Barrington Minty
What can be said about Barrington Ulysses Minty, adventurer, whelk farmer and bon viveur extraordinaire, that hasn't been exaggerated so many times before? Nothing and, possibly, even more. One never asks a gentleman's age, but he's somewhere between 90 and twenty-seven.
As the courts will testify, Minty of Cheadle has, due to wedding cake addiction, been married seven times... and divorced at least six – current status unknown.
Last employed as leading tea taster in New South Wales, Minty was previously dragooned into the Canadian Mounties before being sponged and expunged from the rolls of the Legion's hallowed halls (though brother – Montgomery – still serves with honours).
His eldest grandson is the world famous politician, mountain tamer and lion climber, Pablo 'Mimby' Minty — and currently, in these, undoubtedly twiglet years, Barrington's boon companions are his valet, 'Cromer' Winstanley, and Lido, Lord Ferret Kingdom… all rights reserved