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This page displays all of the characters that have either appeared a minor amount in the Sherlock Holmes canon, or are not very well known in the Sherlock Holmes canon. Join this site, and add what you know!

Inspector Baynes

Inspector Baynes of the Surrey force appears in The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge. He is the only uniformed officer to have the same investigative skills of Sherlock Holmes. Baynes had tricked even Holmes as he used a trick similar to one that Holmes often used: Baynes arrested the wrong man and gave false information to the press in order to get the true criminal. Holmes congratulated Baynes, and believes he would do better for Scotland Yard.

Inspector Bradstreet

Inspector Bradstreet has appeared in three Holmes stories: The Man With the Twisted Lip, The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans, and The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb. Bradstreet is described as "a tall, stout official ... in a peaked cap and frogged jacket." In Sidney Paget's illustrations, he is shown with a full beard. Bradstreet first served in Scotland Yard's E Division. Which means he is associated with the Bow Street Runners, a forerunner of Scotland Yard. In The Man With the Twisted Lip, he claims to have been in the force since 1862

Inspector Gregson

He is a Scotland Yard inspector who has appeared in a number of the Sherlock Holmes novels and short stories. He was first introduced in A Study in Scarlet; his other appearances include The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge and The Adventure of the Red Circle. Stout and pig-headed, Inspector Gregson comes to Holmes frequently with confusing cases that are far too puzzling for him to solve alone. Holmes declares him to be "the smartest of the Scotland Yarders," but given Holmes' opinion of the Scotland Yard detectives, this is not sweeping praise. In one of the stories Watson specifically mentions the callous and cool way in which Gregson moved. His rival in crimefighting at Scotland Yard is Inspector G. Lestrade.

Inspector Hopkins

Inspector Hopkins is a Scotland Yard detective, and a student of Holmes' deductive methods. He tries to implant them in his own investigations, but Holmes is very critical about Hopkins' deductive powers. Hopkins has appeared in several cases with Holmes, including The Adventure of the Abbey Grange, The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez and The Adventure of Black Peter. He is very young, and Holmes wants him to have a successful career saying he has "high hopes for his career."

Jack Prendergast

A criminal of "Incurably vicious habits, who had by an ingenious system of fraud obtained huge sums of money from the leading London merchants." He has appeared in only one story, The Gloria Scott. He was arrested in 1855. He was then sentenced to deportation to the Australian colonies aboard the Gloria Scott. During the trip, he organised a crime with the help of the prisoners Evans and Armitage. In the explosion that destroyed the Gloria Scott, Prendergast was killed.

Mrs. Hudson

She is the landlady at 221b Baker Street, in which Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson live. She loves for the house to be clean and tidy, which is a problem because Holmes is rather a mess. He is always testing new techniques, and making more messes. So, Mrs. Hudson fights with him very often to keep it clean. Dr. Watson describes her as a good cook; and in "The Naval Treaty," Holmes says "Her cuisine is a little limited, but she has as good an idea of breakfast as a Scotchwoman..." In the stories, she is not given a specific name and/or age. But in most film productions, she is portrayed as an old woman. Also, in "His Last Bow," she is described with "Martha."

Wiggins

Wiggins is a street urchin in London, and the head of The Baker Street Irregulars. He first appeared in A Study in Scarlet. (1887) He and the Baker Street Irregulars helped Holmes find clues in his cases. They were paid a shilling a day, and the one who found the clue was rewarded with a Guinea.