List of Minor Blandings Characters - Claude "Mustard" Pott

Claude "Mustard" Pott

Double-chinned Mr Pott, "a stout, round, bald, pursy little man of about fifty", is a private detective and former Silver Ring bookie, an old friend of Uncle Fred (who provided the money to set up his detective business), and father of Polly. In a long and varied career he also ran a club for a time, and was a minor Shakespearean actor; he has, in his time, been bitten by a pig (and a lamb). An incorrigible gambler and lover of soft marks, he is very skilled at the game known as Persian Monarchs (although not as quite good as the Duke of Dunstable), and can always deal himself an unbeatable hand at Slippery Joe. When we meet him, in Uncle Fred in the Springtime, he lives at 6 Wilbraham Place, Sloane Square, and disapproves of his daughter's affection for impoverished poet Ricky Gilpin, hoping she may instead be persuaded to marry his wealthier cousin Horace.