# Godfrey Norton — The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes character guide

> Godfrey Norton in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Godfrey Norton, Norton, This Godfrey Norton

**First appearance:** 0000-a-scandal-in-bohemia

## Who they are

A lawyer who marries Irene Adler in 'A Scandal in Bohemia'.

## Relationships

### [Sherlock Holmes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/sherlock_holmes)

_professional_

Norton is a client of Holmes who seeks his help in a sensitive matter.

### [Sherlock Holmes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/sherlock_holmes)

_professional_

Norton is a client of Holmes who seeks his help in a sensitive matter.

### [Sherlock Holmes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/characters/sherlock_holmes)

_professional_

Norton is a client of Holmes who seeks his help in a sensitive matter.

## In the story

### [A Scandal in Bohemia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/chapters/a-scandal-in-bohemia)

Irene Adler's new husband, a lawyer, whom she marries during the course of Holmes's investigation.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/chapters/ii)

Identified by Holmes's investigation as a frequent, handsome male visitor to Adler, a lawyer from the Inner Temple, whose relationship to her complicates the King's case.

### [A Scandal in Bohemia: Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventures_of_sherlock_holmes/chapters/iii)

Mentioned as Irene Adler's new husband, an English lawyer with whom she has fled to the Continent.

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