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Reverend Mr. Mordaunt

The local clergyman whose church becomes the stage where the village first glimpses the new little lord and his American mother.

supporting

Also known as Mr. Mordaunt, Mordaunt, The Reverend Mr. Mordaunt

First appearance: iv

As a supporting figure in Little Lord Fauntleroy, Reverend Mr. Mordaunt is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Visits the Castle to discuss a pressing case, dreading the Earl's usual hostility, but is shocked to find the Earl playing happily with Cedric.
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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 in the family pew, with Fauntleroy at his side, turns the service into a public reckoning between old pride and new blood. Mordaunt's quiet ministry frames the community's first impressions of the heir and the mother the Earl refuses to acknowledge.

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MHMr. HavishamCECedric ErrolEOEarl of Dorinc…HIHigginsTHThomasRMReverend Mr. Mordaunt

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  • Estate community
  • New York friends
  • Protagonist
  • Estate workers
  • Minor castle figures

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