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The Castle of Balmoral exists, but the title "Duke of Balmoral" does not exist in real British peerage.<br />
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== In the Sherlock Holmes stories ==<br />
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=== The Noble Bachelor (1892) ===<br />
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* The Duke of Balmoral was at one time Secretary for Foreign Affairs ([[NOBL]] {{refcanon|NOBL|53}}). He inherited Plantagenet blood by direct descent, and Tudor on the distaff side ([[NOBL]] {{refcanon|NOBL|54}}).<br />
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* His wife was the [[Duchess of Balmoral]] and his children were [[Lord Robert St. Simon]], [[Lord Eustace St. Simon]] and [[Lady Clara St. Simon]] ([[NOBL]] {{refcanon|NOBL|97}}).<br />
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* He did not attended the marriage of his son [[Lord Robert St. Simon]] ([[NOBL]] {{refcanon|NOBL|97}}).<br />
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* The Duke has been compelled to sell his pictures within the last few years ([[NOBL]] {{refcanon|NOBL|75}}).<br />
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=== Silver Blaze (1892) ===<br />
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* In the Wessex Cup, the Duke of Balmoral's horse was "[[Iris]]" (yellow and black stripes) ([[SILV]] {{refcanon|SILV|476}}) but finished a "bad third" ([[SILV]] {{refcanon|SILV|504}}).<br />
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=== The Empty House (1903) ===<br />
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* With [[Sebastian Moran|Colonel Moran]], [[Ronald Adair]] had won as much as £420 in a sitting from [[Godfrey Milner]] and '''Lord Balmoral''' <ref>[[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]] used "Lord" instead of "Duke" here.</ref> ([[EMPT]] {{refcanon|EMPT|27}}). <br />
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