Mr Penkridge

The Hon. Mr Penkridge is the husband of Mrs Penkridge and the uncle of her spendthrift nephew Horace Epworth. He dislikes paying his nephew's debts and will not do so again after the last time.

Mrs Penkridge initially claims that he will be pleased to attend Lady Bridlington's evening-party but later comes up with an engagement for him that allows her to be escorted by Epworth.

Based on his wife's title of the Honourable Mrs Penkridge, he must be the younger son of a baron, a viscount, or an earl.