# Alec Cunningham — The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes character guide

> Alec Cunningham in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Mr. Alec Cunningham, Mr. Alec, young Mr. Cunningham, young Alec Cunningham, Alec

**First appearance:** 0006-the-reigate-puzzle

## Snapshot

Old Cunningham's hot-tempered son, whose readiness to swear and quick temper make him both a witness and a suspect in the colonel's death.

## Who they are

Alec moves through the Cunningham household as the kind of young man who speaks first and thinks later, offering his testimony with a confidence that Holmes quietly files away. His temper and his loyalty to his father place him at the center of a family whose secrets are not all his own. In the early arc of the case, his eagerness to be helpful is exactly what makes him worth watching.

## In the story

### [The Reigate Puzzle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_memoirs_of_sherlock_holmes_se/chapters/the-reigate-puzzle)

Son of Old Cunningham; complicit in the murder and burglary, revealed by Holmes's deductions.

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