Minor characters in the Mulliner stories

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The following is an incomplete compendium of the fictional characters featured in the Mr Mulliner stories of P. G. Wodehouse, in alphabetical order by surname.

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[edit] Aurelia Cammarleigh

Main article: Aurelia Cammarleigh

Aurelia Cammarleigh is a handsome girl, being the one Archibald Mulliner falls in love with. ("The Reverent Wooing of Archibald", "Archibald and the Masses", "The Code of the Mulliners")

[edit] Mr Mulliner

Main article: Mr Mulliner

Mr Mulliner, a long-winded pub raconteur who tells outrageous stories about his family at the Angler's Rest. (All Mulliner stories except "From a Detective's Notebook".)

[edit] Adrian Mulliner

Adrian Mulliner is a nephew of Mr Mulliner, being a private detective. ("The Smile That Wins", "From a Detective's Notebook")


[edit] Alfred Mulliner

Alfred Mulliner (twin brother of George) is a nephew of Mr Mulliner, being a stage conjuror. ("George and Alfred")


[edit] Angela Mulliner

Angela Mulliner is a sister-in-law of Mr Mulliner. ("A Slice of Life", Mulliner's Buck-U-Uppo)


[edit] Anselm Mulliner

Anselm Mulliner is a younger son of Mr Mulliner's cousin Rupert, being a curate. ("Anselm Gets His Chance")


[edit] Archibald Mulliner

Main article: Archibald Mulliner

Archibald Mulliner is a nephew of Mr Mulliner, being a member of the Drones Club and a sock collector who has a masterful impression of a hen laying an egg. He will have to find more in order to seduce and marry Aurelia Cammarleigh. ("The Reverent Wooing of Archibald", "Archibald and the Masses", "The Code of the Mulliners"; mentioned in "The Fat of the Land")

[edit] Rev. Augustine Mulliner

The Rev. Augustine Mulliner is a nephew of Mr Mulliner, being a meek curate who eventually rised to married vicar thanks to the Buck-U-Uppo tonic invented by Wilfred Mulliner. (Mulliner's Buck-U-Uppo, "The Bishop's Move", "Gala Night")

[edit] Augustus Mulliner

Augustus Mulliner is a nephew of Mr Mulliner, being in love with Hermione Brimble. ("The Right Approach")


[edit] Brancepath Mulliner

Brancepath Mulliner is a nephew of Mr Mulliner, being an artist in search of a character. ("Buried Treasure")


[edit] Bulstrode Mulliner

Bulstrode Mulliner is a nephew (son of Joseph Mulliner) of Mr Mulliner, being a writer in Hollywood. ("The Castaways")


[edit] Cedric Mulliner

Cedric Mulliner is a cousin of Mr Mulliner, being a foppish bachelor of 45 years. ("The Story of Cedric")


[edit] Charlotte Mulliner

Charlotte Mulliner is a niece of Mr Mulliner, being a poet writing "Vignettes in Verse". ("The Unpleasantness at Bludleigh Court")


[edit] Clarence Mulliner

Clarence Mulliner is a cousin of Mr Mulliner, being a photographer. ("The Romance of a Bulb-Squeezer")


[edit] Cyril Mulliner

Cyril Mulliner is a nephew of Mr Mulliner, being an interior decorator. (Strychnine in the Soup)


[edit] Egbert Mulliner (1)

Egbert Mulliner is a cousin of Mr Mulliner, being an assistant editor. Best Seller)


[edit] Egbert Mulliner (2)

Egbert Mulliner is a cousin of Mr Mulliner, being a civil servant. ("Another Christmas Carol")


[edit] Eustace Mulliner

Eustace Mulliner is a nephew of Mr Mulliner, being attached to the British Embassy in Switzerland. ("Open House")


[edit] Evangeline Pembury

Evangeline Pembury is a niece (by marriage) of Mr Mulliner, being married to Egbert (1). (Best Seller)


[edit] Frederick Mulliner

Frederick Mulliner (brother of Dr George) is a nephew of Mr Mulliner. ("Portrait of a Disciplinarian")


[edit] Dr George Mulliner

Dr George Mulliner (brother of Frederick) is a nephew of Mr Mulliner, being a doctor. ("Portrait of a Disciplinarian")


[edit] George Mulliner (1)

George Mulliner is a nephew of Mr Mulliner, being in love with Susan Blake. ("The Truth About George")


