Lord Peter Wimsey

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Lord Peter Wimsey
Ian Carmichael as Wimsey in 1972
First appearance	Whose Body? (1923)
Last appearance	The Late Scholar (2013)
Created by	Dorothy L. Sayers
Portrayed by	Peter Haddon (film) Robert Montgomery (film) Harold Warrender (BBC TV play) Peter Gray (BBC TV play) Ian Carmichael (Television, BBC Radio) Edward Petherbridge (Television, stage play)
In-universe information
Full name	Peter Death Bredon Wimsey
Gender	Male
Occupation	Aristocrat, amateur detective, army officer
Family	Mortimer Wimsey, 15th Duke of Denver (father) Honoria Delagardie (mother) Gerald Wimsey, 16th Duke of Denver (brother) Lady Mary Wimsey (sister)
Spouse	Harriet Vane
Children	Bredon Wimsey (son) Roger Wimsey (son) Paul Wimsey (son)
Relatives	Paul Delagardie (uncle) Viscount St. George (nephew) Lady Winifred Wimsey (niece) Charles Peter Parker (nephew) Mary Lucasta Parker (niece) Charles Parker (brother-in-law) Helen Wimsey (sister-in-law)
Nationality	British

Lord Peter Death^[a] Bredon Wimsey DSO (later 17th Duke of Denver) is the fictional protagonist in a series of detective novels and short stories by Dorothy L. Sayers (and their continuation by Jill Paton Walsh). A dilettante who solves mysteries for his own amusement, Wimsey is an archetype for the British gentleman detective. He is often assisted by his valet and former batman, Mervyn Bunter; by his good friend and later brother-in-law, police detective Charles Parker; and, in a few books, by Harriet Vane, who becomes his wife.
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