# Cyril Bassington-Bassington — Jeeves Stories character guide

> Cyril Bassington-Bassington in Jeeves Stories by P. G. Wodehouse.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Bassington - Bassington, the chump Cyril, old Bassington - Bassington

**First appearance:** 0012-jeeves-and-the-chump-cyril

## Snapshot

An aspiring actor of spectacular self-regard and negligible talent, whose uncle's disapproval of the stage creates complications for everyone in his orbit.

## Who they are

Cyril Bassington-Bassington is a young man of imposing pomposity who has decided to grace the theatrical profession with his presence, much to the horror of his uncle, a bishop. His uncle's insistence that he abandon the stage and take up something respectable sets in motion a series of schemes involving Bertie and Jeeves. Cyril matters because his oblivious vanity and the family pressure bearing down on him create the kind of social minefield Bertie is perpetually stumbling through, and his fate hinges on Jeeves's ingenuity.

## In the story

### [Jeeves and the Chump Cyril](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jeeves_stories_se/chapters/jeeves-and-the-chump-cyril)

Aunt Agatha's nominee, a chump who gets arrested and causes trouble.

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