The Honourable Member of Parliament for Honiton, Devon. Or perhaps not so honourable. The man always appeared in the right place at the right time for advancement, but there were often hushed rumours about how he managed to get to those places at those times. Even his appointment as a Member of Parliament had been marred by accusations of vote-rigging.

He had been cleared of those accusations, largely thanks to the influence of certain powerful individuals whose acquaintance he had cultivated, but since then he had, in any case, given up the questioned seat in Yorkshire in favour of a new seat in Devon. This one he had taken unopposed when his rival had been delayed en-route to the poll...

He has an acquisitive interest in Egyptology.

RHV was a RL MP. The above is derived from Wikipedia.