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Julia Ukridge

Ukridge's formidable novelist aunt in Wimbledon, president of the Pen and Ink Club, whose top hats, Pekingese, and withering disapproval shape her nephew's past and finances.

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Also known as Miss Ukridge, Julia, Miss Julia Ukridge, the Miss Ukridge, Aunt Julia

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Ukridge's rich aunt; has thrown him out of her Wimbledon house; her voice is heard calling for Stanley at the end of the chapter.

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Aunt Julia presides over a Wimbledon household of literature and lapdogs, employing the long-suffering Dora Mason as secretary-companion and sending Ukridge to bed with her dreadful novels. Her wealth and respectability are the respectable pole from which Ukridge has violently revolted, and her occasional willingness to fund or forgive him makes her a recurring force in his calculations. She matters because she is both the source of his former comfort and the standard against which his disreputable freedom is measured.

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Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge
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Julia Ukridge is Ukridge's formidable aunt, who frequently disapproves of his behavior… How this plays out →
Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge
family · ambivalent
Julia Ukridge is Ukridge's formidable aunt, who frequently disapproves of his behavior… How this plays out →
Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge
family · ambivalent
Julia Ukridge is Ukridge's formidable aunt, who frequently disapproves of his behavior… How this plays out →

Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge
Julia Ukridge is Ukridge's formidable aunt, who frequently disapproves of his behavior but occasionally helps him.
Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge
Julia Ukridge is Ukridge's formidable aunt, who frequently disapproves of his behavior but occasionally helps him.
Stanley Featherstonehaugh Ukridge
Julia Ukridge is Ukridge's formidable aunt, who frequently disapproves of his behavior but occasionally helps him.

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Ukridge's Dog College
Ukridge's rich aunt; has thrown him out of her Wimbledon house; her voice is heard calling for Stanley at the end of the chapter.
First Aid for Dora
Ukridge's aunt; a novelist and president of the Pen and Ink Club; initially mistaken by the narrator for a hawk-faced woman but is actually small and pleasant-looking.
A Bit of Luck for Mabel
Mentioned as Ukridge's aunt in Wimbledon, with whom he stays and who enforces a dapper dress code.
Buttercup Day
Ukridge's wealthy aunt, returns home unexpectedly from a postponed lecture, confronts Corky, and discovers Ukridge asleep in the study.
The Level Business Head
Ukridge's aunt, whose brooch is pawned and later recovered.
Ukridge and the Old Stepper
Ukridge's aunt who lent him the cottage and urged him to seek a job from Sir Edward.

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