- Wrote lyrics for song "Bill" (music by Jerome Kern) used in musical, "Showboat".
- P. G. Wodehouse became an American citizenship in 1955. He was awarded Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the 1975 New Year's Honours List for his services to literature, where he became Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse.
- Stepfather of Leonora. She died while undergoing surgery in 1942.
- Great granddaughter is actress Lisa Faulkner.
- He was a keen admirer of Dick Van Dyke, whose sitcom of the early 60s he described as "easily the finest thing on TV".
- Graduated from Dulwich College in 1900.
- He was awarded the Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 1975 Queen's New Year Honours List for his services to literature.
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