The Dursleys or the Dursley family are fictional characters in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. They are Harry Potter's last living relatives. In order to ensure his safety, Harry was placed under their care as a baby by Albus Dumbledore. The Dursleys live at Number 4, Privet Drive, Little Whinging in Surrey, England. Alice, a fictional character based on a real character from the work of Lewis Carroll. ... This article is about the Harry Potter series of novels. ... Joanne Jo Murray, née Rowling OBE (born 31 July 1965),[1] who writes under the pen name J. K. Rowling,[2] is an English writer and author of the Harry Potter fantasy series. ... Harry James Potter is a fictional character and the main protagonist of J. K. Rowlings Harry Potter series of fantasy books. ... Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore is a fictional character within the Harry Potter series written by British author J. K. Rowling. ... Little Whinging, Surrey, England, is a fictitious town to the south of London, described in the Harry Potter series of novels. ... This article is about the English county. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ...

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Vernon Dursley

Vernon Dursley is the first character introduced in the Harry Potter series. He is Harry Potter's uncle—he is married to Petunia, Lily Potter's sister, and they have a son named Dudley. Vernon is described as a big, beefy man, with hardly any neck, and a large moustache. He is very much the head of his household, laying down most of the rules for Harry and doing most of the threatening while his wife turns a deaf ear, as well as spoiling his own son. He is also the director of a drill-making company, Grunnings, and seems to be quite successful in his career. This article is about the Harry Potter series of novels. ... This is a screenshot of a copyrighted movie or television program. ... Richard Griffiths (born 31 July 1947) is a Tony award winning English actor who has appeared on stage, film and television. ... Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is a 2004 fantasy adventure film, based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. ... Blood purity is a central concept in the Harry Potter series of books by J. K. Rowling. ... Muggle is the only word used in the Harry Potter series of books by J. K. Rowling to refer to a normal person who lacks any sort of magical ability. ... Richard Griffiths (born 31 July 1947) is a Tony award winning English actor who has appeared on stage, film and television. ... HP1 redirects here. ... Harry James Potter is a fictional character and the main protagonist of J. K. Rowlings Harry Potter series of fantasy books. ... For the American Revolutionary War general, see James Potter. ...

Vernon is a Muggle, and despises all magical things, especially his nephew (by marriage, not blood). He and his wife have grudgingly raised Harry from an early age, denying him any information about the magical world, including how his parents died. Unlike Petunia, who seems to have the slightest feeling of familial loyalty to Harry, Vernon seems to hate his nephew so much that in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, he was willing to throw him out of the house, knowing that doing so would put him in grave danger. He does, however, show affection (possibly too much and over-the-top) to Dudley. At one point when Vernon thought his family was being threatened by Harry's visiting wizard friends, he stepped in front of Petunia to "save" her, rather like how Lily Potter defended her son on the night when Voldemort attacked. Muggle is the only word used in the Harry Potter series of books by J. K. Rowling to refer to a normal person who lacks any sort of magical ability. ... In the Harry Potter series created by J.K. Rowling, magic is depicted as a natural force that can be used to override the usual laws of nature while still being approached entirely scientifically. ... OotP redirects here. ...

Vernon also has an aversion to imagination, or to any references to magic, or anything even slightly out of the ordinary—such as in the first book, when Harry mentions dreaming about a flying motorcycle, Uncle Vernon responds by angrily bellowing that motorcycles don't fly, despite Harry's protests that it was only a dream. By the end of Deathly Hallows he is grand-uncle to Harry's children James, Albus Severus and Lily by marriage. When the family leaves Privet Drive for the last time in Deathly Hallows, he nearly shakes Harry's hand good-bye, but his enforeced dislike of Harry and magic refrains from doing so at the last second. It is implied that after their separation in the beginning of the seventh book, Uncle Vernon and Harry would never see each other again.

