Uncle George

Also called Lord Yaxley, Mr George Travers, Sir George, Piggy, Lord Rowcester, The late Lord Rowcester, George Wooster

Lord Yaxley, Bertie's stout clubman uncle, whose waistline Bertie fears to copy.

In each book 7 books

• In Other Stories
  Lord Yaxley, Bertie's stout clubman uncle, whose waistline Bertie fears to copy.
• In The Inimitable Jeeves
  Sir George, Bertie's bibulous uncle, who sees the 'phantasm' of Eustace and is robbed of a cigarette-case.
• In Carry On, Jeeves
  George Travers, Bertie's uncle, who wants Bertie's company while he takes the cure at Harrogate.
• In Very Good, Jeeves
  Lord Yaxley, Bertie's fat clubman uncle, who wants to marry a waitress and ends up engaged to his old flame Maudie.
• In Right Ho, Jeeves
  Bertie's uncle, from the Affair of the Barmaid's Niece.
• In The Code of the Woosters
  Bertie's uncle, seen by Aunt Dahlia as a young man kissing her governess.
• In Ring for Jeeves
  Bill and Monica's late uncle, the previous Lord Rowcester, who never put on his own boots, banned Monica's rabbits and sold the Abbey's best things to Americans.

Connections

dealings

• is uncle of, intimidates Bertie Wooster 10
• is aunt or uncle of Bill Rowcester 3
• is in love with Maudie 3
• is in love with, is wavered over by Rhoda Platt 3
• defies, has a match opposed by Aunt Agatha 2
• is uncle of Claude 2
• rewards, was the affair of a triumph by Jeeves 2
• kisses Aunt Dahlia's governess 1

Everyone and everything else (10)

• is like Bingo Little 1
• is a member of the Buffers^⁂ 1
• takes for Eustace 1
• calls off Harrogate 1
• is aunt or uncle of Monica Carmoyle 1
• forbids Monica's white rabbits^♞︎ 1
• disparages Perkins' Digestine^✦︎ 1
• strips Rowcester Abbey 1
• employs Stevens 1
• is treated by Uncle George's doctor 1

Scenes they are in

Carry On, Jeeves 2 scenes

1. Bertie enjoys his stay at Harrogate by watching Uncle George endure the cure while he drinks wine.Chapter 9, Harrogate
2. Dahlia reveals that Jeeves secured Anatole, Rosie has withheld her article, and Tom is financing the magazine again.Chapter 9, the Royal Pump-Room

Very Good, Jeeves 2 scenes

1. Uncle George simpers in Bertie's mirror and announces he means to marry, Agatha or no Agatha.Chapter 10, Bertie's flat
2. Mrs Wilberforce turns out to be Maudie, Uncle George's old barmaid, and the two are reunited over the linings of their stomachs while Bertie flees to the Drones.Chapter 10, Bertie's flat

Talked about, but not there

Other Stories 1 scene

1. Bertie catches Edward Fothergill stealing back his own Venus and swears secrecy, then refuses Jeeves's plan to have him found stunned by burglars, and is promptly knocked out from behind.Chapter 2, the hall at Marsham

The Inimitable Jeeves 4 scenes

1. Aunt Agatha frets that the twins may have come to harm, because Uncle George has seen the 'phantasm' of Eustace in the street.Chapter 16, Bertie's flat
2. Told to stop wandering about London, the twins decide to go about in whiskers and false noses, and Jeeves offers Bertie no sympathy.Chapter 16, Bertie's flat
3. With Eustace hiding under the sofa, Aunt Agatha orders Bertie to take Uncle George to Harrogate after a whiskered burglar stole his cigarette-case, and Eustace realises Claude robbed their uncle.Chapter 16, Bertie's flat
4. Marion's fiver for Jeeves reveals that his ruse of her sailing to South Africa got rid of the twins, his pick-me-up has cured Uncle George of Harrogate, and Bertie gives up the spats, which Jeeves has already burned.Chapter 16, Bertie's flat

Carry On, Jeeves 3 scenes

1. Bertie returns home and refuses Uncle George’s invitation to join him at Harrogate.Chapter 9, Bertie's flat, as Mr George Travers
2. Jeeves convinces Bertie to escape further appeals from Bingo by joining Uncle George at Harrogate.Chapter 9, Bertie's flat, as Mr George Travers
3. Jeeves explains how Anatole’s abandoned fiancée drove him to Dahlia, lists his rewards, and reveals that he returned Bertie’s silk shirts.Chapter 9, Bertie's flat

Very Good, Jeeves 9 scenes

1. Over breakfast at Bingo's new country house, Bertie is invited back for the Lakenham races and Mrs Bingo announces that her school friend Laura Pyke is coming to stay.Chapter 9, Bingo's house
2. Bertie returns to find Bingo miserable: Laura Pyke is a food crank who has Rosie in thrall, and there are no cocktails and no beefsteak puddings.Chapter 9, Bertie's room at Bingo's
3. Bertie describes his fat, liverish clubman Uncle George, the last man you'd expect to fall in love.Chapter 10
4. Jeeves reveals the girl is Rhoda Platt, a Buffers waitress, and Bertie orders packing for flight before Aunt Agatha arrives.Chapter 10, Bertie's flat
5. Aunt Agatha refuses to consult Jeeves and bullies Bertie into going to East Dulwich with a blank cheque to buy off the girl.Chapter 10, Bertie's flat
6. Rhoda's aunt mistakes Bertie for the doctor and shows him her knee, and Bertie loses his nerve and never offers the money.Chapter 10, Wistaria Lodge
7. Aunt Agatha scolds Bertie's failure, Jeeves suggests confronting Uncle George with the aunt, and Bertie defies Aunt Agatha by arranging a lunch.Chapter 10, Bertie's flat
8. Aunt Agatha phones, delighted that Uncle George is dropping the girl, unaware he is to marry Mrs Wilberforce of East Dulwich.Chapter 10, the Drones Club
9. Jeeves admits he knew Maudie was the barmaid and acted for Smethurst, and Bertie agrees to flee before Aunt Agatha finds out.Chapter 10, Bertie's flat

Right Ho, Jeeves 1 scene

1. Wandering stricken in the garden, Bertie bumps into Jeeves, makes him promise not to claim the mess jacket as his fee, and agrees to Jeeves's fire-alarm plan, fixing to ring the bell at 12.30 that night.Chapter 21, the garden at Brinkley

The Code of the Woosters 1 scene

1. Aunt Dahlia reveals Sir Watkyn has offered Uncle Tom the cow-creamer in exchange for Anatole, smashes the Infant Samuel, accepts that Spode's threat stops Bertie, and suggests finding a shady secret of Spode's.Chapter 5, Bertie's room at Totleigh, as your Uncle George

Ring for Jeeves 3 scenes

1. On the front steps of crumbling Rowcester Abbey, Rory proposes arson while Monica reveals she has invited the rich American Mrs Spottsworth to come and buy the place, and warns him not to put her off.Chapter 2, Rowcester Abbey
2. Monica goes into the old living room, full of childhood memories, and Jill comes in from the garden and they embrace.Chapters 2–5, the living room
3. Bill and the Carmoyles argue over whether Mrs Spottsworth will buy the Abbey, Rory tells Bill the police and a mystery man have been asking about his car, and Jeeves announces Mrs Spottsworth.Chapters 6–7, the living room, as Our uncle