* Sir Roderick Spode, PG Wodehouse character

The BUF was satirized as " The Black Shorts " ( shorts being worn as all the best shirt colours were already taken ) and their leader was Roderick Spode, owner of a ladies ' underwear shop.

A threat to their engagement is the presence of Roderick Spode, a friend of Madeline's father Sir Watkyn Bassett.

This excessive soppiness is wedded to an impressive degree of self-centered idealism, which for nearly the entire course of the saga keeps her from being wedded to anyone else ; at the end of Jeeves and the Tie that Binds she is re-engaged to Roderick Spode and may be presumed to be on her way to becoming the next Countess of Sidcup, as long as he does not make the error of relinquishing his title or speaking ill of Winnie the Pooh.

When he elopes with Emerald Stoker, she renews her engagement with Bertie, before becoming affianced to Sir Roderick Spode, later 7th Earl of Sidcup.

Roderick Spode, as played by John Turner ( actor ) | John Turner in Jeeves and Wooster ( 1991 )

Roderick Spode, 8th Earl of Sidcup has come to deliver a speech or two for Ginger, and he has brought his fiancée Madeline Bassett.

In one television adaptation of the Jeeves novels by P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves and Wooster, a similar insignia is used by the " Blackshorts ", a political group led by Roderick Spode, a character based on Sir Oswald Mosley, the founder of the British Union of Fascists.

The Jeeves theatrical programme also lists song titles that weren't recorded: " Food Of Love " sung by Aunt Dahlia ( the role and song were cut in previews ); " Song Of Spode ", sung by the villainous Roderick Spode ; and " Literary Men " sung by Bertie, Jeeves & Gussie, the melody of which was later reused in Song and Dance-first as the finale " When You Want to Fall in Love " and later as a new song in the first act " Unexpected Song ".

Retitled By Jeeves ( so as to dispel all previous associations with the original production ), the character of Roderick Spode and his fascistic intentions were eliminated from the plot.

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Bassett is a close friend of Roderick Spode, who is an almost constant presence at Totleigh Towers.

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* Roderick Spode

Roderick Raynor " Rod " Paige ( born June 17, 1933 ) served as the 7th United States Secretary of Education from 2001 to 2005.

There are two old carved commemorative slabs on the walls of the larger building: one depicts a warrior and is believed to be Roderick, 7th Chief ; while the other is for Margaret, daughter of Roderick MacLeod of Lewis, who died in 1503.

At Rowcester Abbey, Monica has arrived with her husband Sir Roderick to assist in the sale of the Abbey, and they are both surprised to find that the Earl is in better fortunes than they had last heard and now able even to afford servants.

* James Roderick Sinclair, 19th Earl of Caithness ( 1906 – 1965 )

* Roderick Francis Arthur Balfour, 5th Earl of Balfour ( b. 1948 )

This branch of the family descends from Sir Roderick Mackenzie, whose elder brother Kenneth Mackenzie was created Lord Mackenzie of Kintail in 1609 and was the father of Colin Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Seaforth ( see the Earl of Seaforth for further history of this branch of the family ).

* Roderick Grant Francis Mackenzie, 4th Earl of Cromartie ( 1904 – 1989 )

After meeting cheerleaders, Stacey ( Carmen Electra ) and Holly ( Amy Smart ), they learn from another cheerleader, Heather ( Brande Roderick ), who strips herself completely naked while preparing for her shower, that a jacket worn by the dead pusher was made by Big Earl ( Will Ferrell ).

Earl Roderick Anthony ( April 27, 1938 – August 14, 2001 ) was a left-handed American professional bowler who amassed records of 41 titles and six bowler of the year awards on the Professional Bowlers Association ( PBA ) Tour.

* Roderick Francis Arthur Balfour, 5th Earl of Balfour ( b. 1948 )

Lady Kinvara Clare Rachel Balfour ( born 1975 ), second daughter of Roderick Francis Arthur Balfour, 5th Earl of Balfour, and a niece of the Duke of Norfolk, is an English playwright, novelist, fashion commentator and performer.

The name is often attributed to Sir Roderick Cameron, an American resident of Canadian descent who was knighted by Queen Victoria.