Petunia Dursley

Petunia Dursley (née Evans), is Harry Potter's aunt. She is described as being a blonde, bony woman with a "rather horsey" face and a very long neck, which she uses to spy on her neighbors. Her eyes are large and pale, quite unlike her sister's. Petunia obsessively follows news about divorced movie stars while sniffing, "as if we're interested in their sordid affairs."^[HP5] Her whole family was made up of Muggles, except for her sister Lily who was a Muggle born witch. According to Petunia, her parents were proud of having a witch in the family, but Petunia saw her sister as a freak, due to jealousy of her magical abilities.^[1] This article is about the Harry Potter series of novels. ... This is a screenshot of a copyrighted movie or television program. ... Fiona Shaw as Aunt Petunia in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. ... Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is a 2004 fantasy adventure film, based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. ... Blood purity is a central concept in the Harry Potter series of books by J. K. Rowling. ... Muggle is the only word used in the Harry Potter series of books by J. K. Rowling to refer to a normal person who lacks any sort of magical ability. ... Fiona Shaw as Aunt Petunia in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. ... HP1 redirects here. ... Harry James Potter is a fictional character and the main protagonist of J. K. Rowlings Harry Potter series of fantasy books. ... Young German man with naturally blond hair. ... Binomial name Equus caballus Linnaeus, 1758 The horse (Equus caballus, sometimes seen as a subspecies of the Wild Horse, Equus ferus caballus) is a large odd-toed ungulate mammal, one of ten modern species of the genus Equus. ... OotP redirects here. ... Muggle is the only word used in the Harry Potter series of books by J. K. Rowling to refer to a normal person who lacks any sort of magical ability. ... For the American Revolutionary War general, see James Potter. ...

In the seventh book, it is revealed that the Evans girls lived near Spinner's End, the residence of Tobias and Eileen Snape. Their son, Severus, seems to have observed Lily's magical talents from a young age, and took a strong liking to her (strangely enough, despite her status as a Muggle-born). Petunia on the other hand, seems to have been envious of her sister's abilities. She went so far as to write to Dumbledore pleading to be allowed to enter Hogwarts. Petunia was gently denied enrollment at Hogwarts; she has since been terribly cold towards the school, and by extension, her sister and the magical community as a whole. In a letter that Lily Potter wrote to Sirius Black (which Harry read in the Blacks' house), she makes reference to Harry nearly smashing "that horrible vase that Petunia sent" with his toy broomstick and adds "no complaints there". This indicates that the sisters were still in touch at the time, and at least enough for Petunia to send her sister holiday gifts. This also echoes Harry's Christmas presents from the Dursley family (old pair of Vernon's socks, a coat hanger, etc.) which are never pretty or welcome, but do show a grudging sign of attachment from the family. Severus Snape is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ...

At some point, she met Vernon Dursley and married him. On 22 June 1980 they had a son named Dudley. Petunia hadn't seen her sister for years and usually pretended she didn't have one at all. However, one morning Petunia discovered her infant nephew, Harry Potter, on her doorstep as she put out the milk bottles. The chronology is a general timeline of events derived from information provided in the series of Harry Potter novels written by J.K. Rowling, along with additional materials posted on her web site and published in various interviews. ...

There was a note left with baby Harry by Albus Dumbledore, which explained that his parents Lily and James had been killed by Lord Voldemort, how Lily had sacrificed herself to save her son's life and how living with his only other relatives would protect him from Lord Voldemort until he comes of age at 17. Petunia and Vernon grudgingly agreed to raise Harry, but they kept him as downtrodden as possible in an attempt to squash the magic out of him; they never told him how his parents died, instead telling him they had been killed in a car crash and not to ask questions (about that or anything else). Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore is a fictional character within the Harry Potter series written by British author J. K. Rowling. ... For the American Revolutionary War general, see James Potter. ... Lord Voldemort (IPA: [1][2]) is a fictional character and the primary antagonist in the Harry Potter novel series written by British author J. K. Rowling. ...

