Grimesby Roylott - Sherlock Holmes Character | OpenFiction
Grimesby Roylott
Also known as: Dr Roylott
ROLEAntagonist
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SPECIESHuman
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GENDERMale
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ORIGINBritish
The last scion of an ancient Surrey family whose violent temper and financial desperation make him one of the more physically imposing antagonists in the canon. A trained physician who spent years in India, he returned with exotic animals and a willingness to use his medical knowledge for murderous purposes. His stepdaughters' inheritance stands between him and destitution, a circumstance Holmes investigates in The Adventure of the Speckled Band.