The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes · Character
Lord Cantlemere
A skeptical peer involved in the Mazarin Stone affair.
minor
First appearance: The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
Lord Cantlemere's tie to Sherlock Holmes is one of the pressures that moves The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Mentioned as a skeptical figure who doubts Holmes and opposes employing him.
Lord Cantlemere first appears in 0004 the adventure of the mazarin stone.
With Sherlock Holmes (rivalry): Lord Cantlemere is a skeptical aristocrat who initially doubts Holmes but is proven wrong. With Sherlock Holmes (rivalry): Lord Cantlemere is a skeptical aristocrat who initially doubts Holmes but is proven wrong.
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Character Web
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Relationship types
- Rivalry
- Other
Character groups
- Minor characters across cases
- Protagonist
- Mazarin Stone criminals
- Shoscombe Old Place suspects
- Holmes's inner circle
- Three Gables and Thor Bridge
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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Lord Cantlemere is a skeptical aristocrat who initially doubts Holmes but is proven wrong. How this plays out →
- Sherlock Holmes
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Lord Cantlemere is a skeptical aristocrat who initially doubts Holmes but is proven wrong. How this plays out →
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