When Vernon attempts to throw Harry out of their house at the beginning of Order of the Phoenix, Petunia receives a Howler from Dumbledore—"Remember my last, Petunia", which Rowling has confirmed is referring to the note he left with one-year-old Harry on their doorstep. This prompts Petunia to override Vernon's decision and allow Harry to stay. Aunt Petunia has, therefore, more knowledge about the wizarding world than she will admit. At the very least, Petunia has proved she knows what Dementors and Azkaban are. In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Petunia hears her husband ask what a Dementor is, to which she responds, "They guard the wizard prison, Azkaban." When Harry and the rest of her family look at her strangely for knowing this magical information, she responds that she heard "that awful boy" telling Lily about them years ago. Harry angrily retorts that if she's going to talk about his parents, she could at least use their names, but she does not respond to his retort. It is revealed in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, after Severus Snape has died and passed his memories to Harry, that Petunia was in fact referring to Snape, who had a long friendship with Lily and used exactly the same words, "They guard the wizard prison, Azkaban," to describe Dementors to her. Petunia overheard the exchange and remembered Snape's explanation. While she resents Lily for being able to do magic and go on to Hogwarts while she is left behind in the Muggle world, Petunia retains knowledge of the magical world and has a bit of an idea of the dangers that Harry faces (mainly from information that she had gleaned from eavesdropping on conversations between Snape and Lily). In the fictional Harry Potter series, many magical objects exist for the use of the characters. ... Hogwarts, a wizarding school. ... In the fictional Harry Potter books, a Dementor is a soul-sucking fiend who guards the wizard prison, Azkaban. ... Azkaban is the fictional wizard prison in the Harry Potter series of books by J. K. Rowling. ... OotP redirects here. ... Severus Snape is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ... “HP7” redirects here. ... Severus Snape is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ...

When Harry leaves the Dursleys at the beginning of the seventh book, it is implied that he never meets Petunia ever again. Before the Dursleys leave she almost wishes him good luck, showing that she does feel a tiny amount of attachment to her nephew, however her enforced dislike of Harry and magic prevent her from doing so and she leaves without a word.

Dudley Dursley

Dudley Dursley was born on 22 June 1980. He is the only child of Vernon and Petunia Dursley, a nephew to Marjorie Dursley (his father's sister) and the late James and Lily Potter (Lily being his mother's sister). He is Harry Potter's only cousin. This article is about the Harry Potter series of novels. ... This is a screenshot of a copyrighted movie or television program. ... Melling as Dudley Dursley in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 2004 Harry Melling (born on 13 March 1989 in London) is an English actor. ... Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is a 2004 fantasy adventure film, based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. ... Blood purity is a central concept in the Harry Potter series of books by J. K. Rowling. ... Muggle is the only word used in the Harry Potter series of books by J. K. Rowling to refer to a normal person who lacks any sort of magical ability. ... Melling as Dudley Dursley in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 2004 Harry Melling (born on 13 March 1989 in London) is an English actor. ... HP1 redirects here. ... The chronology is a general timeline of events derived from information provided in the series of Harry Potter novels written by J.K. Rowling, along with additional materials posted on her web site and published in various interviews. ... The Dursleys are Harry Potters last living relatives. ... For the American Revolutionary War general, see James Potter. ... Harry James Potter is a fictional character and the main protagonist of J. K. Rowlings Harry Potter series of fantasy books. ... “Nephew” redirects here. ...

Described as a very large, blonde boy, Dudley has been thoroughly spoiled since birth—he gets mountains of birthday and Christmas presents and then throws a tantrum because he wants even more. He also seems to not care for Harry and is mean to him. He was given two bedrooms in the house, one of which he never uses (it is filled with books and broken toys), but he throws a screaming fit when it is given to Harry.^[HP1] Dudley is generally given his way in almost everything. He shows the symptoms of a spoiled brat, as demonstrated when a disgusted Minerva McGonagall tells Albus Dumbledore in the first chapter of the first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, how she saw the toddler Dudley kicking his mother and screaming for sweets. Young German man with naturally blond hair. ... A tantrum is an emotional outburst wherein higher brain functions are unable to stop the emotional expression of the lower (emotional and physical) brain functions. ... HP1 redirects here. ... For other uses, see Brat. ... Professor Minerva McGonagall is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ... Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore is a fictional character within the Harry Potter series written by British author J. K. Rowling. ... HP1 redirects here. ...

