 Ceddie, Earl of Dorincourt s only grandson and heir lives in America with his mother. The Earl, getting old, asks them to come to England. Ceddie, now Lord Fauntleroy, is an adorable little fellow. The Earl, who at first was rather distant, becomes more en more fond of him. Then Minna shows up. She claims she has been married with the Earl s eldest son and that Ben, being their child, is the Earls heir...