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John H. Watson, known as Dr. Watson, is a fictional character in the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Along with Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson first appeared in the novel A Study in Scarlet (1887).
Sir John Sherlock (1603-1652) was an Irish landowner, politician and courtier of the seventeenth century. He was probably born at Littlerath, near Sallins, County Kildare, eldest son of the wealthy merchant Christopher Sherlock and his first wife Eleanor. The Sherlock family had settled in County Kildare early in the previous century.
John was the son of Peter Sherlock, who had been made a baronet and knight by titular king, James III, the Old Pretender, in 1716. However, during the Irish Rebellion of 1641, the Sherlock family lost its extensive land holdings in County Waterford. Like many Catholic Irish, John emigrated to Spain with hopes of returning to Ireland once a ...
Sherlock has called him "the wisest, warmest human being [he] knows", and has stated that "the warmth and constancy of [John's] friendship" can redeem even a "rude, ignorant, all-around obnoxious arsehole like [Sherlock]". John seems to behave as Sherlock's advocate, helping strangers to understand what they should expect from Sherlock as he ...
Sir Robert Eric Sherlock Gooch, 11th Baronet KCVO DSO (1903–1978) Sir (Richard) John Sherlock Gooch, 12th Baronet (1930–1999) Sir Timothy Robert Sherlock Gooch, 13th Baronet (1934–2008) Sir Arthur Brian Sherlock Heywood Gooch, 14th Baronet (born 1937) The heir presumptive is the current holder's nephew, Robert Brian Sherlock Gooch (born 1976)
This article describes minor characters from the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and from non-canonical derived works.The list excludes the titular character as well as Dr. Watson, Professor Moriarty, Inspector Lestrade, Mycroft Holmes, Mrs. Hudson, Irene Adler, Colonel Moran, the Baker Street Irregulars, and characters not significant enough to mention.
As bandmate Paul McCartney would later note, The Beatles’ John Lennon’s short life was full of tragedy. Brought up in a turbulent family dynamic after his father Alfred left at an early age ...
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson.