# Mr. Barry — Black Beauty character guide

> Mr. Barry in Black Beauty by Anna Sewell.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Barry

**First appearance:** 0026-part-ii-xxvii-ruined-and-going-downhill

## Who they are

A gentleman who briefly owns Beauty but is cheated by dishonest grooms.

## 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.

### [Cockneys](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/black_beauty_se/chapters/part-ii-xxix-cockneys)

The gentleman who buys Black Beauty after a kind driver recommends him.

### [A Thief](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/black_beauty_se/chapters/part-ii-xxx-a-thief)

New master, an unmarried businessman in Bath, ignorant of the theft but well-meaning.

### [A Humbug](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/black_beauty_se/chapters/part-ii-xxxi-a-humbug)

Beauty's master; deceived by Smirk, eventually decides to give up keeping a horse.

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