Uncle George
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George Wooster, the Rt. Hon. Lord Yaxley, is a fictional character who appears in P. G. Wodehouse's Jeeves novels and short stories. He is the brother of Bertie Wooster's father, and is hence most often addressed as Uncle George.
He is an eccentric, enormously fat old fellow who likes ties and is keen to maintain good bowel condition (he has a man in Harley Street for that very predicament). However, his is a lonely life, and he is forever making engagements with unsuitable females, all of whom are far too young for him; there was the barmaid at the Criterion Theatre, then Miss Rhoda Platt, another barmaid. This is a matter of severe irritation and embarrassment to his sister, Agatha Gregson, who believes very strongly in keeping up appearances and the intermarriage of the nobility. "I am sorry to tell you my brother has gone mad," she says to Bertie when she informs him of Uncle George's proposed matrimonial alliance to Miss Platt. He finally settles down with Maude Wilberforce, a woman, according to Jeeves, of "sturdy, middle-class stock, definitely of the people." This peeves Aunt Agatha quite considerably.
P.G. Wodehouse named Lord Yaxley after Yaxley Hall in Suffolk where he was a regular visitor.
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