# Richard Newson — The Mayor of Casterbridge character guide

> Richard Newson in The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Newson, Captain Newson, the genial sailor

**First appearance:** 0003-iv

## Who they are

A sailor who married Susan after she believed Henchard dead, and father of the real Elizabeth-Jane.

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