The original trio responsible for The Worst You Can Do Is Harm — Roderick, Nelson, and Walla — is often considered the original incarnation of the band.

Roderick continued to do small promotional events and shows throughout the latter half of 2004 and 2005, often previewing a handful of new Long Winters songs.

Some modern writers have alleged that his unsuccessful marriages were the result of homosexuality, but the chronicle of Charles of Viana acknowledges a son who predeceased his father at fifteen years of age in an accident and he had several known bastards: Ferdinand, William, and Roderick, all of unknown maternity.

Roderick " Roddy " George Toombs ( born April 17, 1954 ), better known by his ring name " Rowdy " Roddy Piper, is a Canadian retired professional wrestler and film actor who is currently signed to WWE.

Roderick M. Chisholm ( born North Attleboro, Massachusetts in 1916 ; died Providence, Rhode Island in 1999 ) was an American philosopher known for his work on epistemology, metaphysics, free will, and the philosophy of perception.

Probably originally known to the Norse as Bót, later during the Viking period the island was known as " Rothesay ", possibly referring to a personal name " Roth " or " Roderick " with the Old Norse suffix ey, meaning " island ".

James Roderick Moir ( born 24 January 1959 ), better known by the stage name Vic Reeves, is an English comedian, best known for his double act with Bob Mortimer ( see Vic and Bob ).

In the low-budget Roger Corman film from 1960, known in the United States as House of Usher starring Vincent Price as Roderick Usher, the narrator is Philip Winthrop ( Mark Damon ), who had fallen in love with the sickly Madeline ( Myrna Fahey ) during her brief residence in Boston and become engaged to her, much to Roderick's horror.

He is known for his children's programmes for the BBC on the topic of zoology, most notably Animal Magic and for narrating the imported, Canadian-produced Tales of the Riverbank series of stories about Hammy the Hamster, Roderick the Rat, GP the Guinea Pig, and their assorted animal friends along a riverbank.

The river was originally known as the " McLeod River ", after the Hudson's Bay Company hunter and trapper Alexander Roderick McLeod who explored it during the winter of 1829-1830.

He has since formed an alliance with Bryan Danielson and Roderick Strong, known as the " Hybrid Dolphins ".

Just off the coast of Fourecks are the islands known as the Land of Fog or the Foggy Islands, home of the morporks ( a reference to the English translation of New Zealand's Māori name " Aotearoa ", the Land of the Long White Cloud ) and Purdeigh's Island ( or Purdeighsland ), discovered by the explorer Sir Roderick Purdeigh, who somehow missed the continent itself, in much the same way the Dutch sailor Tasman managed to do with Australia, but did get to have an island named after him.

Several of Work ’ s son-in-laws were also well known Hudson ’ s Bay Company employees, including Doctor William Fraser Tolmie, Roderick Finlayson, Edward Huggins, and James Allan Grahame.

The following day, during the second day of the Honor Takes Center Stage weekend, Daniels completed his heel turn by attacking El Generico with the " Book of Truth " and aligning himself with Truth Martini, Roderick Strong and Michael Elgin, the stable known collectively as the House of Truth.

Rod Price ( born Roderick Michael Price, 22 November 1947, Willesden, North London, United Kingdom — died 22 March 2005, Wilton, New Hampshire, United States ) was an English guitarist who was best known for his work with the rock band Foghat.

The McCloud River was likely originally known as the " McLeod River ," after Alexander Roderick McLeod, the leader of a number of hunting and trapping expeditions for the Hudson's Bay Company in Northern and Central California.

* Roderick Toombs a professional wrestler commonly known by the name Rowdy Roddy Pipper

Chris Lindsey ( born July 26, 1983 ) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Roderick Strong.

Aaron Roderick Gillespie ( born July 18, 1983 ) is an American musician, best known for being the former drummer and clean vocalist for the post-hardcore / metalcore band Underoath, and the current lead singer and rhythm guitarist for the alternative rock band The Almost.

It is best known as a precursor to the more successful group the Long Winters: both bands were fronted by songwriter John Roderick, and many Western State Hurricanes songs were later revamped into Long Winters songs.