Sir James Godwin

**Sir James Godwin** a recurring character in the *Belinda Blinked* books. As the CEO and Chairman of Steele's Pots and Pans, he was the most senior of Belinda's bosses, but wasn't seen until Book 2. He and Belinda share mutual friends in the English aristocracy.

Sir James lives in a sizeable estate in Windsor, which includes a medium-sized maze, a garage full of cars (and a bed), and a Roman-style amphitheater. In Book 1 the Asses and Donkeys Trust uses it as the location for their tombola and charity fundraiser.

Belinda meets Sir James for the first time at the Pentra, just after Bella finishes telling her story about her experiences with him and Duke Clarence at the fundraiser. After catching up, he fingers Bella and licks Belinda's breasts simultaneously.

Starting in Book 4, he takes a more active role in the story, aiding to combat the threat of the Special One. He joins COCK at the end of the book.

At the beginning of Book 6, Sir James steps down from Steele's Pots and Pans, and heads off on his own in a personal quest for justice for his late wife Anabelle. At the end of the book he returns, having been forced to halt his mission due to back problems, and harshly chastises Belinda for feeling hurt about her demotion and calls her nothing but a worker ant, which leads her to accept a position as president of their competitor Bisch-Herstellung Enterprises.

In Christmas Porno 6 it is revealed that he is 73 years old (or 26,465 days old) and that he grew up in Harrogate where his father ran a sweetie shop, where it was his job to weigh the rhubarb and custards. As a method actor he played the role of the Ugly Stepsister of Marketing so well that Belinda literally fell in love with him.

## Personality

As he's seen in the books, Sir James doesn't seem to have many defining qualities aside from his position of power and his wealth. However, Rocky Flintstone has referenced past adventures from Sir James's life indicating that there is a lot more cunning and cold-bloodedness to this man that he's shown: he spent time as a drug baron in Venezuela, and has had 3 marriages, the last of which was to the heiress of Steele's Pots and Pans. He took over the business when she died in a mysterious parachuting accident; it remains unconfirmed whether he had anything to do with that.

Based on his actions and words, he is sexist, classist and xenophobic: a lovely combo.

## Appearances

* Season 1 episode 7 (*mentioned*)
* Season 2 episode 10
* Season 3 episode 3
* Season 4 episodes 4, 6, 12
* Season 5 episodes 1, 9 (*mentioned*)
* Season 6 episode 1 *(mentioned)*, 3 *(mentioned)*, 10
* Christmas Pornos 5 *(mentioned)*, 6

## Notes

* Sir James is one of the few characters to be introduced in a chapter prior to his first appearance (he was first mentioned in S1E7, yet first appeared a full season later in S2E10).
* Sir James has an as-of-yet unnamed sibling, who is the parent of Christina Rouse.
* Sir James seems to be in some kind of relationship with the Countess Zara. Possibly, they met at the Sylvester/Maaschalkerveerd de Klotz wedding, since this is the first time we see them in the same scene.
* Sir James' office has teetering piles of petty cash vouchers, a boar's head stuffed and mounted on the wall, and a toastie maker on his desk.