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Udall, Jock
The first husband of Rosie Manasch: CCR 172
heir to newspaper magnate: BDFR 108; TK 167
marriage to Rosie Manasch:
wedding used as time-reference by Stringham: CCR 172
difficulties in: MP 249; BDFR 108-9
childless: BDFR 109
also mentioned: TK 167
shot in mass escape from POW camp: MP 249; BDFR 109
hatred of Sir Magnus Donners: BDFR 108; TK 167
Udney, Jack
A courtier: LM 9
elderly widower: VB 144
associated with the Court: LM 9; VB 144
and other characters:
"smarter" than General Conyers: LM 9
possible drunken proposal to Lady Frederica: VB 144-5
Umfraville, Dicky
An ex-colonial socialite: QU 171
episodes involving:
evening at Foppa's and Mrs Andriadis's: AW 155-177; VB 148, 164
visit by NJ and Ted Jeavons to night club: LM 179-201; VB 148-9; BDFR 93
at Lady Frederica's on NJ's weekend leave: VB 146-75; HSH 186
at the Cutts / Akworth wedding: HSH 175-6, 184-7, 220
described:
appearance: AW 158-9; LM 178; VB 149; MP 190; HSH 175
15-20 years older than Stringham: BM 111
background:
family: VB 159; BDFR 71
school:
in Cordery's house: AW 162, 193-4; BDFR 70-1
sacked: BM 111
confused by Le Bas with Stringham: BM 111-2; AW 160
invites NJ to Le Bas's dinner: AW 162, 185
Brigade of Guards see below
Cairo: BDFR 255
Kenya: QU 171; BM 111; AW 160, 162; CCR 177; VB 149, 153-4, 158, 163-4; BDFR 99-100; HSH 185
career:
the Army:
in WW1: VB 152, 159-60
Welsh Guards:
ambitions concerning: VB 159-60
ruined by:
Buster's affair with Dolly: VB 160-2
marriage to Joy: VB 162-3
otherwise mentioned: AW 159, 195; VB 149; HSH 221
in WW2:
RTO: VB 149-50, 152
renewed ambitions: VB 149, 164, 174-5; MP 79
Major i/c of transit camp: MP 79, 120
Civil Affairs: MP 120
Lt Col Control Commission in Germany: BDFR 44, 71
opinions on:
Qualities needed by a CO:
in general: VB 52
Marshal Lyautey's "gaiety": VB 160; SA 52; MP 145
Robert's enthusiasm: VB 171
progress of the war: VB 167
civilian:
manager of night club: LM 172, 181-2, 185, 193, 198, 200-1; CCR 177, 179; KO 108, 117; VB 148; BDFR 93
agent at Thrubworth: TK 6
retirement: TK 6
character:
air of disreputability:
reputation:
warning by Sillery: QU 171; BM 112; AW 160
notorious marital history notorious: AW 166; LM 172; VB 149, 153
Isobel speculates on Flavia and: VB 153, 158
comments by:
Mrs Andriadis: AW 168-9
Stringham: CCR 177
sensed by NJ: AW 161-3
self-assessment: VB 157-8; HSH 176, 185
raffish comments:
on women: KO 83; VB 161, 237; BDFR 99-100; TK 43
on tailors: HSH 58
never really grows up: TK 7
involvement with the turf:
father bred horses: VB 159
successful gentleman rider: BM 111; AW 160; LM 172; VB 149, 159
trotting: AW 161
encyclopaedic knowledge of: BDFR 255
stories of:
Lord Bridgnorth: AW 159
X Trapnel's father ends BDFR: BDFR 255
Buster Foxe's death at Lingfield: TK 7
abiding love of: TK 6-7, 19
and money:
gambling: AW 159-61; TK 6, 19
easy attitude to: AW 159, 161
shortage of: LM 172
strain of melancholy:
typical of:
war-span generation: AW 160-1
men of the turf: VB 149; TK 6
nostalgia for the old Kenya: AW 163-4
attempt to avoid talk of death: BDFR 44-5, 96
seen by NJ as subject for Burton: BDFR 100
