# Montgomery Brewster — Brewster’s Millions character guide > Montgomery Brewster in Brewster’s Millions by George Barr McCutcheon. **Role:** major **Also known as:** Monty, Mr. Montgomery Brewster, Brewster, Mr. Brewster, Montgomery, Mr. Montgomery, Monte **First appearance:** 0000-i-a-birthday-dinner ## Snapshot A young New Yorker handed a fortune on the mad condition that he spend every cent of it within a year, or lose it all. ## Who they are Monty Brewster is a restless young man about town whose grandfather's will turns his life into a frantic, public experiment in spending. He must burn through a million dollars without acquiring a single asset, while lawyers, friends, and a watchful Montana trustee scrutinize his every extravagance. His growing feeling for Peggy Gray complicates the game, forcing him to weigh love and self-respect against the terms of a fortune he cannot keep. ## Relationships ### [Peggy Gray](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/characters/peggy_gray) _romantic_ Montgomery is deeply in love with Peggy, and she is his primary romantic interest throughout the story. ### [Barbara Drew](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/characters/barbara_drew) _romantic_ Barbara is a wealthy socialite who pursues Montgomery romantically, creating a love triangle with Peggy. ### [Mrs. Dan DeMille](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/characters/mrs_dan_demille) _professional_ Mrs. Dan DeMille is Montgomery's aunt and the executor of his inheritance, overseeing his spending conditions. ### [Colonel Drew](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/characters/colonel_drew) _professional_ Colonel Drew is a lawyer and trustee managing Montgomery's inheritance, often skeptical of his actions. ### [Swearengen Jones](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/characters/swearengen_jones) _friendship_ Swearengen Jones is Montgomery's loyal friend and business partner, helping him spend his fortune. ### [Nopper Harrison](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/characters/nopper_harrison) _friendship_ Nopper Harrison is a close friend and fellow baseball player who supports Montgomery's schemes. ### [Captain Abner Perry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/characters/captain_abner_perry) _friendship_ Captain Abner Perry is an eccentric inventor and friend who Montgomery funds for various projects. ### [Joe Bragdon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/characters/joe_bragdon) _friendship_ Joe Bragdon is a childhood friend and teammate who remains loyal to Montgomery. ### [Louise Sedgwick Brewster](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/characters/louise_sedgwick_brewster) _family_ Louise Sedgwick Brewster is Montgomery's mother, who is concerned about his reckless spending. ### [Paul Pettingill](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/characters/paul_pettingill) _friendship_ Paul Pettingill is a friend and fellow baseball player who joins Montgomery's adventures. ### [Subway Smith](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/characters/subway_smith) _friendship_ Subway Smith is a friend and member of Montgomery's inner circle, often involved in his spending sprees. ### [Elon Gardner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/characters/elon_gardner) _professional_ Elon Gardner is a lawyer and trustee who monitors Montgomery's compliance with the inheritance terms. ## In the story ### [A Birthday Dinner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/i-a-birthday-dinner) The guest of honor, turning 25, known for his independence and good nature. ### [II: Shades of Aladdin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/ii-shades-of-aladdin) Inherits one million dollars and struggles with the weight and strangeness of his new fortune. ### [III: Mrs. and Miss Gray](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/iii-mrs-and-miss-gray) Returns to the Gray home, attempts to offer financial help, and learns of his uncle's death and inheritance. ### [IV: A Second](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/iv-a-second) Learns of his uncle's seven-million-dollar inheritance and the condition to be penniless by his 26th birthday; initially enthusiastic about spending his grandfather's million. ### [V: The Message from Jones](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/v-the-message-from-jones) Struggles with the enormity of spending a million dollars in a year; calculates daily expenditure; accepts the challenge despite the risks. ### [Monty Cristo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/vi-monty-cristo) Leases a luxurious apartment, plans a lavish dinner, and keeps nightly expense accounts, showing his growing calculativeness and extravagance. ### [A Lesson in Tact](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/vii-a-lesson-in-tact) Rebukes his butler for interfering with the servants' wage demands, then visits Mrs. DeMille to plan a dinner and later thrashes a newspaper columnist who wrote about him. ### [VIII: The Forelock of Time](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/viii-the-forelock-of-time) Lies in bed brooding over jealousy of the Duke of Beauchamp and the financial cost of courting Barbara Drew; sends a telegram to Swearengen Jones asking permission to marry and transfer his property. ### [IX: Love and a Prizefight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/ix-love-and-a-prizefight) Places bets on a prizefight and confesses his love to Barbara Drew. ### [X: Napoleon of Finance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/x-napoleon-of-finance) Engaged to Barbara Drew but distracted by the challenge of spending $16,000 a day; devises