An enormous, rude, belligerent and selfish boy, Dudley is quite an unlikable character, although he knows how to be polite when he wants to make an impression (notably when his father's business associate came for dinner one evening).^[HP2] It can be inferred that he and Harry went to a school in Surrey together, where Dudley and his gang of bullies ruled the school, with their favourite pastime being "Harry hunting". The rest of the students at school shunned Harry as they knew Dudley hated him, and they didn't want to get on Dudley's bad side. With each passing year Dudley was overindulged in every way by his parents, which eventually made him morbidly obese and a careless student.^[HP4] In Philosopher's Stone, Harry described him as "a pig in a wig" (alternatively, his mother thought him a "baby angel") and by the fourth book, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, he notes that Dudley "had reached the height and weight of a young killer whale". The same year Harry started at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Dudley was enrolled at his father's old boarding school, Smeltings. Smeltings is described as a snobbish public school with absurd traditions. (The use of the term "public school" in England is generally interchangeable with the North American and Scottish use of the term "private school".) “HP2” redirects here. ... This article is about the English county. ... Bullying is the act of intentionally causing harm to others through verbal harassment, physical assault, or other more subtle methods of coercion such as manipulation. ... Obesity is a condition in which the natural energy reserve, stored in the fatty tissue of humans and other mammals, is increased to a point where it is associated with certain health conditions or increased mortality. ... Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the fourth novel in the Harry Potter series written by J. K. Rowling. ... Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the fourth novel in the Harry Potter series written by J. K. Rowling. ... Binomial name Orcinus orca Linnaeus, 1758 Orca range (in blue) The orca (Orcinus orca), commonly known as the killer whale, and sometimes called the grampus, is the largest member of the oceanic dolphin family. ... Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a fictional setting in J. K. Rowlings best-selling Harry Potter series. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... North America North America is a continent[1] in the Earths northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. ... This article is about the country. ...

By age fifteen, Dudley has become physically strong (Harry describes him as being vast as ever), and he has taken an interest in boxing and seems skilled in it. A great bully, he leads a gang of thugs (Piers Polkiss, Dennis, Gordon and Malcolm) with whom he regularly beats up younger children such as Mark Evans on the flimsiest of excuses ("He was asking for it ... he cheeked me"). Dudley also starts smoking on street corners and throwing rocks at passing cars and children with his gang, and he continues to be spoiled by his parents. For other senses of these words, see boxing (disambiguation) or boxer (disambiguation). ... This is a list of characters in the Harry Potter books. ...

Dudley has had incredibly bad luck during the books and is therefore a rather ineffective person. In Philosopher's Stone, Dudley knocks Harry down to get in front of the glass case of a python at the zoo and Harry inadvertently vanishes the glass. Though the snake slithered out to freedom and gave passerbys a few playful nips at the heel, Dudley declares that the snake nearly took a chunk out of his leg. In the same year, he is given a pig's tail by Rubeus Hagrid, which has to be removed at a private hospital in London. Genera Aspidites Antaresia Apodora Bothrochilus Leiopython Liasis Morelia Python Python is the common name for a group of non-venomous constricting snakes, specifically the family Pythonidae. ... Rubeus Hagrid is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

In Goblet of Fire, he becomes wider than he is tall, and the school outfitters tell the Dursleys that they don't stock school uniforms that can accommodate Dudley's size; the Smeltings school nurse advises the Dursleys to put Dudley on a strict diet, and sends a list of recommended foods—fruits and vegetables ("rabbit food", according to Uncle Vernon). During the summer when this diet is enforced, the Weasley family comes to pick Harry up for the Quidditch World Cup. Dudley is afraid of them and attempts to protect his buttocks from magical abuse by keeping his hands clamped on it and shuffling along the wall. Fred and George Weasley "accidentally" drop a magical Ton-Tongue Toffee which enlarges Dudley's tongue to four feet before a hysterical Petunia Dursley (who initially tries to pull it out, causing Dudley immense pain) reluctantly allows Mr. Weasley to shrink it. A photograph from the fictional wizard newspaper The Daily Prophet, as seen in the film series, showing the Weasleys on holiday in Egypt. ... Quidditch is a fictional sport developed by J. K. Rowling, found in the internationally bestselling Harry Potter novels and films. ... Frederick Fred and George Weasley are fictional characters in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ... Weasleys Wizard Wheezes is a fictional business in the Harry Potter book series. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

