# Mary — Little Lord Fauntleroy character guide

> Mary in Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Bloody Mary

**First appearance:** 0002-iii

## Snapshot

A red-cloaked Irish servant in the Dorincourt churchyard whose warm blessing of the new little lord signals the village's cautious welcome.

## Who they are

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 against the Earl's cold formality, quietly testing whether the great house will accept its new heir's humble origins. In these early scenes she helps establish the village's watchful, hopeful mood around Fauntleroy.

## Relationships

### [Cedric Errol](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_lord_fauntleroy_se/characters/cedric_errol)

_professional_

Cedric's devoted Irish nursemaid who accompanies him from America to England.

### [Cedric Errol](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_lord_fauntleroy_se/characters/cedric_errol)

_professional_

Cedric's devoted Irish nursemaid who accompanies him from America to England.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_lord_fauntleroy_se/chapters/i)

The Errols' maid, who is flustered and mutters about the nobility when the news arrives.

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