[edit] George Mulliner (2)

George Mulliner (twin brother of Alfred) is a nephew of Mr Mulliner, being a writer in Hollywood. ("George and Alfred")


[edit] Ignatius Mulliner

Ignatius Mulliner is a nephew of Mr Mulliner, being a portrait painter. ("The Man Who Gave Up Smoking")


[edit] Joseph Mulliner

Joseph Mulliner is a brother of Mr Mulliner, being the father of Bulstrode. (Mentioned in "The Castaways")


[edit] Lancelot Mulliner (1)

Lancelot Bassington Mulliner is a nephew of Mr Mulliner, being a poet. ("Came the Dawn")


[edit] Lancelot Mulliner (2)

Lancelot Mulliner is a son of Mr Mulliner's cousin Edward, being a portrait painter. in Bott St, London. Brought up by his uncle Theodore. ("The Story of Webster", "Cats Will Be Cats")


[edit] Mervyn Mulliner

Mervyn Mulliner is a son of a Mr Mulliner's cousin, being a chump. ("The Knightly Quest of Mervyn")


[edit] Montrose Mulliner

Montrose Mulliner (Mervyn in the U.S. edition) is a distant cousin of Mr Mulliner, being an assistant director. ("Monkey Business")


[edit] Mordred Mulliner

Mordred Mulliner is a nephew of Mr Mulliner, being an accidental pyromaniac. ("The Fiery Wooing of Mordred")


[edit] Osbert Mulliner

Osbert Mulliner is a nephew of Mr Mulliner, being a rich jade collector. ("The Ordeal of Osbert Mulliner")


[edit] Reginald Mulliner

Reginald Mulliner is a nephew (son of late brother) of Mr Mulliner, being an heir. ("Big Business")


[edit] Rupert Mulliner

Rupert Mulliner is a cousin of Mr Mulliner, being the father of Anselm. (Mentioned in "Anselm gets his Chance")


[edit] Sacheverall Mulliner

Sacheverall Mulliner is a nephew of Mr Mulliner, being a very timid man. ("The Voice From the Past")


[edit] Theophilus Mulliner

Theophilus Mulliner is a cousin of Mr Mulliner's nephew Augustus, being Bishop of Bognor. ("The Right Approach")


[edit] Wilfred Mulliner

Wilfred Mulliner, a brother of Mr Mulliner, is a chemist and is the inventor of various creams, lotions, and tonics, known in the trade as Mulliner's Magic Marvels. Featured mainly in A Slice of Life (short story) he also has a cameo role (Rev. Augustine Mulliner reads a letter from him) in Mulliner's Buck-U-Uppo, where the tonic Buck-U-Uppo is introduced. , Wilfred marries Angela Purdue, the ward of Sir Jasper ffinch-ffarrowmere (with two small f's) and they have two sons, Percival who goes to a prep school in Sussex and Ferdinand who attends Eton College.

[edit] Mulliner's Magic Marvels

The following creams, lotions, and tonics invented by Wilfred Mulliner are specifically mentioned in various stories.

  1. Mulliner's Raven Gypsy Face Cream.
  2. Snow of the Mountains Lotion
  3. Mulliner's Buck-U-Uppo
  4. Mulliner's Reduc-o, the recognized specific for obesity. Available in the form of tablets (3d the tin) or liquid (5s6p a flask).
  5. Mulliner's Ease-o, cures the most stubborn case of lumbago in six days.

[edit] Wilhelmina Mulliner

Wilhelmina Mulliner is a sister-in-law of Mr Mulliner, being the widow of Sir Sholto Mulliner and the mother of Archibald. ("The Code of the Mulliners")


[edit] William Mulliner

William Mulliner is an uncle of Mr Mulliner, being a survivor of the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. ("The Story of William")


[edit] Wilmot Mulliner

Wilmot Mulliner is a distant relative of Mr Mulliner. ("The Nodder", "The Juice of an Orange")


[edit] Algernon "Algy" Wymondham-Wymondham

Algernon "Algy" Wymondham-Wymondham (pronounced "win-dum-win-dum", IPA[ˈwɪndəm-ˈwɪndəm]) is a member of the Drones Club, being the one helped his fellow Archibald Mulliner find back the anynomous girls of his dreams, Aurelia Cammarleigh.("The Reverent Wooing of Archibald")


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