Aubrey Upjohn

The Reverend Aubrey Upjohn is a recurring fictional character from the Jeeves and Drones Club stories of British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse, being the Headmaster at Malvern House Preparatory School during Bertie Wooster's tenure there.

Overview

Aubrey Upjohn was the headmaster of St. Asaph's preparatory school in Bramley-on-Sea, attended by Freddie Widgeon. (in "Bramley Is So Bracing")

Aubrey Upjohn appears the most in one book, "Jeeves in the Offing". At the time of this story, he has left his post at the school. He becomes the target of a slanderous article by Kipper Herring. He threatens to initiate a litigation, but Jeeves, as usual, smooths things out. At one time, he marries Jame Mills, a friend of Aunt Dahlia who later dies. He is the guardian of her daughter, Phyllis Mills.

tories

Aubrey Upjohn is featured in:

* "Bramley Is So Bracing" (1939) – Drone Bingo short story, collected in "Nothing Serious" (1950)
* "Jeeves in the Offing" (1960) – Jeeves novel

Aubrey Upjohn is mentioned in:

* "The Code of the Woosters" (1938) – Jeeves novel
* "The Editor Regrets" (1939) – Drone Widgeon short story, collected in "Eggs, Beans, and Crumpets" (1940)
* "The Matin Season" (1949) – Jeeves novel

References

; Sources consulted

* Cite web
author = Kuzmenko, Michel (The Russian Wodehouse Society)
date = 2007-07-29 revision
title = "Wodehouse books"
work = Bibliography
url = http://wodehouse.ru/bibeng.htm
accessdate = 2007-09-25
* Cite web
author = Reggie
date = 2007-03-16 revision
title = "Wodehouse Who's Who: Rev. Aubrey Upjohn, M. A."
work = Blandings, a Companion to the Works of P. G. Wodehouse
url = http://www.blandings.org.uk/who/Upjohn_Aubrey.htm
archiveurl = http://webcitation.org/query?date=2007-09-26&url=http://www.blandings.org.uk/who/Upjohn_Aubrey.htm
archivedate = 2007-09-26

; Endnotes

ee also

* List of P. G. Wodehouse characters in the Jeeves stories