# The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes — Character guide

> Key figures in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle.

- [Sherlock Holmes](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/sherlock_holmes.md): The brilliant detective and protagonist who solves mysteries in London.
- [Dr. John Watson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/john_watson.md): Holmes's friend, roommate, and chronicler of his adventures.
- [Irene Adler](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/irene_adler.md): A former opera singer and formidable adversary who outwits Holmes.
- [Inspector Lestrade](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/inspector_lestrade.md): A Scotland Yard detective who often consults Holmes on difficult cases.
- [Miss Mary Sutherland](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/mary_sutherland.md): A client with a missing fiancé who seeks Holmes's help.
- [Mr. Jabez Wilson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/jabez_wilson.md): A red-haired pawnbroker hired for a peculiar clerical job.
- [John Openshaw](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/john_openshaw.md): A man who receives mysterious orange pips and seeks Holmes's protection.
- [Neville St. Clair](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/neville_st_clair.md): A respectable businessman who disappears under mysterious circumstances.
- [Helen Stoner](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/helen_stoner.md): A young woman who fears for her life after her sister's mysterious death.
- [Dr. Grimesby Roylott](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/dr_grimesby_roylott.md): Helen Stoner's violent and intimidating stepfather.
- [Lord St. Simon](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/lord_st_simon.md): A nobleman whose bride disappears on their wedding day.
- [Mr. Alexander Holder](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/alexander_holder.md): A banker who seeks Holmes's help after a priceless coronet is stolen.
- [Mr. Jephro Rucastle](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/jephro_rucastle.md): A country gentleman who hires a governess under strange conditions.
- [Miss Violet Hunter](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/violet_hunter.md): A governess hired by the Rucastle family who uncovers a mystery.
- [Mrs. Hudson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/mrs_hudson.md): Holmes and Watson's landlady at 221B Baker Street.
- [Inspector Bradstreet](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/inspector_bradstreet.md): A Scotland Yard inspector who assists Holmes in several cases.
- [John Clay](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/john_clay.md): A cunning criminal and mastermind behind the Red-Headed League scheme.
- [Vincent Spaulding](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/vincent_spaulding.md): Jabez Wilson's assistant, who is actually the criminal John Clay.
- [Mr. James Windibank](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/james_windibank.md): Mary Sutherland's stepfather who deceives her for financial gain.
- [Charles McCarthy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/charles_mccarthy.md): A man found murdered in Boscombe Valley.
- [James McCarthy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/james_mccarthy.md): The son accused of murdering his father, Charles McCarthy.
- [Mr. John Turner](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/john_turner.md): A wealthy landowner in Boscombe Valley with a hidden past.
- [Hugh Boone](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/hugh_boone.md): A disfigured beggar who is a key figure in the disappearance of Neville St. Clair.
- [Mrs. St. Clair](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/mrs_st_clair.md): Neville St. Clair's wife, who is determined to find her missing husband.
- [Mr. Henry Baker](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/henry_baker.md): The owner of a lost hat and goose, which leads Holmes to a gemstone mystery.
- [John Horner](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/john_horner.md): A plumber falsely accused of stealing a precious gem.
- [Mr. Victor Hatherley](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/victor_hatherley.md): A hydraulic engineer who loses his thumb in a mysterious case.
- [Colonel Lysander Stark](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/colonel_lysander_stark.md): A mysterious man who hires Victor Hatherley for a secretive job.
- [Francis H. Moulton](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/francis_moulton.md): The long-lost husband of Lord St. Simon's missing bride.
- [Lady Clara St. Simon](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/lady_clara_st_simon.md): Lord St. Simon's bride who disappears shortly after the wedding.
- [Miss Mary Holder](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/mary_holder.md): Mr. Holder's daughter, whose actions are linked to the stolen coronet.
- [Sir George Burnwell](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/sir_george_burnwell.md): A gambler and acquaintance of the Holder family involved in the coronet theft.
- [Miss Alice Rucastle](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/alice_rucastle.md): Mr. Rucastle's daughter, who is kept secluded in the Copper Beeches house.
- [Mrs. Rucastle](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/mrs_rucastle.md): Mr. Rucastle's wife and stepmother to Alice.
- [Toller](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/toller.md): The butler and his wife, servants at the Rucastle household.
- [Godfrey Norton](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/godfrey_norton.md): A lawyer who marries Irene Adler in 'A Scandal in Bohemia'.
- [Peterson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/peterson.md): A commissionaire who finds a hat and goose, bringing a case to Holmes.
- [Duncan Ross](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/duncan_ross.md): The manager of the Red-Headed League who hires Jabez Wilson.
- [Mr. Breckinridge](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/breckinridge.md): A poultry dealer in Covent Garden involved in the blue carbuncle case.
- [James Ryder](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/james_ryder.md): The hotel attendant who steals the blue carbuncle.
- [Mrs. Oakshott](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/mrs_oakshott.md): A poultry seller whose goose contains the stolen blue carbuncle.
- [Colonel Openshaw](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/colonel_openshaw.md): John Openshaw's father, who brought a mysterious curse from America.
- [Captain James Calhoun](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/captain_james_calhoun.md): The captain of the 'Lone Star' ship, linked to the orange pips murders.
- [The Lascar](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/the_lascar.md): A sailor who guards the opium den in the 'Man with the Twisted Lip' case.
- [Isa Whitney](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/isa_whitney.md): An opium addict whose wife seeks Watson's help to retrieve him.
- [Kate Whitney](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/kate_whitney.md): Isa Whitney's wife and an old school friend of Watson's.
- [Dr. Becher](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/dr_becher.md): A doctor and friend of Helen Stoner's late mother.
- [Miss Flora Millar](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/miss_flora_millar.md): A former dancer acquainted with Lord St. Simon's missing bride.
- [Mr. Aloysius Doran](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/aloysius_doran.md): A wealthy American and father of Lord St. Simon's missing bride.
- [Miss Hatty Doran](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/miss_hatty_doran.md): Lord St. Simon's American bride who disappears after the wedding.
- [Mr. Merryweather](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/mr_merryweather.md): The bank director who assists Holmes in catching the Red-Headed League criminals.
- [Mr. Jones](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/mr_jones.md): A detective from Scotland Yard who appears in several cases.

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