List of P. G. Wodehouse characters

Threepwood family

• Clarence Threepwood, 9th Earl of Emsworth

Domestic staff

Other characters

• Empress of Blandings, Lord Emsworth's beloved black Berkshire sow
• Sir Gregory Parsloe-Parsloe, Bart., neighbour and rival of Lord Emsworth
  • Herbert Binstead, Parsloe's butler
  • The Pride of Matchingham, Parsloe-Parsloe's pig
  • The Queen of Matchingham, another pig owned by Parsloe-Parsloe
• James Bartholomew Belford, a farmer, whom Angela loves
• Major Wilfred "Plug" Basham, an old friend of Galahad and feature of his stories
• Admiral George J. "Fruity" Biffen, another old friend of Galahad
• The Rev. Rupert "Beefy" Bingham, Freddie's university pal
• "Puffy" Benger, yet another of Galahad's old cronies
• Quincy Titterton, Groomsman, employed to mask the fact that he was a paid cricketer in Lord Emsworth's estate team
• Sue Brown, a chorus girl who falls for Ronnie Fish
• Edward Cootes, a card-sharp, in love with Aileen Peavey
• Alaric, Duke of Dunstable, an ill-mannered old man, an old friend of Connie
  • Horace Pendlebury-Davenport, Dunstable's wealthy nephew
  • Alaric "Ricky" Gilpin, Dunstable's impoverished nephew, a poet
  • Archibald "Archie" Gilpin, another nephew of Dunstable, also impoverished
  • Linda Gilpin, sister of Ricky and Dunstable's niece, a ward of court
• George Emerson, a Hong Kong policeman, in love with Aline Peters
• Lord Heacham, a rich landowner, once engaged to Angela
• Frederick Twistleton, Earl of Ickenham, a mischievous old Pelican
  • Pongo Twistleton, Fred's ever-embarrassed nephew
  • Valerie Twistleton, Fred's niece, who loves Horace Pendlebury-Davenport
• R. Jones, a fat bookmaker and conman
• Bill Lister, Galahad's godson, an artist who loves Prudence Garland
• Ashe Marson, a writer, the hero of Something Fresh
• Ralston McTodd, a Canadian poet
• Julia McTodd, Ralston's wife, friend of Eve Haliday and Phyllis Jackson
• Mrs (first name unclear) "Clarky" Clarkson, friend of Eve, Phyllis and Julia
• Aileen Peavey (a.k.a. Smooth Lizzie), an American poet and crook
• Aline Peters, Freddie's fiancée in Something Fresh
  • J. Preston Peters, Aline's father, a scarab collector
• Percy Frobisher Pilbeam, head of the Argus Private Inquiry Agency
• Tipton Plimsoll, a wealthy American friend of Freddie's, who falls for Veronica Wedge
• Claude "Mustard" Pott, another private detective, hired by Lord Bosham
  • Polly Pott, Mustard's pretty daughter, engaged to Ricky Gilpin
• Gloria Salt, an athletic girl, who is engaged to Sir Gregory Parsloe-Parsloe for a time
• George Alexander Pyke, Lord Tilbury, a publisher and pig owner
• Orlo Watkins, a tenor with whom Gertrude Alcester becomes infatuated
• Dame Daphne Winkworth, headmistress of a girls' school in Eastbourne; also a friend of Aunt Agatha
• Gerald Anstruther Vail, a thriller-writer who loves Penelope Donaldson
• Joan Valentine, the heroine of Something Fresh
• Orlo, Lord Vosper, a handsome nobleman who visits Blandings in Pigs Have Wings
• Augustus Whiffle (or Whipple), author of Lord Emsworth's favorite book, The Care of the Pig
• Jane Yorke, a friend of Freddie's wife Aggie

Jeeves's relations

• his niece Mabel, a model ("The Rummy Affair of Old Biffy" from Carry On, Jeeves)
• his cousin Egbert, constable of Beckley-in-the-Moor ("Without the Option" from Carry On, Jeeves)
• his uncle Charlie Silversmith, butler at Deverill Hall in Hampshire (The Mating Season)
  • Queenie, daughter of Charlie Silversmith, maid at Deverill Hall
• his aunt P.B. Pigott, in Maiden Eggesford (Aunts Aren't Gentlemen, also titled The Cat-nappers)

