# Mr. Havisham — Little Lord Fauntleroy character guide

> Mr. Havisham in Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Havisham, Mr. В Havisham, Gradually Mr. Havisham

**First appearance:** 0001-ii

## Snapshot

The Earl's dry, meticulous family lawyer, sent to America to verify an heir and quietly moved by the boy he finds there.

## Who they are

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, managing the Earl's demands while shielding Cedric and his mother from the worst of them. His patient investigations and unshowy decency make him the story's steady hand whenever the family's fortunes threaten to spin out of control.

## Relationships

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

_professional_

The family lawyer who brings Cedric to England and acts as his legal guardian and advisor.

### [Earl of Dorincourt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_lord_fauntleroy_se/characters/earl_of_dorincourt)

_professional_

Earl and his lawyer; Havisham manages the Earl's legal affairs and mediates between him and Cedric.

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

_professional_

Lawyer and client; Havisham respects Mrs. Errol and facilitates her son's inheritance.

### [Dick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_lord_fauntleroy_se/characters/dick)

_social_

Havisham interviews Dick in New York to verify Cedric's identity and later helps him.

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

_professional_

The family lawyer who brings Cedric to England and acts as his legal guardian and advisor.

### [Earl of Dorincourt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_lord_fauntleroy_se/characters/earl_of_dorincourt)

_professional_

Earl and his lawyer; Havisham manages the Earl's legal affairs and mediates between him and Cedric.

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

_professional_

Lawyer and client; Havisham respects Mrs. Errol and facilitates her son's inheritance.

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

_professional_

The family lawyer who brings Cedric to England and acts as his legal guardian and advisor.

### [Earl of Dorincourt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_lord_fauntleroy_se/characters/earl_of_dorincourt)

_professional_

Earl and his lawyer; Havisham manages the Earl's legal affairs and mediates between him and Cedric.

### [Dick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_lord_fauntleroy_se/characters/dick)

_social_

Havisham interviews Dick in New York to verify Cedric's identity and later helps him.

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

_professional_

Lawyer and client; Havisham respects Mrs. Errol and facilitates her son's inheritance.

### [Dick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_lord_fauntleroy_se/characters/dick)

_social_

Havisham interviews Dick in New York to verify Cedric's identity and later helps him.

## In the story

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

The family lawyer who delivers the news of Cedric's inheritance to the Errols.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_lord_fauntleroy_se/chapters/ii)

The family lawyer who delivers the Earl's terms and observes the characters of Cedric and his mother.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_lord_fauntleroy_se/chapters/iii)

Mr. Havisham accompanies Cedric on his errands, observing his simple and direct manner of giving, and is amused by his actions.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_lord_fauntleroy_se/chapters/iv)

Delivers messages between Mrs. Errol and the Earl, describes Cedric as a fine lad, and observes the Earl's reactions with caution.

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/little_lord_fauntleroy_se/chapters/xii)

Mentioned as handling the legal case and interviewing the claimant.

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

The family lawyer in England, to whom Mr. Harrison writes as part of the investigation.

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

Mr. Havisham orchestrates the exposure of the fraud by arranging the arrival of Dick and Ben Tipton and questioning the claimant until she breaks down.

## Links

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