a risky stock market scheme to prove his business acumen. ### [XI: Coals of Fire](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xi-coals-of-fire) Struggles with the moral and financial consequences of his stock market success; tries to lose money through a car crash and selling puppies; quarrels with Barbara over her attention to Rodney Grimes. ### [Christmas Despair](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xii-christmas-despair) Monty shows compassion by helping Bill, the thief, and later confides in Mrs. Dan and Peggy about his social fatigue and heartbreak over Barbara. ### [A Friend in Need](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xiii-a-friend-in-need) In despair after losing $100,000 in a bank failure, he heroically saves the Bank of Manhattan Island by depositing more money, on condition that Barbara never knows. ### [XIV: Mrs. DeMille Entertains](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xiv-mrs-demille-entertains) Attends Mrs. DeMille's dinner despite the rift with Barbara; attempts reconciliation but is rebuffed. ### [XV: The Cut Direct](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xv-the-cut-direct) Struggles with health and the burden of his secret; undergoes appendectomy and convalesces at Mrs. Gray's. ### [XVI: In the Sunny South](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xvi-in-the-sunny-south) Convalescing in St. Augustine, on a strict diet, and brooding over his estrangement from Barbara Drew. ### [XVII: The New Tenderfoot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xvii-the-new-tenderfoot) Returns to New York after illness, resumes extravagant spending, feels heartsick and mocked at his ball, and grub-stakes Nopper Harrison for a gold prospecting venture. ### [XVIII: The Prodigal at Sea](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xviii-the-prodigal-at-sea) Monty reviews his finances, plans his yachting cruise, meets Colonel Drew, and departs on the Flitter with his friends. ### [XIX: One Hero and Another](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xix-one-hero-and-another) Receives a cable from Jones about free silver; hosts a lavish dinner at Gibraltar; rescues a sailor who fell overboard, showing his heroic side. ### [Le Roi s’amuse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xx-le-roi-s-amuse) Arranges a private carnival on the Riviera, spends extravagantly, rescues Peggy at the carnival, and gambles at Monte Carlo, winning $40,000 against his wishes. ### [Fairyland](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xxi-fairyland) Desperate to spend his remaining fortune, he orchestrates the acquisition of a fairy-tale villa on Lake Como and confronts Peggy about her avoidance. ### [Prince and Peasants](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xxii-prince-and-peasants) Plans a coaching party in Italy, orders automobiles from Paris, hires La Scala for a private performance, and later arranges a public performance for the peasants. Receives a cablegram from Jones. ### [An Offer of Marriage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xxiii-an-offer-of-marriage) Hosts the party on the Flitter, treats the sheik's proposal as a joke, and encourages the spectacle. ### [The Sheik's Strategy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xxiv-the-sheik-s-strategy) Protects Peggy from the sheik, leads the rescue effort, and offers a reward for her safe return. ### [The Rescue of Peggy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xxv-the-rescue-of-peggy) Tormented by love for Peggy and financial worries; heroically rescues Peggy from abduction. ### [XXVI: Mutiny](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xxvi-mutiny) Announces the North Cape extension, feels depressed by opposition, and ultimately decides to continue alone despite the mutiny. ### [XXVII: A Fair Traitor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xxvii-a-fair-traitor) Imprisoned in his stateroom by his guests; remains calm and reads during the mutiny. ### [XXVIII: A Catastrophe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xxviii-a-catastrophe) Freed by Peggy, he faces the mutineers and later grapples with the yacht's damage and the looming inheritance deadline. ### [The Prodigal's Return](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xxix-the-prodigal-s-return) Returns to New York nearly penniless, haggard and despairing, but determined to complete the spending challenge. ### [XXX: The Promise of Thrift](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xxx-the-promise-of-thrift) Has spent the entire million and is now nearly penniless; proposes to Peggy and plans to marry her on September 23rd. ### [XXXI: How the Million Disappeared](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xxxi-how-the-million-disappeared) Prepares his final report of expenditures, arranges marriage to Peggy, and presents the report to his lawyers. ### [The Night Before](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xxxii-the-night-before) Penniless and anxious, he spends his last night before the deadline with Peggy, only to receive devastating news of Jones's disappearance. ### [The Flight of Jones](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xxxiii-the-flight-of-jones) Devastated by the news of Jones's disappearance but resolves to be strong and marry Peggy. ### [The Last Word](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/chapters/xxxiv-the-last-word) Marries Peggy, receives the letter from Swearengen Jones, and learns he has inherited the full fortune. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/characters/montgomery_brewster - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/brewster_s_millions_se/characters