# Little Lord Fauntleroy — Character guide

> Key figures in Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

- [Cedric Errol](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_lord_fauntleroy_se/characters/cedric_errol.md): Cedric grows up in a modest New York side street, befriending a grocery-man and a bootblack, before a lawyer reveals he is heir to the Earl of Dorincourt. What makes him remarkable is not his new title but his unshakable
- [Earl of Dorincourt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_lord_fauntleroy_se/characters/earl_of_dorincourt.md): The Earl of Dorincourt is staggeringly wealthy, widely feared, and estranged from the son whose American marriage he never forgave. When that son dies and the title passes to a New York child, the Earl summons the boy ou
- [Mr. Hobbs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_lord_fauntleroy_se/characters/mr_hobbs.md): Mr. Hobbs runs the corner grocery where Cedric spends his happiest hours, and he regards earls as a personal insult to democracy. When his small friend is suddenly claimed by England, Hobbs writes indignant letters, foll
- [Mr. Havisham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_lord_fauntleroy_se/characters/mr_havisham.md): Mr. Havisham arrives in New York expecting to inspect a claimant and instead meets a child so straightforward that the lawyer's professional caution keeps slipping into fondness. He becomes the bridge between two worlds,
- [Dick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_lord_fauntleroy_se/characters/dick.md): Dick earns his living shining shoes on a city street, but his real talent is loyalty, and he and Mr. Hobbs form Cedric's ragtag American family. When Cedric's fortune changes, Dick writes him a defiant, misspelled letter
- [Mrs. Errol](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_lord_fauntleroy_se/characters/mrs_errol.md): Mrs. Errol raised Cedric in cheerful poverty after her husband's death, and she teaches him the courtesy and kindness that make him beloved wherever he goes. The Earl refuses to receive her at the castle, so she lives ne
- [Mary](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_lord_fauntleroy_se/characters/mary.md): Mary is one of the first villagers to greet Cedric and his mother at church, bobbing a courtesy and calling down God's blessing on the boy who will one day own the soil. Her easy warmth toward the American widow cuts aga
- [Reverend Mr. Mordaunt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_lord_fauntleroy_se/characters/reverend_mordaunt.md): Mr. Mordaunt serves the parish around Dorincourt, and on the first Sunday after Cedric's arrival his churchyard fills with tenants and farmers eager to see the boy who will inherit the estate. The Earl's rare appearance 
- [Thomas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_lord_fauntleroy_se/characters/thomas.md): A footman in the Earl's household.
- [Wilkins](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_lord_fauntleroy_se/characters/wilkins.md): A groom or servant at the castle.
- [Lady Lorridaile](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_lord_fauntleroy_se/characters/lady_lorridaile.md): A kind noblewoman who visits the Earl and befriends Cedric.
- [Mrs. Dawson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_lord_fauntleroy_se/characters/mrs_dawson.md): The housekeeper at Dorincourt Castle.
- [Ben](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_lord_fauntleroy_se/characters/ben.md): A tenant farmer on the Earl's estate.
- [Bridget](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_lord_fauntleroy_se/characters/bridget.md): A servant in the Earl's household.
- [Benjamin Tipton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_lord_fauntleroy_se/characters/benjamin_tipton.md): Dick's brother, a young man in New York.
- [Newick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_lord_fauntleroy_se/characters/newick.md): The head gardener at Dorincourt Castle.

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