# The Return of Sherlock Holmes — Character guide

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

- [Sherlock Holmes](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/sherlock_holmes.md): The brilliant detective who solves complex mysteries using deduction and observation.
- [Dr. Watson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/dr_watson.md): Holmes's loyal friend and chronicler, a former army doctor who assists in investigations.
- [Inspector Lestrade](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/inspector_lestrade.md): A Scotland Yard detective who often seeks Holmes's help on difficult cases.
- [Charles Augustus Milverton](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/charles_augustus_milverton.md): A ruthless blackmailer who preys on wealthy victims, leading to a deadly confrontation.
- [Stanley Hopkins](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/stanley_hopkins.md): A young, eager Scotland Yard inspector who frequently consults Holmes.
- [James Wilder](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/james_wilder.md): The dapper and cunning secretary involved in a sinister plot against a noble family.
- [Jonas Oldacre](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/jonas_oldacre.md): A Norwood builder whose apparent murder leads to a complex case of deception.
- [Godfrey Staunton](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/godfrey_staunton.md): A missing rugby player whose disappearance involves a secret marriage and family intrigue.
- [Colonel Sebastian Moran](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/colonel_sebastian_moran.md): A dangerous former army officer and Moriarty's chief lieutenant who targets Holmes.
- [Hilton Soames](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/hilton_soames.md): A Cambridge college lecturer who seeks Holmes's help after an exam paper is tampered with.
- [Beppo](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/beppo.md): An Italian street performer involved in a series of Napoleon bust thefts and a murder.
- [Dr. Leslie Armstrong](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/dr_leslie_armstrong.md): A stubborn Cambridge doctor who obstructs Holmes's investigation into a missing person.
- [Mr. Woodley](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/mr_woodley.md): A violent and brutish man who harasses a young woman and becomes a murder suspect.
- [Bannister](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/bannister.md): A loyal college servant whose secret loyalty complicates the investigation into exam fraud.
- [Eduardo Lucas](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/eduardo_lucas.md): A mysterious foreign agent found murdered in his London home, sparking an international crisis.
- [Elsie](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/elsie.md): A young woman whose past in America leads to danger from a criminal gang using coded messages.
- [John Hector McFarlane](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/john_hector_mcfarlane.md): A young lawyer accused of murdering Jonas Oldacre, who turns to Holmes for help.
- [Thorneycroft Huxtable](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/thorneycroft_huxtable.md): The headmaster of Priory School who hires Holmes to find a missing young lord.
- [Ronald Adair](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/ronald_adair.md): A young gentleman found murdered in a locked room, leading Holmes back into action.
- [Black Peter](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/black_peter.md): A brutal former sea captain found murdered in his cabin with a harpoon.
- [Willoughby Smith](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/willoughby_smith.md): A young assistant to Professor Coram who is murdered during a mysterious investigation.
- [Lady Brackenstall](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/lady_brackenstall.md): A noblewoman who reports a burglary and murder at her home, but hides a dark secret.
- [Mr. Carruthers](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/mr_carruthers.md): A mysterious employer who hires a young woman as a cyclist, with hidden motives.
- [Mycroft Holmes](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/mycroft_holmes.md): Sherlock's older brother, a brilliant but lazy government official who aids in a case.
- [Hilton Cubitt](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/hilton_cubitt.md): A Norfolk gentleman who seeks Holmes's help about mysterious dancing figure messages.
- [Mrs. Hilton Cubitt](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/mrs_hilton_cubitt.md): Hilton Cubitt's American wife, whose past brings danger from a criminal gang.
- [John Hopley Neligan](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/john_hopley_neligan.md): A young man involved in a case of a missing father and a mysterious sea captain's murder.
- [Gilchrist](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/gilchrist.md): A young athlete involved in a cheating scandal at Cambridge that Holmes investigates.
- [Mary Fraser](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/mary_fraser.md): A young woman whose secret marriage to Godfrey Staunton leads to his disappearance.
- [Lady Hilda Trelawney](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/lady_hilda_trelawney.md): A beautiful woman whose past indiscretions lead to blackmail and a political crisis.
- [Abe Slaney](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/abe_slaney.md): A dangerous American criminal who uses dancing figure codes to threaten Elsie.
- [Violet Smith](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/violet_smith.md): A young woman hired as a cyclist who is being followed by a mysterious man.
- [Inspector Martin](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/inspector_martin.md): A local police inspector who assists Holmes in the Black Peter case.
- [Cyril Overton](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/cyril_overton.md): The captain of the Cambridge rugby team who seeks Holmes's help finding a missing player.
- [Mr. Williamson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/mr_williamson.md): A shady character involved in the Solitary Cyclist case and a forced marriage plot.
- [Arthur](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/arthur.md): A young man accused of theft in the Three Students case, but later exonerated.
