The Wimsey Chin TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES Sir,-By comparison with the Wimsey nose, any chin may indeed appear relatively un- obtrusive; but there is no member of the family at present living in which that feature can pro- perly be said to recede, with the possible excep- tion of the Lady Winifred Wimsey, only daughter to the present Duke. The Duke's own chin is squarish, a contour repeated in a softened and more elegant form in the physiognomies of his sister, the Lady Mary, and his son, Viscount Saint-George. Of Lord Peter Wimsey it has been authoritatively stated that he possesses " a long, narrow chin, and a long, receding fore- head. . . . Labour papers, softening down the chin, caricatured him as a typical aristocrat " (" Whose Body ? " 1923 edition, p. 48). A typical example of such a caricature may be seen in the cartoon executed a couple of years ago in the Evening Standard by Mr. David Low, whose political sympathies are well known. The narrow chin and high receding forehead may be observed in the portrait of the tenth Duke, Thomas (b. 1703), by Thomas Hudson which hangs in the Long Gallery at Bredon Hall; see the collotype reproduction by the Zoffany Society, and the photograph of the artist's origi- nal sketch in charcoal crayon which appears in the privately printed collection of " Papers Re- lating to the Wimsey Famnily," edited by myself (Humphrey Milford [1936]). The chin of the tenth Duke is cleft, and this peculiarity reappears in the chin of the present Lord Saint-George. It will be seen that in this family the chin tends to be a variable structure, unlike the nose, whose characteristic outline is already clearly trace- able in the tomb-effigy of the fifth Baron, Gerald (1307-1370), although its tip has sustained some damage at the hands of time and iconoclasts. I am, dear Sir, yours obedientlvy MATTHEW WIMSEY. PD. DOROTHY L. SAYERS. 74, Newland Street, Witham, Essex, Dcc. 2. THE WIMSEY CHIN