Vanity Fair · Character

Mrs. O'Dowd

Mrs. O'Dowd is a character in Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray.

minor

Also known as Mrs. Major O'Dowd, Peggy, the excellent Mrs. O'Dowd

First appearance: 0027-xxvii-in-which-amelia-joins-her-regiment

Major O'Dowd's formidable, talkative Irish wife who mothers the young officers.