One evening during the summer holidays of the fifth book, when both boys are fifteen and walking home, arguing, two Dementors (sent by Dolores Umbridge) attack. Dudley collapses, and Harry uses the Patronus Charm to drive the Dementors away from himself and his cousin. He half carries the shaken Dudley home, while Dudley is convinced that Harry used magic to draw the Dementors (though, as a Muggle, he could only feel them and not see them) to them. After the confrontation, Harry wonders what sort of bad memories the pampered, spoiled Dudley could have relived, as Dementors force you to relive your worst experiences. Rowling later revealed, in an online chat, that Dudley's worst fear was seeing himself for who he really was, and that this was what the Dementors inflicted on him.^[2] The experience did, in fact, give Dudley a more favorable impression of Harry, although this new impression did not by any means extend to Dudley's parents. Even so, Harry would remain unaware of Dudley's changed viewpoint until the final book. OotP redirects here. ... In the fictional Harry Potter books, a Dementor is a soul-sucking fiend who guards the wizard prison, Azkaban. ... Dolores Jane Umbridge is a fictional character from the Harry Potter series of novels by J. K. Rowling. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Magic (Harry Potter). ...

In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the Dursleys are visited by Albus Dumbledore, who pities Dudley and blames Vernon and Petunia for their "appalling damage" on him and how he has turned out. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, released on July 16, 2005, is the sixth of seven novels in J.K. Rowlings popular Harry Potter series. ... Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore is a fictional character within the Harry Potter series written by British author J. K. Rowling. ...

In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Dudley is the only member of the Dursley family to accept Harry: he shakes his hand and thanks him for saving his soul from the Dementor attack in the events of Order of the Phoenix. Harry, as well as Petunia and Vernon, are surprised by Dudley's reaction. It is thought that he may have wished to make amends with Harry over the summer, as he left a cup of tea outside Harry's door and showed some concern for him when the Dursleys left to go into hiding. In his appreciation of his cousin's belated gratitude, Harry says good-bye to him using Dudley's former gang name, "Big D" (before that he had called him "Dudders", just as his parents had, much to Dudley's chagrin). It is implied that Harry and Dudley might meet again. Dudley is described as muscular rather than obese, indicating that he has kept his interest in boxing, and it has paid off.
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Marjorie "Marge" Dursley

Marjorie "Marge" Dursley is Vernon Dursley's sister and is described as being just like him, a large woman with hardly any neck and even a bit of a moustache. Though she isn't a blood relative of Harry, he has been forced to call her "Aunt Marge" throughout his whole life with the Dursleys. Marge lives in the country, where she breeds bulldogs. Due to this, she rarely visits Privet Drive, to Harry's great delight. However, each of her visits stands out in Harry's mind for her cruelty to him. Owing to Vernon and Petunia's beliefs, Aunt Marge believes that Harry is a horrible boy, and delights in insulting both him and his dead parents. Her most recent known visit was in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, when, after she insulted Harry's mother and father, an enraged Harry accidentally inflated her, causing her to thus resemble a floating balloon--a possible metaphor towards her being high on her own 'hot air'. She was later rescued, changed back to normal, and her memory was modified by the Ministry of Magic. She also appeared in a memory in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix—Harry being chased up a tree by one of Marge's bulldogs at age ten while the Dursleys laugh at him from the ground and Marge refuses to call the dog off. This article is about the Harry Potter series of novels. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Pam Ferris (born 1948) is an English actress. ... Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is a 2004 fantasy adventure film, based on the novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. ... Blood purity is a central concept in the Harry Potter series of books by J. K. Rowling. ... Muggle is the only word used in the Harry Potter series of books by J. K. Rowling to refer to a normal person who lacks any sort of magical ability. ... Pam Ferris (born 1948) is an English actress. ... “HP3” redirects here. ... For other uses, see Bulldog (disambiguation). ... “HP3” redirects here. ... In the fictional universe of the Harry Potter series as written by J. K. Rowling, the Ministry of Magic is the governing body of the magical community of Britain and succeeded the earlier Wizards Council. ... OotP redirects here. ...

Aunt Marge usually brings her dog Ripper with her when she visits Privet Drive and she treats him better than she treats most humans. While Aunt Marge is gone, Colonel Fubster takes care of her other dogs.

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External links

• The Harry Potter Lexicon's page on the Dursley family
• The Harry Potter Lexicon's page on Vernon Dursley
• The Harry Potter Lexicon's page on Petunia Dursley
• The Harry Potter Lexicon's page on Dudley Dursley
• The Harry Potter Lexicon's page on Margorie Dursley
• The Harry Potter Lexicon's quotes by the Dursleys