1. Haughty and overbearing, Aunt Agatha wants Bertie to marry a wife she finds suitable, though she never manages to get Bertie married, thanks to Jeeves's interference.
11 Facts About Aunt Agatha
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Aunt Agatha is often mentioned in the stories as being Bertie's fearsome aunt, in contrast to her sister Aunt Dahlia, Bertie's genial aunt.
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The character of Aunt Agatha was inspired by Wodehouse's aunt Mary Bathurst Deane, his mother's older sister.
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Aunt Agatha had at first been affianced to Percy Craye, though upon reading in the papers of his behaviour at a Covent Garden ball, she had ended the engagement.
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Aunt Agatha then married Spenser Gregson, though he dies before The Code of the Woosters.
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Aunt Agatha once portrayed Boadicea in an amateur pageant held at her home, Woollam Chersey.
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Generally, Aunt Agatha tries to make Bertie marry or tells him to do some task that she feels will benefit the family's prestige.
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Aunt Agatha has never liked Jeeves, and thinks that Bertie is too dependent on him, calling Jeeves Bertie's keeper.
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Aunt Agatha disapproves of Bertie talking to Jeeves about private matters.
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Aunt Agatha disapproves of Ray because she is a vaudeville performer, and feels that Gussie would disgrace the family by marrying her.
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Aunt Agatha appears in "The Delayed Exit of Claude and Eustace".