Gerald Montjoy

Gerald Montjoy, a character in the A Very Scandalous Proposal book, is the patriarch of the Montjoy family and current Duke of Wessex. He is first seen in Chapter 3.

Appearance
Gerald has gray eyes, gray hair balding on top but with full beard, and fair-to-tan skin. He wears a brown suit with vest, light blue dress shirt with matching pocket square, and dark blue and red square-patterned tie.

Personality
Gerald is proper and polite and cares very much about social graces and reputation. He enjoys listening to classical music or opera during dinner. According to Simon/Ava, he cares more about keeping the secrets of the Montjoy family history quiet than his wife does. His bark is also worse than his bite.

Background
Gerald was first engaged to Mitzi, the youngest daughter of the unlanded Baronet Bernard Mosley, but his parents did not approve of the match and forced him to break the engagement. Then, on December 16, 1966, Gerald wed Evelyn Alsatia Thiselthwaite, the eldest daughter of Earl Thiselthwaite of Cumberly House. Evelyn was nineteen years old and an accomplished harpsichordist, and one of the premier debutantes of the season. However, their marriage was not for love and in March 2, 1967, it was announced that their marriage was annulled. Later in July 7, 1967, Gerald became re-engaged to Mitzi and wed her shortly after, in 1968. Since Gerald and Evelyn's divorce, he has been paying her alimony to maintain her silence.

A Very Scandalous Proposal

 * Chapter 2: The Proposal (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 3: Mind your Manners
 * Chapter 4: Everyone Who's Anyone
 * Chapter 7: Apartment Hunting (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 8: The Royal Ascot
 * Chapter 9: The Charity Gala
 * Chapter 10: Treachery Afoot (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 11: The Plot Thickens (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 12: United Front (Mentioned)
 * Chapter 13: Facing the Music
 * Chapter 15: Weathering the Storm
 * Chapter 16: The Next Generation

Margaret Montjoy
Margaret (nicknamed: Mitzi) is Gerald's wife. Although she cares about social graces and the family's reputation, she is not as strict about its secrets according to Simon/Ava. However, she would never betray Gerald by exposing the family.

Simon/Ava Montjoy
Simon/Ava is Gerald's grandchild. According to Simon/Ava, Gerald doesn't give a fig about his grandchild's occasional lapses. However, to Gerald and Mitzi, secrecy is almost a moral virtue and Simon/Ava doesn't agree. Simon/Ava wants them or at least the next generations to become more modern and more open to survive and prosper.

Household Staff
According to Simon/Ava, the Duke and Duchess pay nearly double the going wages for their staff to get and retain the best of the best.

Trivia

 * When you search his locker at the Walrus Club, you find a tobacco tin containing Sutliff's in Black Cordial, Dulce de Leche, and Baked Apple flavors, causing you to remark that he has 'a tobacco sweet tooth.'