# Godfrey Emsworth — The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes character guide

> Godfrey Emsworth in The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** young Godfrey

**First appearance:** 0003-the-adventure-of-the-blanched-soldier

## Snapshot

The colonel's son, presumed dead after a night of violence, whose reappearance raises more questions than it answers.

## Who they are

Godfrey is a popular, athletic young man whose sudden disappearance during a trip abroad shatters his family and baffles the authorities. When he resurfaces, he is not the same person — pale, secretive, and unwilling to explain where he has been. His silence protects a truth that could destroy his family's name, and his plight becomes the emotional core of a case that begins as a mystery and ends as a plea for mercy.

## Relationships

### [Sir Robert Norberton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_casebook_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/sir_robert_norberton)

_family_

Godfrey Emsworth is the brother of Sir Robert Norberton, and their relationship is strained by a dark secret.

### [Sir Robert Norberton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_casebook_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/sir_robert_norberton)

_family_

Godfrey Emsworth is the brother of Sir Robert Norberton, and their relationship is strained by a dark secret.

### [Sir Robert Norberton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_casebook_of_sherlock_holmes_se/characters/sir_robert_norberton)

_family_

Godfrey Emsworth is the brother of Sir Robert Norberton, and their relationship is strained by a dark secret.

## In the story

### [The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_casebook_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-adventure-of-the-blanched-soldier)

Colonel Emsworth's only son, Dodd's close friend, who disappeared after being wounded in the Boer War.

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