# Captain Crewe — A Little Princess character guide

> Captain Crewe in A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Crewe, the late Captain Crewe

**First appearance:** 0001-a-little-princess

## Snapshot

A doting, impulsive father who spoils his motherless daughter in India, then leaves her at a London school with a fortune that will not hold.

## Who they are

Captain Crewe adores Sara with a reckless generosity, indulging her with a French maid, lavish clothes, and the nickname 'Little Missus.' His love is real but his judgment is not: he invests everything in a diamond mine scheme that collapses, and his death leaves Sara penniless among strangers. He matters because his affection shapes Sara's confidence — and his ruin sets the whole plot in motion.

## Relationships

### [Sara Crewe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_little_princess_se/characters/sara_crewe)

_family_

Captain Crewe is Sara's loving and doting father who indulges her imagination and provides for her before his death.

### [Miss Minchin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_little_princess_se/characters/miss_minchin)

_professional_

Captain Crewe is Miss Minchin's wealthy client who pays generously for Sara's education, but she secretly despises his indulgence.

### [Emily](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_little_princess_se/characters/emily)

_family_

Captain Crewe buys Emily as a gift for Sara, treating the doll as part of their family and Sara's cherished companion.

### [Sara Crewe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_little_princess_se/characters/sara_crewe)

_family_

Captain Crewe is Sara's loving and doting father who indulges her imagination and provides for her before his death.

### [Miss Minchin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_little_princess_se/characters/miss_minchin)

_professional_

Captain Crewe is Miss Minchin's wealthy client who pays generously for Sara's education, but she secretly despises his indulgence.

### [Sara Crewe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_little_princess_se/characters/sara_crewe)

_family_

Captain Crewe is Sara's loving and doting father who indulges her imagination and provides for her before his death.

### [Emily](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_little_princess_se/characters/emily)

_family_

Captain Crewe buys Emily as a gift for Sara, treating the doll as part of their family and Sara's cherished companion.

### [Miss Minchin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_little_princess_se/characters/miss_minchin)

_professional_

Captain Crewe is Miss Minchin's wealthy client who pays generously for Sara's education, but she secretly despises his indulgence.

## In the story

### [Sara](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_little_princess_se/chapters/i-sara)

Sara's loving, wealthy father; brings her to Miss Minchin's seminary; indulges her with lavish gifts and a special doll; feels sorrow about their impending separation.

### [The Diamond-Mines](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_little_princess_se/chapters/vi-the-diamond-mines)

Writes to Sara about the diamond mines; expresses worry over business matters and a longing to see her.

### [The Diamond-Mines Again](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_little_princess_se/chapters/vii-the-diamond-mines-again)

Mentioned as Sara's father who sent the Last Doll and invested in diamond mines; his death leaves Sara penniless.

## Links

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