Uncle Willoughby

Also called Sir Willoughby

Sir Willoughby, Bertie's uncle and financial support at Easeby, author of scandalous recollections.

Connections

dealings

• is uncle of, finances Bertie Wooster 3
• was at school with Lord Worplesdon 3
• writes Uncle Willoughby's Recollections^✦︎ 2
• misrepresents the cigarette-case^✦︎ 1
• is advised by Edwin 1
• tells Florence Craye 1
• tells on Lord Emsworth 1
• is told by Mr Riggs 1

Everyone and everything else (2)

• employs Oakshott 1
• tells on Sir Stanley Gervase-Gervase 1

Scenes they are in

1. Bertie waits anxiously for his uncle to finish the manuscript and put it out for posting.Chapter 1, the hall
2. Bertie steals the parcel and carries it upstairs, where Edwin’s tidying obstructs his attempt to hide it.Chapter 1
3. Bertie’s guilt makes him jump when his uncle unexpectedly speaks to him.Chapter 1, the smoking-room
4. Willoughby reveals the manuscript is missing and Bertie explains Meadowes’s earlier thefts.Chapter 1, the library
5. Bertie hides beside the library window and overhears Edwin accusing him of stealing the manuscript.Chapter 1, the grounds
6. Willoughby searches Bertie’s room under a false pretext, but the locked drawer proves empty.Chapter 1, Bertie's room at Easeby
7. Willoughby announces the manuscript has reached his publishers and Florence breaks off the engagement.Chapter 1, the hall

Talked about, but not there

1. Bertie explains his dependence on Jeeves and recalls sacking Meadowes for stealing.Chapter 1
2. Bertie puzzles over Florence’s summons while recalling his uncle’s apparently quiet habits.Chapter 1
3. Florence makes Bertie promise to steal and destroy his uncle’s scandalous memoirs.Chapter 1, the smoking-room, as your uncle
4. Unable to think how to destroy the manuscript, Bertie leaves it locked in the drawer.Chapter 1, Bertie's room at Easeby
5. Bertie sacks Jeeves for posting the memoirs, and Jeeves explains why marrying Florence would have been a mistake.Chapter 1, Bertie's room at Easeby, as Sir Willoughby
6. When Anatole refuses to leave his beloved parlourmaid, Bingo persuades Bertie to steal the dictating cylinder.Chapter 9, Bertie's bedroom at the flat, as your uncle