is trying to cut.

## In the story

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_damsel_in_distress_se/chapters/v)

Mentioned in a humorous newspaper poem as being arrested for punching a policeman outside the Carlton.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_damsel_in_distress_se/chapters/xiv)

Lord Belpher suspects George's identity but is temporarily satisfied after questioning Keggs.

### [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_damsel_in_distress_se/chapters/xvii)

Limping and furious, he hides his anger from guests, including his uncle the Bishop.

### [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_damsel_in_distress_se/chapters/xxii)

Percy listens to Keggs's advice about handling Maud's romance and agrees to speak to his father about inviting Bevan to the castle.

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