He was a brilliant herpetologist who discovered the Incredibly Deadly Viper. Jacques Snicket was theelderbrother of Lemony Snicket, twin of Kit Snicket, and known V.F.D. It also answers and raises many questions about the mysterious V.F.D. Volunteer. organization, a key player in A Series of Unfortunate Events . However, Montgomery Montgomery mentions that he had an assistant named Gustav who recently decided to quit. Dr. Montgomery Montgomery was Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire's "late father's cousin's wife's brother" and their second guardian. Gustav as portrayed by John Dexter. Montgomery preferred to be called Uncle Monty by the orphans. The film cuts away to this Gustav tied to the front a moving train. The book helps clear up some loose ends from the series, but it also introduces many more mysteries, as well as elucidates details which readers might have missed in previous books. On first meeting him, he gives them homemade coconut cake and the Baudelaires instantly warm to him. In the film Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, the Baudelaire's viewing of Sebald's film Zombies in the Snow is omitted. Duchess Jacquelyn Scieszka (CHESS-kuh)of Winnipeg34 is a recurring character in the Netflix adaptation of A Series of Unfortunate Events. Now that Netflix's A Series of Unfortunate Events has finally dropped, we've seen to it that we positively devoured the tragic story of the Baudelaire children. During the series, she appears as Mr. Poe's secretary at Mulctuary Money Management.