Charlie Chaplin was very fond of his cousin Aubrey, his Uncle Spencer Chaplin's son. It appears that Charlie gave Aubrey this cane on the occasion of his visit to England for a holiday in September 1921. Aubrey met Chaplin's ship The Olympic at Southampton on September 9th 1921, and Charlie wrote of his cousin in his own account of the 1921 trip 'My Trip Abroad': ...I feel that Aubrey is a nice, simple soul and quite desirous of taking me in hand. Aubrey Chaplin is pictured in press shots beside his cousin Charlie at Southampton and during the delirious reception Chaplin received on his arrival in London. On this visit Chaplin spent his last evening in England with his cousin Aubrey...Uncharacteristically, and despite Aubrey's own objections, Chaplin insisted on visiting Aubrey's pub and behaving flamboyantly because 'I must get him more custom'. He stayed with Aubrey until four in the morning, learning about his Chaplin forbears.... He is also pictured as Chaplin's only relative present at the party following the London film premiére of City Lights, February 27th, 1931. A article in Everybody's Weekly, May 2nd 1931 mentions Aubrey Chaplin's ...most interesting collection of Charlie and Syd Chaplin souvenirs...Aubrey has one of Charlie's funny canes; also the straw hat in which Charlie arrived in England in 1921...