# Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge — Love Among the Chickens character guide > Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge in Love Among the Chickens by P. G. Wodehouse. **Role:** major **Also known as:** Mr. Ukridge, Ukridge, Stanley **First appearance:** 0002-i-a-letter-with-a-postscript ## Snapshot A monocled force of nature who buys fowls by the crateful, lectures the village on poultry, and treats bankruptcy as a temporary inconvenience. ## Who they are Ukridge is the farm's managing director, chief optimist, and most unreliable authority on anything with feathers. He reasons that mixed breeds will lay regardless, that coops can be built from sugar boxes on tick, and that creditors are simply impatient. His infectious confidence keeps the scheme alive even as the bills arrive in battalions. ## In the story ### [Dedication](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/love_among_the_chickens_se/chapters/dedication) Mentioned as the character based on real-life material provided by Bill Townend. ### [Love Among the Chickens](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/love_among_the_chickens_se/chapters/love-among-the-chickens) Enthusiastic but impractical instigator of the chicken farm venture. ### [A Letter with a Postscript](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/love_among_the_chickens_se/chapters/i-a-letter-with-a-postscript) An old friend of Garnet's, described as loud, impulsive, and financially unreliable; he arrives unannounced at Garnet's lodgings. ### [Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Ukridge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/love_among_the_chickens_se/chapters/ii-mr-and-mrs-s-f-ukridge) Energetic and impractical schemer, now married, who proposes a chicken farm with grandiose profit projections. ### [Waterloo Station, Some Fellow-Travellers, and a Girl with Brown Hair](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/love_among_the_chickens_se/chapters/iii-waterloo-station-some-fellow-travellers-and-a-girl-with-brown-hair) Boisterous friend of Garnet; arranges travel; smokes a strong cigar and sleeps through much of the journey. ### [The Arrival](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/love_among_the_chickens_se/chapters/iv-the-arrival) Enthusiastic but disorganized farm owner; forgets to mail the letter, breaks plates, and confronts Beale. ### [Buckling To](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/love_among_the_chickens_se/chapters/v-buckling-to) Enthusiastic but impractical farm manager; directs the building of coops and the disastrous mass drive of the fowls; remains optimistic despite the chaos. ### [Mr. Garnet's Narrative—Has to Do with a Reunion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/love_among_the_chickens_se/chapters/vi-mr-garnet-s-narrative-has-to-do-with-a-reunion) Senior partner of the farm; orders goods on credit with persuasive charm and dreams of egg profits. ### [VII: The Entente Cordiale Is Sealed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/love_among_the_chickens_se/chapters/vii-the-entente-cordiale-is-sealed) Mentioned as the manager of the chicken farm; his lectures on poultry have made the farm a local curiosity. ### [A Little Dinner at Ukridge's](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/love_among_the_chickens_se/chapters/viii-a-little-dinner-at-ukridge-s) Hosts the dinner, talks incessantly, and offends Professor Derrick with his bluntness and interruptions. ### [IX: Dies Irae](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/love_among_the_chickens_se/chapters/ix-dies-irae) Remains cheerfully oblivious to Garnet's distress, focusing on farm work and dismissing the professor's anger as a minor issue. ### [X: I Enlist the Services of a Minion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/love_among_the_chickens_se/chapters/x-i-enlist-the-services-of-a-minion) Remains buoyantly optimistic despite farm disasters; calls Garnet to see the yawning chickens and suggests consulting Beale. ### [The Brave Preserver](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/love_among_the_chickens_se/chapters/xi-the-brave-preserver) Hosts the professor after the rescue, showing friendliness and sympathy, and helps with dry clothes and drinks. ### [XII: Some Emotions and Yellow Lupin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/love_among_the_chickens_se/chapters/xii-some-emotions-and-yellow-lupin) Complains about tradesmen demanding payment, insists on prioritizing farm expenses, defends his incubator theory. ### [XIV: A Council of War](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/love_among_the_chickens_se/chapters/xiv-a-council-of-war) Fretting over debts and the incubator's failure, then plotting to blame Harrod's. ### [XV: The Arrival of Nemesis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/love_among_the_chickens_se/chapters/xv-the-arrival-of-nemesis) Sorts through bills and comforts Mrs. Ukridge after Aunt Elizabeth's letter; expresses frustration with creditors. ### [XVI: A Chance Meeting](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/love_among_the_chickens_se/chapters/xvi-a-chance-meeting) Silent and daunted by mounting bills; the farm venture is failing. ### [XVII: Of a Sentimental Nature](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/love_among_the_chickens_se/chapters/xvii-of-a-sentimental-nature) Referenced as the cause of the dinner disaster that led to Garnet's scheme. ### [Ukridge Gives Me Advice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/love_among_the_chickens_se/chapters/xviii-ukridge-gives-me-advice) Offers Garnet advice based on his own marriage story, advocates using 'cheek' to overcome obstacles. ### [Asking Papa](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/love_among_the_chickens_se/chapters/xix-asking-papa) Garnet's boisterous friend, who accompanies him to the swim and offers unsolicited commentary and encouragement. ### [Scientific Golf](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/love_among_the_chickens_se/chapters/xx-scientific-golf) Briefly appears in the fowl-run; when a messenger arrives with a letter, Ukridge vanishes, fearing it is a bill. ### [The Calm Before the Storm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/love_among_the_chickens_se/chapters/xxi-the-calm-before-the-storm) Flees the farm with his wife without warning, leaving debts and chaos behind; his past shady dealings are recalled. ### [The Storm Breaks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/love_among_the_chickens_se/chapters/xxii-the-storm-breaks) Absent; has left for London, leaving Garnet to face the creditors. ### [After the Storm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/love_among_the_chickens_se/chapters/xxiii-after-the-storm) Returns from London with money from Aunt Elizabeth; delivers a scathing speech to the creditors and later proposes a duck farm. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/love_among_the_chickens_se/characters/stanley_ukridge - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/love_among_the_chickens_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/love_among_the_chickens_se/characters