Bertie's relations

• his aunt Dahlia Travers, sister to his late father
  • her husband Tom Travers, his uncle
  • Angela Travers, Tom and Dahlia's daughter
  • Bonzo Travers, Tom and Dahlia's son
• his aunt Agatha Gregson, later Lady Worplesdon, sister to his late father
  • Spenser Gregson, her first husband
    • Thomas Gregson, (Thos.), their son
  • Percy Craye, Earl of Worplesdon, her second husband
    • Lady Florence Craye, Lord Worplesdon's daughter
    • Edwin Craye, his son, a Boy Scout
    • Zenobia "Nobby" Hopwood, his ward
• his uncle Willoughby Wooster, Bertie's initial trustee, resident of a country seat in Shropshire, notable for his scandalous Reminiscences
• his uncle Henry Wooster, a very personable 'looney' who kept pet rabbits in his bedroom
  • Emily Wooster, Henry's widow
  • Claude and Eustace Wooster, Henry and Emily's troublesome twin sons, Bertie's cousins
• his uncle George Wooster, Lord Yaxley, who has devoted his entire life to the pleasures of the table, and "discovered that alcohol was a food well in advance of modern medical thought"
  • Maud Wilberforce, a former barmaid and Lord Yaxley's former fiancée, whom he ends up marrying
• his sister Mrs. Scholfield, who lives in India with her three daughters
• Gussie Mannering-Phipps, Bertie's cousin in New York
  • Ray Denison, Gussie's fiancée and music hall performer

Bertie's friends

• Harold "Beefy" Anstruther, Bertie's friend from Oxford, engaged to Hilda, a friend of Madeline Bassett
• Cyril Bassington-Bassington
• Bill Belfry, 9th Earl of Rowcester, an impoverished friend of Bertie and a fellow member of the Drones Club
• Francis "Bicky" Bickersteth, a young Englishman sent to make his fortune in New York
  • The Duke of Chiswick, Bicky's wealthy and displeased uncle
• Charles Edward "Biffy" Biffen, a fellow member of the Drones Club, who is extremely absent-minded and in love with Jeeves's niece Mabel
• The Rev. Rupert "Beefy" Bingham, a school friend, also a friend of Freddie Threepwood
• Freddie Bullivant, another Drones Club member
  • Elizabeth Vickers, the girl whom Freddie loves
• Marmaduke, 5th Baron "Chuffy" Chuffnell, a school friend
  • Myrtle, the Dowager Lady Chuffnell, Chuffy's aunt
    • Seabury, Lady Chuffnell's son by her first marriage
• Bruce "Corky" Corcoran, a New York portrait painter turned cartoonist
  • Alexander Worple, Corky's wealthy uncle
  • Muriel Singer, first Corky's fiancée and later Mrs Alexander Worple
• Augustus "Gussie" Fink-Nottle, lover of newts
• George Webster "Boko" Fittleworth, author of plays and fiction
• Cyril "Barmy" Fotheringay-Phipps (pronounced "Funghy Fipps")
• Hildebrand "Tuppy" Glossop, Sir Roderick Glossop's nephew
  • Cora Bellinger, an opera singer whom Tuppy loves briefly
• Reginald "Kipper" Herring, former fellow inmate of Malvern House, their preparatory school.
• Richard P. "Bingo" Little, renowned in the early days for his ability to fall in love with every girl he meets, later marries Rosie M. Banks and becomes editor of Wee Tots magazine
  • Rosie Little, née Rosie M. Banks, Bingo's wife, a novelist whom Bertie impersonates once
  • Algernon Aubrey Little, Bingo's son
  • Mortimer Little, Lord Bittlesham, Bingo's uncle and provider of his allowance
• The Rev. Harold "Stinker" Pinker, curate of Totleigh-in-the-Wold.
  • Stephanie "Stiffy" Pinker, née Byng, his wife
  • Not to be confused with Lionel "Stinker" Green, a minor character in Money in the Bank.
• Claude Cattermole "Catsmeat" Potter-Pirbright, a school friend
  • Cora "Corky" Pirbright, his sister
    • Rev. Sidney Pirbright, Catsmeat's and Corky's uncle; vicar of King's Deverill
• Oliver Randolph "Sippy" Sipperley, an impecunious aspiring author
  • Vera Sipperley, his aunt and means of financial support
  • Professor Pringle, his daughter Heloise, and aunt Jane, friends of Aunt Vera
  • Gwendolen Moon, a poet with whom he is in love
• Rockmetteller "Rocky" Todd, a poet who lives on Long Island and hates New York City
  • Isabel Rockmetteller, Rocky's city-loving and culture-loving aunt

Bertie's antagonists

• Sir Watkyn Bassett, CBE, a magistrate in Bosher Street
  • Madeline Bassett, his daughter
  • Stephanie "Stiffy" Byng, his niece
  • Butterfield, his butler
• Major Plank, a retired explorer
• D'Arcy "Stilton" Cheesewright
• Sir Roderick Glossop, a 'nerve specialist' in Harley Street, became Bertie's good friend in Thank You, Jeeves
  • Lady Glossop, his wife
  • Hildebrand "Tuppy" Glossop, his nephew
  • Honoria Glossop, his daughter
  • Oswald Glossop, Honoria's younger brother
• Roderick Spode, 7th Earl of Sidcup, an amateur fascist dictator and designer of women's underclothing
  • Mrs. Wintergreen, his aunt
  • Col. H. H. Wintergreen, late husband of Mrs. Wintergreen
• Aubrey Upjohn, Bertie's former headmaster at Malvern House.

