Other Melchetts
| Flavius Melchett | |
|---|---|
| Blackadder character | |
| First appearance | Blackadder: Back and Forth |
| Last appearance | Blackadder: Back and Forth |
| Portrayed by | Stephen Fry |
| Information | |
| Occupation | Archbishop |
| Nationality | British |
| Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington | |
|---|---|
| Blackadder character | |
| First appearance | Duel and Duality |
| Last appearance | Blackadder Back and Forth |
| Portrayed by | Stephen Fry |
| Information | |
| Occupation | Field marshal, Duke of Wellington |
| Nationality | British/Irish |
| General Melchicus | |
|---|---|
| Blackadder character | |
| First appearance | Blackadder: Back and Forth |
| Last appearance | Blackadder: Back and Forth |
| Portrayed by | Stephen Fry |
| Information | |
| Occupation | General |
| Nationality | Roman |
Blackadder's Christmas Carol shows Blackadder getting the last laugh, as he tricks both Melchett and the Queen into "autographing" a death warrant that condemns Melchett to be executed, and leaves Blackadder with all his property. In the same episode, Stephen Fry plays a futuristic character named Lord Frondo, who advises Queen Asphyxia XIX, who is played by Miranda Richardson, allowing one to infer that he is descended from the Melchetts.
In the millennium special, Blackadder Back and Forth, Fry reprised the roles of The Duke of Wellington and Lord Melchett, and also played the Roman General Melchicus (a character very similar to General Melchett) and the modern-day Archbishop Flavius Melchett (a character with slight similarities to both Lord Melchett and General Melchett).
As part of the Cambridge Footlights Revue 1981, "The Cellar Tapes", Stephen Fry performed a monologue named "The Letter" in which a character named Melchett is mentioned.
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