# Mr. Williams — Inspector French’s Greatest Case character guide

> Mr. Williams in Inspector French’s Greatest Case by Freeman Wills Crofts.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Williams, old Williams

**First appearance:** 0001-ii-the-firm-of-duke-and-peabody

## Who they are

Clerk at Duke & Peabody.

## Relationships

### [Inspector French](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/inspector_french_s_greatest_case_se/characters/inspector_french)

_professional_

Inspector French interviews or works with Mr. Williams as part of the inquiry.

### [Mrs. X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/inspector_french_s_greatest_case_se/characters/mrs_x)

_social_

Mr. Williams and Mrs. X are acquaintances, possibly connected through social circles.

### [Inspector French](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/inspector_french_s_greatest_case_se/characters/inspector_french)

_professional_

Inspector French interviews or works with Mr. Williams as part of the inquiry.

### [Inspector French](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/inspector_french_s_greatest_case_se/characters/inspector_french)

_professional_

Inspector French interviews or works with Mr. Williams as part of the inquiry.

### [Mrs. X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/inspector_french_s_greatest_case_se/characters/mrs_x)

_social_

Mr. Williams and Mrs. X are acquaintances, possibly connected through social circles.

## In the story

### [Mrs. Root of Pittsburg](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/inspector_french_s_greatest_case_se/chapters/ix-mrs-root-of-pittsburg)

Senior partner of Williams & Davies, he recounts lending £3,000 to Mrs. Root against diamonds and identifying her at the bank.

### [X: Some Pairs of Blankets](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/inspector_french_s_greatest_case_se/chapters/x-some-pairs-of-blankets)

Mentioned as the solicitor who hired Dashford's Agency to investigate Mrs. Root.

### [XI: A Deal in Jewellery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/inspector_french_s_greatest_case_se/chapters/xi-a-deal-in-jewellery)

One of the gentlemen whose minds were prepared by a previous visit before the robbery; he identified Mrs. Ward's photograph as resembling Mrs. X.

### [XV: The House in St. John's Wood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/inspector_french_s_greatest_case_se/chapters/xv-the-house-in-st-john-s-wood)

Confirms that Mrs. Vane is the same woman who swindled him as Mrs. Root.

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