# Dudley Pickering — Uneasy Money character guide

> Dudley Pickering in Uneasy Money by P. G. Wodehouse.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Mr. Dudley Pickering, Mr. Pickering, Pickering, Dudley

**First appearance:** 0001-uneasy-money

## Snapshot

A middle-aged automobile magnate worth thirty millions who can talk only of carburetors, and who falls hopelessly in love with Claire on the voyage over.

## Who they are

Pickering built a fortune from the Little Pick to the Pickering Giant, and everyone—papers, Bradstreet, and Pickering himself—speaks well of him. He is a colossal bore on the single subject of automobiles, yet beneath the shy, monosyllabic exterior lurks a man capable of sudden geysers of eloquence when love taps the vein. His thirty millions tempt Claire even as his dullness repels her, making him both rival and comic engine of the plot.

## Relationships

### [Claire Fenwick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uneasy_money_se/characters/claire_fenwick)

_romantic_

Claire is engaged to Dudley Pickering, though she is more interested in his wealth than genuine affection.

### [Lord Dawlish](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uneasy_money_se/characters/lord_dawlish)

_rivalry_

Dudley Pickering is jealous of Lord Dawlish and competes with him for Claire's attention.

### [Roscoe Sherriff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uneasy_money_se/characters/roscoe_sherriff)

_professional_

Roscoe Sherriff is Dudley Pickering's lawyer, handling his business affairs.

### [Lord Dawlish](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uneasy_money_se/characters/lord_dawlish)

_rivalry_

Dudley Pickering is jealous of Lord Dawlish and competes with him for Claire's attention.

### [Claire Fenwick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uneasy_money_se/characters/claire_fenwick)

_romantic_

Claire is engaged to Dudley Pickering, though she is more interested in his wealth than genuine affection.

### [Claire Fenwick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uneasy_money_se/characters/claire_fenwick)

_romantic_

Claire is engaged to Dudley Pickering, though she is more interested in his wealth than genuine affection.

### [Roscoe Sherriff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uneasy_money_se/characters/roscoe_sherriff)

_professional_

Roscoe Sherriff is Dudley Pickering's lawyer, handling his business affairs.

### [Lord Dawlish](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uneasy_money_se/characters/lord_dawlish)

_rivalry_

Dudley Pickering is jealous of Lord Dawlish and competes with him for Claire's attention.

### [Roscoe Sherriff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uneasy_money_se/characters/roscoe_sherriff)

_professional_

Roscoe Sherriff is Dudley Pickering's lawyer, handling his business affairs.

## In the story

### [Uneasy Money](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uneasy_money_se/chapters/uneasy-money)

A wealthy American who becomes a rival for Claire's affections.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uneasy_money_se/chapters/iii)

Mentioned in Pauline's letter as a friend who made a fortune in automobiles and will be a fellow passenger on the Atlantic.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uneasy_money_se/chapters/vii)

A wealthy Middle Western automobile manufacturer who has fallen in love with Claire. He begins proposing to her during Lady Wetherby's dance, speaking of his fortune and automobiles.

### [The Moonlight Proposal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uneasy_money_se/chapters/x)

A shy, cautious automobile manufacturer who fears marriage but succumbs to Claire's manipulation and the romantic moonlight, finally proposing.

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uneasy_money_se/chapters/xii)

Musing sentimentally on Claire, he spots Bill peering into the window and mistakes him for a burglar, reporting the incident to Roscoe Sherriff.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uneasy_money_se/chapters/xiii)

Walking with Claire, unhappy about burglary fears, and later calling the doctor due to a shooting sensation.

### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uneasy_money_se/chapters/xv)

Becomes suspicious of Bill, believing him to be a burglar. He examines a revolver and declares he will take steps to protect the house.

### [Chapter XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uneasy_money_se/chapters/xvi)

Mentioned as Claire's fiancé; Bill unfairly describes him as a 'bald, doddering, senile fool' in his anger.

### [Chapter XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uneasy_money_se/chapters/xvii)

Experiences a delayed boyhood, becomes convinced of a burglary plot, and goes prowling at the bee farm with a revolver.

### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uneasy_money_se/chapters/xviii)

Accidentally shoots Eustace, hides in the woods, and is confronted by Claire and the Wetherbys.

### [Chapter XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uneasy_money_se/chapters/xix)

Mentioned as Claire's former fiancé; she broke the engagement after he shot a monkey.

### [XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uneasy_money_se/chapters/xx)

Struggles with his resolve against marriage, succumbs to Claire's charm, then later suffers regret and self-recrimination after the engagement is broken.

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