# Captain Benwick — Persuasion character guide

> Captain Benwick in Persuasion by Jane Austen.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** a Captain Benwick, Benwick, James Benwick

**First appearance:** 0011-xii

## Who they are

A melancholy naval officer mourning his fiancée, who later finds new love.

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