Romantic interests and fiancées

• Madeline Bassett, Sir Watkyn Bassett's daughter
• Daphne Braythwayt, Honoria Glossop's friend
• Stephanie "Stiffy" Byng, later Mrs. Harold Pinker, Watkyn Bassett's niece
• Lady Florence Craye, Lord Worplesdon's daughter
• Honoria Glossop, Sir Roderick Glossop's daughter
• Aline Hemmingway, Soapy Sid's partner in crime
• Gwladys Pendlebury, an artist who paints Bertie's portrait
• Pauline Stoker
  • J. Washburn Stoker, her father, an American millionaire
  • Dwight Stoker, Washburn's son and Pauline's younger brother
  • Emerald Stoker, Pauline's sister
  • Benstead, valet to George Stoker, Washburn's late cousin; a friend of Jeeves
• Lady Cynthia Wickhammersley, daughter of Lord Wickhammersley
• Roberta "Bobbie" Wickham, enamoured of practical jokes
  • Lady Wickham, Bobbie's mother; an old friend of Aunt Agatha
  • Clementina, Bobbie's cousin

Domestic staff

• Meadowes, Jeeves's predecessor as Bertie's valet
• Brinkley (renamed Rupert Bingley), Bertie's valet commissioned when Jeeves gives notice, soon sacked for his insane behavior
• Maple, Lord Worplesdon's butler
• Mulready, Sir Reginald Witherspoon's butler
• Oakshott, Uncle Willoughby's butler
• Purvis, Aunt Agatha's butler
• Seppings, the butler at Aunt Dahlia's home Brinkley Court
• Waterbury, the chauffeur at Brinkley Court
• Anatole, chef extraordinaire, employed by Tom and Dahlia Travers
• Butterfield, butler at Totleigh Towers

Other characters

• Mr Anstruther, an elderly man who holds a Good Conduct competition between Thomas Gregson and Bonzo Travers
• Mr Blumenfeld, theatrical producer
• Comrade Butt, a Marxist revolutionary
• Ernest Dobbs, constable of King's Deverill, and betrothed of Queenie Silversmith, Deverill Hall's beautiful parlourmaid
• The Rt. Hon. A. B. Filmer, a Cabinet Minister
• Esmond Haddock, a man dominated by his aunts
  • Charlotte, Emmeline, Harriet, and Myrtle Deverill, and Dame Daphne Winkworth, his aunts
• Sidney "Soapy Sid" Hemmingway, a con man
• Aline Hemmingway, Soapy Sid's partner in crime
• The Rev. Francis Heppenstall, a long-winded vicar
  • Mary Burgess, his niece
• Peggy Mainwaring, a student at Miss Tomlinson's school
• Miss Mapleton, headmistress of a girls' school in Bingley
• Sebastian Moon, a detestable young boy with golden curls
• Daphne Dolores Morehead, an attractive blonde bestselling novelist, prob. based on Daphne du Maurier
• Eustace Oates, constable at Totleigh-in-the-Wold
• Wilmot, Lord Pershore, a sheltered young man
  • Lady Malvern, his over-protective mother
• Rhoda Platt, a barmaid whom George Wooster, Lord Yaxley thinks he loves
• Lucius Pim, an artist who loves Gwladys Pendlebury
  • Beatrice Slingsby, his sister
  • Alexander Slingsby, Beatrice's husband
• Laura Pyke, a nutrition-obsessed schoolmate of Rosie M. Banks
• Charlotte Corday Rowbotham, a Marxist with whom Bingo Little falls in love
• Jane Snettisham, Aunt Dahlia's friend, who attempts to win Anatole from her in a bet
  • Jack, Lord Snettisham, Jane's husband
• Rupert Steggles, a crooked bookie
• Mrs Tinkler-Moulke, a patient of Sir Roderick Glossop
• Miss Tomlinson, the headmistress of a girls' school
• The Rev. Aubrey Upjohn, headmaster of Malvern House, where Bertie went to school
• Lord Wickhammersley, a friend of Bertie's late father
  • Lady Cynthia Wickhammersley, his daughter
• Dame Daphne Winkworth, Aunt Agatha's friend and Madeline Bassett's godmother; also an acquaintance of Lord Emsworth
  • Gertrude Winkworth, her daughter
• Jas. Waterbury, the "greasy bird": theatrical agent and blackmailer
• George Travers, Tom Travers's brother
• Sir Reginald Witherspoon, Bart., husband of Tom Travers's sister Katharine
• McIntosh, Aunt Agatha's terrier
• Augustus "Gus" the cat, lives at Brinkley Court, intensely dislikes being disturbed from his sleep and, unlike most cats, dislikes being scratched under the ears