# Captain — Black Beauty character guide

> Captain in Black Beauty by Anna Sewell.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** XLIV Old Captain, poor Captain, a Captain Langley, Langley, old Captain

**First appearance:** 0033-part-iii-xxxiv-an-old-war-horse

## Who they are

An old war horse who shares his tragic story with Beauty in the cab stables.

## Relationships

### [Jeremiah Barker](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/black_beauty_se/characters/jeremiah_barker)

_professional_

Captain is a horse driven by Jeremiah Barker in his cab, forming a working partnership.

### [Jeremiah Barker](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/black_beauty_se/characters/jeremiah_barker)

_professional_

Captain is a horse driven by Jeremiah Barker in his cab, forming a working partnership.

## In the story

### [My Breaking In](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/black_beauty_se/chapters/part-i-iii-my-breaking-in)

Not directly present in this chapter.

### [Plain Speaking](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/black_beauty_se/chapters/part-i-xi-plain-speaking)

Captain Langley, a friend of the Squire, who drives a pair of grays and uses checkreins.

### [A London Cab Horse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/black_beauty_se/chapters/part-iii-xxxiii-a-london-cab-horse)

Jerry's other horse, an old white war horse who served in the Crimean War.

### [An Old War Horse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/black_beauty_se/chapters/part-iii-xxxiv-an-old-war-horse)

Narrates his experiences as a war horse, from training and sea voyage to the charge where his master was killed.

### [Jerry Barker](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/black_beauty_se/chapters/part-iii-xxxv-jerry-barker)

The other horse in Jerry's stable, who along with Black Beauty is put in better spirits by the cheerful family atmosphere.

### [The Election](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/black_beauty_se/chapters/part-iii-xlii-the-election)

Jerry mentions Captain as one of his horses that would be misused if the cab were hired for electioneering.

### [Old Captain and His Successor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/black_beauty_se/chapters/part-iii-xliv-old-captain-and-his-successor)

Old cab horse who is fatally injured in a collision caused by a drunken drayman and is euthanized by Jerry.

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