Mrs. Peacock

**Mrs. Peacock** is a prominent character in the *Clue* franchise.

## Character

Mrs. Peacock is often characterized be a well-connected socialite and high-society doyenne, who is widowed.

## Incarnations

### Clue Master Detective

**Mrs. Henrietta Peacock** is an amateur ornithologist who single-handedly saved the loggerhead shrike from extinction. After spotting a pair of pied-bill grebes near Boddy Manor, she came to the manor house in hopes of persuading Mr. Boddy into donating his country home to the Peacock Salvation Society, in which she is the founder and sole member of, as a bird sanctuary.

### Clue: The Franklin Mint Edition

A frequent guest of Hollinghurst Manor, she was implicated—and then acquitted—of the mysterious death of her husband. Lately there have been whispers of a romance blossoming between her and Mr. Boddy.

### Cluedo (1996 edition)

A frequent guest at Tudor Hall, Mrs. Peacock attends the best parties and adores to be adored. The gossip columns report that she's losing her millions at the hands of a blackmailer.

### Cluedo (2000 edition)

Mrs. Peacock is a faded rose (but in no way wilting) and has an air of style and grace and seems very knowledgeable of her fellow guests. Perhaps longing for the days where she was the center of attention.

### Clue (2002 edition)

*Main article: Mrs. Peacock (2002)*
Social butterfly **Mrs. Patricia Peacock** is the mother of Miss Josephine Scarlet. She befriended Margaret Black, mother of John Boddy, and was the only woman Sir Hugh showed an romantic interest in. She was married—and widowed—thrice, with all of her husbands meeting an untimely end.

### Clue (2016 edition)

Mrs. Peacock was once a small-town girl that became a well-connected socialite. She has been married to three different men, all of whom met a mysterious end. Sir Hugh was about to become her fourth, but he died beforehand. She called in many favors in order to attend Tudor Mansion. But what is in her mind: marriage, or murder?

## Alternative versions

### Clue: Discover the Secrets

**Eleanor Peacock** comes from a wealthy family of politicians, and she's known to raise money for any cause as long as she is in the spotlight. She appears calm, cool and collected at all times - ordering her assistants to do her dirty work. She is very concerned with proper behaviour...forgetting to put your napkin in your lap at one of her dinner parties could be a "deadly" mistake.

### Clue (2012 edition)

**Eleanor Hamilton**, a.k.a. **Peacock**, is a hotshot politician who is respected and feared by the world’s most powerful people. The influential House of Peacock keeps the secrets of power.

### Clue (2023 edition)

*Main article: Solicitor Peacock*
Self-made and unapologetic, Solicitor Peacock is as confident as she is successful. A tenacious attorney who knows exactly how to command a room, court or otherwise. Her success has provided her significant status and she's not shy about flaunting it. Her clients love her and her opposition fears her.

## In other media

### Theatre

* In the 1985 stage play adaptation, Mrs. Peacock is the jealous and jilted lover of Dr. Black.
* In the 1997 musical adaptation, Mrs. Peacock is the wife of Mr. Boddy, making him her sixth husband. She is also having an affair with Colonel Mustard.

### Literature

#### Cluedo Armchair Detective

**Mrs. Penelope Peacock**, *née* **Plum**, the dowager dame of Abbington Frith, is the widow of Royal Navy officer Lt. Percy Peacock of H.M.S. Insensible. She is one of the last living Peacocks in Abbington Frith. Her siblings are Professor Albert Plum, Wilmot Plum, and Mavis Plum.

#### *Clue* (book series)

Mrs. Peacock is a prim and proper woman, doing her best to spread social correctness among the other guests and scolding them when they're being rude. However, she is willing to kill or steal things to get her way.

### Film and television

#### *Clue* (film)

In the 1985 film adaptation, "Mrs. Peacock" is a pseudonym given to the wife of a U.S. Senator from Washington, D.C., who has been accused of taking brides for her husband.

#### *Cluedo* (British game show)

In the ITV game show ***Cluedo***, **Mrs. Elizabeth Peacock** is a society hostess and the owner of Arlington Grange.

### Computer and video games

* In ***Clue VCR Mystery Game***, Mrs. Peacock was Mr. Boddy’s bridge partner. She has been married—and widowed—fourteen times, each husband having died in mysterious circumstances. She is also a kleptomaniac.

* In *Clue II: Murder in Disguise*, Mrs. Peacock is on the run from police after they connected her in her husbands' deaths.

* ***Clue*** (1995) - **Mrs. Elizabeth Peacock** is a rather intimidating widow with an inclination toward arrogance. She is beginning to find out that her funds are not limitless.

* ***Clue: Murder at Boddy Mansion*** (1998) - Mrs. Peacock is a socialite and a terrible gossip. Inviting her to your parties can be a mistake; not inviting her can be far worse. For all her faults, Mr. Boddy once courted Mrs. Peacock until the beautiful Miss Scarlet arrived.

* ***Clue Chronicles: Fatal Illusions*** (1999) - **Mrs. Samantha Peacock** had a series of scandalous affairs with powerful men in the past—notably with two London politicians and an American businessman, with the latter being shot by his wife.

## Trivia

* In the 1983 edition of *Cluedo*, Peacock is addressed as "The Honourable Mrs. Avadne Peacock", suggesting she is/was married to a son of a British peer.

* In the 2000 edition of *Cluedo*, Mrs. Peacock was born on 5 January 1885 in Chelsea, London, England, making her 41-years-old.
	+ In the *Daily Echo* newspaper article, Peacock is stated as being the owner of Lagonda, and lives near Stanton-St. Lawrence.

## Also see

* Solicitor Peacock
* Beth "Peacock" Picah
* Agnes Peabody