John Bickersdyke
A short, plump man, Bickersdyke is the head of the New Asiatic Bank. He has a hard, thin-lipped mouth, half-hidden by a ragged moustache. his eyes are also hard, pale and slightly protruding, and he wears gold spectacles. In his schooldays he knew Mr Smith, and later, when a clerk in Morton and Blatherwick's with Mr Waller, he held strong Liberal views, which he expressed in wild and controversial speeches at the "Tulse Hill Parliament", and once he stood for Parliament in the North, as a Liberal candidate, but lost by a couple of thousand.
In later life, during the events of Psmith in the City, he becomes a Unionist, and is elected MP for Kenningford, despite Psmith breaking up meetings and threatening to reveal his past. He has a notorious temper, little time for or understanding of cricket, and is a member of The Senior Conservative Club.
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