Tobias Gregson
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Fictional character.
In the Sherlock Holmes stories
- Inspector of Scotland Yard.
Description
- Sherlock Holmes said : « Gregson is the smartest of the Scotland Yarders, he and Lestrade are the pick of a bad lot. They are both quick and energetic, but conventional - shockingly so. They have their knives into one another, too. They are as jealous as a pair of professional beauties. » (STUD, 447)
- It is just in such details that the skilled detective differs from the Gregson and Lestrade type. (STUD, 693)
Career
- He was in charge of the Drebber case with his colleague Lestrade. (STUD, 446)
- He was in charge of the Melas case. (GREE)
- He assisted inspector Baynes in Londres to find John Scott Eccles. (WIST)
- He assisted Leverton (a Pinkerton detective) on the track of Giuseppe Gorgiano. (REDC)
- Sherlock Holmes said : « Supposing I unravel the whole matter, you may be sure that Gregson, Lestrade, and Co. will pocket all the credit. » (STUD, 458)
Relationship with Holmes
- He consulted Sherlock Holmes in A Study in Scarlet. (STUD)
- Sherlock Holmes said : « When Gregson, or Lestrade, or Athelney Jones are out of their depths - which, by the way, is their normal state - the matter is laid before me. » (SIGN, 40)