cynicism on pretty girls and TB: MP 79
on the approach of old age: TK 6-7, 111
increasing changes of mood: HSH 59, 175-6, 185-6
skill as mimic: BDFR 98, 121; TK 6-7; HSH 59, 184
and wives:
Dolly Braybrook:
daughter of Regimental Colonel: VB 160
sedulous courtship of: VB 160-1
marriage to:
initially happy: VB 161
ended by:
Buster's seduction: VB 161-2
suicide: VB 162
Joy Grant:
consolation in rebellion: VB 162-3
to Kenya with: VB 163
seduced by Lord Castlemallock: VB 163, 179
the nameless third:
seduced from DC: VB 164
dies: VB 164
Lady Anne Stepney:
meets at Foppa's: AW 158-9; VB 164
attracted by: AW 163, 167, 177
marriage to: AW 194-5, 208, 221; CCR 170; KO 115, 122-3; VB 164
divorced from after a year: LM 172, 180-2; KO 115; VB 164
Lady Frederica Budd:
met via Robert and Flavia: VB 153
attraction to: VB 157, 164
engagement to: VB 150, 152-3, 157-8, 164, 166; HSH 186
stimulating effect on: VB 144-7, 149, 152-3; BDFR 70; TK 7
otherwise mentioned: BDFR 44-5, 70-1, 98; TK 6-7; HSH 175-7
satisfaction with after so many attempts: TK 43
and other characters:
Mrs Andriadis:
old friends: AW 165, 167-9
escapades with: AW 168-9, 171
owes money to: AW 168
organises visit to see: AW 166-177
Clare Akworth: HSH 187
Bagshaw: TK 19
Mildred Blaides: LM 198, 201
Lord Bridgnorth: AW 158-9, 171
the Budd children: TK 6
Norman Chandler HSG 58
Roddy Cutts: BDFR 96
Erridge refuses to attend funeral of: BDFR 44, 70-1
Sunny Farebrother: MP 120, 190
Cosmo Flitton: VB 158; MP 79; BDFR 100
Pamela Flitton:
on sexual predations of: MP 79; BDFR 69
possibly father of: BDFR 100; HSH 185
on survival of Widmerpool marriage: TK 43
Foppa: AW 154-5, 161
Buster Foxe:
hatred of:
strongly expressed: VB 158-62, 170-1, 174
affair with Dolly Braybrook: VB 160-2, 169
unpaid gambling debt: VB 174
satisfaction at death of: TK 7
uses to get position an secret organisation: VB 174-5
reminds NJ of: AW 159, 164
Ted Jeavons: LM 172; CCR 177; BDFR 93, 98; HSH 58
Isobel: VB 153, 158; HSH 58, 175
Le Bas: AW 162
Sillery: QU 171; BM 112; AW 160
Lord Sleaford and hence Lady Molly: LM 172
Odo Stevens: VB 152, 157, 159
"Boffles" Stringham: QU 170-1; BM 111; AW 160, 162, 214; VB 174; HSH 185
Charles Stringham: QU 170-1; BM 111; AW 160; CCR 177; VB 158
Peter Templer: LM 201
the older Tolland generation:
Alfred: AW 193-5; BDFR 70-1
Lord Warminster: AW 195
Robert Tolland: VB 153, 166, 171
Hugo Tolland: HSH 185
Lord Warminster: VB 164
Widmerpool: TK 43
Flavia Wisebite:
on unfortunate marital experiences of: VB 158; BDFR 100
took virginity of: VB 153, 158, 166; BDFR 100; HSH 185-6
and possible fatherhood of Pamela: BDFR 100; HSH 185
as part of personal myth of: HSH 185-7
Harrison Wisebite: VB 158; BDFR 100
NJ compares to:
Robin Budd: VB 153
Buster Foxe: AW 159, 164
Uncle Giles: AW 159
Guggenbühl: AW 175
Gwatkin: VB 52, 237
Odo Stevens: VB 157, 159
Stringham: AW 160, 166
Flavia: VB 166
Jekyll and Hyde: BDFR 99
Umfraville, Lady Anne see Stepney, Lady Anne
Upjohn, Victor
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highly regarded by Widmerpool:
acquainted with in TA: SA 34
preferred candidate of for command of Recce Corps: SA 34
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