# Benjamin Tipton — Little Lord Fauntleroy character guide

> Benjamin Tipton in Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Ben

**First appearance:** 0001-ii

## Who they are

Dick's brother, a young man in New York.

## In the story

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_lord_fauntleroy_se/chapters/xiii)

Dick's brother, who is written to with the picture of Minna and asked to provide information about her and her child.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_lord_fauntleroy_se/chapters/xiv)

Ben Tipton, the real father of the claimant's child, identifies the woman as his former wife and takes his son away, confirming the fraud.

### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_lord_fauntleroy_se/chapters/xv)

Ben returns to California with his son Tom after the Earl invests in a cattle ranch for him.

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