Jeeves is a valet, not a butler-that is, he serves a man and not a household. A "Jeeves" is now a generic term in references such as the Oxford English Dictionary. īoth the name "Jeeves" and the character of Jeeves have come to be thought of as the quintessential name and nature of a valet, butler, or chauffeur, inspiring many similar characters (as well as the name of the Internet search engine Ask Jeeves).
The name "Jeeves" comes from Percy Jeeves, a Warwickshire cricketer killed in the First World War. Created in 1915, Jeeves would continue to appear in Wodehouse's works until his final, completed, novel Aunts Aren't Gentlemen in 1974, making him Wodehouse's most famous character.
Wodehouse, being the "personal gentleman's gentleman" ( valet) of Bertie Wooster (Bertram Wilberforce Wooster). Reginald Jeeves is a fictional character in the short stories and novels of P.
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