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Vincent Spaulding was a character in the red-headed league story (Sherlock Holmes). He was Jabez Wilson's assistant working half-wages. Later on in the book you find out that he is actually John Clay. A criminal mastermind (who Holmes has to arrest).
He aka Vincent Spaulding who planned a bank robbery in "The Red Headed League." He is the main "bad" character in this story.
John Clay aka Vincent Spaulding Archie aka Duncan Ross aka William Morris
I guess it was in 1881
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes was created in 1927.
That he is really John Clay.
Vincent Spaulding was a character in the red-headed league story (Sherlock Holmes). He was Jabez Wilson's assistant working half-wages. Later on in the book you find out that he is actually John Clay. A criminal mastermind (who Holmes has to arrest).
He aka Vincent Spaulding who planned a bank robbery in "The Red Headed League." He is the main "bad" character in this story.
I do not claim to be an expert on peerage, but there have been books written to speculate on an answer to this very question. The general consensus is that 'Vincent Spaulding' may have had relatives who were royalty, but he himself is not likely a member of the royal class even in the make-believe world of Sherlock Holmes.
John Clay aka Vincent Spaulding Archie aka Duncan Ross aka William Morris
The main characters in "The Red-Headed League" by Arthur Conan Doyle are Sherlock Holmes, Dr. John Watson, and Jabez Wilson, the client who seeks Holmes's help to investigate the peculiar league. Other minor characters include Mr. Merryweather and Vincent Spaulding.
Kitty Winter
I guess it was in 1881
Dr. John H. Watson was modeled after Sherlock Holmes' assistant. Dr. Watson serves as the companion and chronicler of Sherlock Holmes' detective adventures in Arthur Conan Doyle's stories.
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The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes was created in 1927.
The Sherlock Holmes stories were usually narrated by Dr. John Watson, Sherlock Holmes' friend and companion. Watson was a doctor and war veteran who often chronicled the detective's cases from his perspective.