- [Mrs. Lexington](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/mrs_lexington.md): A woman whose house is the scene of a mysterious death in the Golden Pince-Nez case.
- [Dr. Barnicot](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/dr_barnicot.md): A doctor whose Napoleon bust is stolen, leading to the Six Napoleons investigation.
- [Trelawney Hope](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/trelawney_hope.md): A government minister whose missing document threatens European peace.
- [Mrs. Hayes](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/mrs_hayes.md): The keeper of a lonely inn involved in the Solitary Cyclist case's criminal plot.
- [Theresa Wright](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/theresa_wright.md): The loyal housekeeper of the Brackenstall household who aids the investigation.
- [Professor Moriarty](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/professor_moriarty.md): The deceased criminal mastermind whose influence still threatens Holmes from beyond.
- [Horace Harker](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/horace_harker.md): A journalist whose Napoleon bust is stolen, drawing him into the Six Napoleons case.
- [Reuben Hayes](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/reuben_hayes.md): A violent innkeeper who assists in the abduction of a young woman in the cyclist case.
- [Herr Heidegger](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/herr_heidegger.md): A German master at a school who becomes a suspect in the Priory School disappearance.
- [Mrs. Hudson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/mrs_hudson.md): Holmes's long-suffering landlady at 221B Baker Street.
- [Pompey](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/pompey.md): A bloodhound used by Holmes to track a suspect in the Black Peter case.
- [Captain Crocker](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/captain_crocker.md): A sea captain and lover of Lady Brackenstall involved in the Abbey Grange murder.
- [Bob Carruthers](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/bob_carruthers.md): A man involved in the Solitary Cyclist case with a hidden connection to the victim.
- [Susan Tarlton](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/susan_tarlton.md): A servant in the Brackenstall household who provides key testimony.
- [Lord Mount-James](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/lord_mount_james.md): The wealthy uncle of Godfrey Staunton who opposes his marriage.
- [Sir Eustace Brackenstall](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/sir_eustace_brackenstall.md): The abusive husband of Lady Brackenstall who is found murdered at Abbey Grange.
- [Lady Eva Blackwell](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/lady_eva_blackwell.md): A wealthy young woman blackmailed by Charles Augustus Milverton.
- [Morse Hudson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/morse_hudson.md): A shopkeeper who sells Napoleon busts and becomes involved in the thefts.
- [Professor Coram](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/professor_coram.md): A blind professor whose assistant is murdered in the Golden Pince-Nez case.
- [George](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/george.md): A servant or minor character mentioned in passing during investigations.
- [Mrs. Marker](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/mrs_marker.md): A housekeeper who provides information in the Norwood Builder case.
- [Lord Saltire](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/lord_saltire.md): The missing young heir in the Priory School case, kidnapped for ransom.
- [Mr. Harding](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/mr_harding.md): A college tutor involved in the Three Students cheating scandal.
- [Jacobs](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/jacobs.md): A servant or minor figure in the Abbey Grange case.
- [Ralph Smith](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/ralph_smith.md): A minor character mentioned in the context of the Golden Pince-Nez case.
- [Anna](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/anna.md): A servant or minor figure in the Second Stain case.
- [Alexis](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/alexis.md): A minor character mentioned in the Priory School case.
- [Cyril Morton](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/cyril_morton.md): A young man engaged to Violet Smith in the Solitary Cyclist case.
- [Inspector Hill](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/inspector_hill.md): A police inspector involved in the Six Napoleons case.
- [Sir Jabez Gilchrist](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/sir_jabez_gilchrist.md): A baronet whose son is involved in the Three Students cheating scandal.
- [Patrick Cairns](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/patrick_cairns.md): A harpooner and suspect in the murder of Black Peter Carey.
- [Pietro Venucci](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/pietro_venucci.md): An Italian man whose murder is connected to the Napoleon bust thefts.
- [John Mitton](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/john_mitton.md): A minor character mentioned in the Norwood Builder case.
- [Mr. Cornelius](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/mr_cornelius.md): A mysterious figure involved in the Priory School kidnapping plot.
- [Wilson Hargreave](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/wilson_hargreave.md): A minor character mentioned in the Second Stain case.
- [Mr. Sandeford](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/mr_sandeford.md): A man who owns a Napoleon bust that is central to the Six Napoleons case.
- [Henri Fournaye](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/henri_fournaye.md): A woman whose husband is involved in the murder of Eduardo Lucas.
- [Miles McLaren](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/miles_mclaren.md): A minor criminal mentioned in the Empty House case.
- [Mortimer](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/mortimer.md): A minor character mentioned in the Norwood Builder case.
- [Randall](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_return_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/randall.md): A minor character mentioned in the Priory School case.

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