Grimesby Roylott - Revision history

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	* Isolation : Instead of making friends and exchanging visits with our neighbours, who had at first been overjoyed to see a Roylott of Stoke Moran back in the old family seat, he shut himself up in his house, and seldom came out save to indulge in ferocious quarrels with whoever might cross his path ([[SPEC]] {{refcanon\|SPEC\|82}}).		* Isolation : Instead of making friends and exchanging visits with our neighbours, who had at first been overjoyed to see a Roylott of Stoke Moran back in the old family seat, he shut himself up in his house, and seldom came out save to indulge in ferocious quarrels with whoever might cross his path ([[SPEC]] {{refcanon\|SPEC\|82}}).

	* Unusual Pets : He had a passion also for Indian animals, and had a cheetah and a baboon, which wander freely over his grounds, and ~~are~~ feared by the villagers almost as much as their master ([[SPEC]] {{refcanon\|SPEC\|88}}).		* Unusual Pets : He had a passion also for Indian animals, and had a cheetah and a baboon, which wander freely over his grounds, and were feared by the villagers almost as much as their master ([[SPEC]] {{refcanon\|SPEC\|88}}).

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	* Isolation : Instead of making friends and exchanging visits with our neighbours, who had at first been overjoyed to see a Roylott of Stoke Moran back in the old family seat, he shut himself up in his house, and seldom came out save to indulge in ferocious quarrels with whoever might cross his path ([[SPEC]] {{refcanon\|SPEC\|82}}).		* Isolation : Instead of making friends and exchanging visits with our neighbours, who had at first been overjoyed to see a Roylott of Stoke Moran back in the old family seat, he shut himself up in his house, and seldom came out save to indulge in ferocious quarrels with whoever might cross his path ([[SPEC]] {{refcanon\|SPEC\|82}}).

	* Unusual Pets : He ~~has~~ a passion also for Indian animals, and had a cheetah and a baboon, which wander freely over his grounds, and are feared by the villagers almost as much as their master ([[SPEC]] {{refcanon\|SPEC\|88}}).		* Unusual Pets : He had a passion also for Indian animals, and had a cheetah and a baboon, which wander freely over his grounds, and are feared by the villagers almost as much as their master ([[SPEC]] {{refcanon\|SPEC\|88}}).

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	[[File:~~Illus~~-~~spec~~-~~paget~~-04.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|right\|Dr. Grimesby Roylott meets [[Sherlock Holmes]] ([[The Strand Magazine]], february 1892)]]		[[File:The-strand-magazine-1892-02-the-adventure-of-the-speckled-band-p148-illu.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|right\|Dr. Grimesby Roylott meets [[Sherlock Holmes]] ([[The Strand Magazine]], february 1892)]]

	[[File:Granada-spec-4-Grimesby-Roylott.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|right\|[[Jeremy Kemp]] as Dr. Grimesby Roylott in [[Sherlock Holmes (TV series 1984-1994)]].]]		[[File:Granada-spec-4-Grimesby-Roylott.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|right\|[[Jeremy Kemp]] as Dr. Grimesby Roylott in [[Sherlock Holmes (TV series 1984-1994)]].]]

TCDE-Team at 14:44, 7 August 2025

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[[File:Illus-spec-paget-04.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Dr. Grimesby Roylott meets [[Sherlock Holmes]] ([[The Strand Magazine]], february 1892)]]

[[File:Granada-spec-4-Grimesby-Roylott.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[Jeremy Kemp]] as Dr. Grimesby Roylott in [[Sherlock Holmes (TV series 1984-1994)]].]]

Fictional character.

== In the Sherlock Holmes stories ==

'''Identity & Background'''

* Name : Dr. Grimesby Roylott of Stoke Moran. ([[SPEC]] {{refcanon|SPEC|2}})
* Lineage: He was the last survivor of one of the oldest Saxon families in England, the Roylotts of Stoke Moran. ([[SPEC]] {{refcanon|SPEC|66}})
* Family : He married a widow, [[Mrs. Stoner]], with two daughters ([[Helen Stoner]] and [[Julia Stoner]]). After her death, he returned to England with his two stepdaughters. ([[SPEC]] {{refcanon|SPEC|75}})
* Profession : He had a medical degree, and went out to Calcutta (India), where, by his professional skill and his force of character, he established a large practice. ([[SPEC]] {{refcanon|SPEC|72}})

'''Physical description'''

* A huge man ([[SPEC]] {{refcanon|SPEC|238}}) with a large face, seared with a thousand wrinkles, burned yellow with the sun, and marked with every evil passion, was turned from one to the other of us, while his deep-set, bile-shot eyes, and the high thin fleshless nose, gave him somewhat the resemblance to a fierce old bird of prey ([[SPEC]] {{refcanon|SPEC|241}}).

'''Character & Behavior'''

* Violent Temper : Violence of temper approaching to mania has been hereditary in the men of the family ([[SPEC]] {{refcanon|SPEC|83}}). He hurled the local blacksmith over a parapet into a stream ([[SPEC]] {{refcanon|SPEC|86}}).

* Isolation : Instead of making friends and exchanging visits with our neighbours, who had at first been overjoyed to see a Roylott of Stoke Moran back in the old family seat, he shut himself up in his house, and seldom came out save to indulge in ferocious quarrels with whoever might cross his path ([[SPEC]] {{refcanon|SPEC|82}}).

* Unusual Pets : He has a passion also for Indian animals, and had a cheetah and a baboon, which wander freely over his grounds, and are feared by the villagers almost as much as their master ([[SPEC]] {{refcanon|SPEC|88}}).

'''Motivation'''

* Financial Greed : After his wife's death, the two stepdaughters were entitled to a sum of money upon marriage. To keep control over their inheritance, he is suspected of preventing them from marrying ([[SPEC]] {{refcanon|SPEC|285}}).

* Murder Plot : It is revealed that he used a deadly swamp adder (the "Speckled Band") to murder [[Julia Stoner]] and intended to do the same to [[Helen Stoner]] ([[SPEC]] {{refcanon|SPEC|561}}).

'''Demise (spoiler)'''

* Dr. Roylott is killed by his own method : the venomous snake he trained turns on him. Holmes indirectly causes his death by interfering with the snake's path during its attack on [[Helen Stoner]] ([[SPEC]] {{refcanon|SPEC|561}}).

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