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== In the Sherlock Holmes stories ==<br />
[[File:Illus-five-friedrich-01.jpg|200px|right|thumb|John Openshaw (by [[Josef Friedrich]])]]<br />
[[Sherlock Holmes]]' client.<br />
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* He heard from Major [[Prendergast]] how Sherlock Holmes saved him in the Tankerville Club Scandal ([[FIVE]] {{refcanon|FIVE|42}}).<br />
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* He is the son of [[Joseph Openshaw]] and nephew of [[Colonel Elias Openshaw]] ([[FIVE]] {{refcanon|FIVE|62}}).<br />
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* [[Colonel Elias Openshaw]] took a fancy to him ([[FIVE]] {{refcanon|FIVE|74}}).<br />
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* In [[1878]], [[Colonel Elias Openshaw]] asked to his brother [[Joseph Openshaw]] to let John live with him. When he was sober he used to be fond of playing backgammon and draughts with John ([[FIVE]] {{refcanon|FIVE|75}}).<br />
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* [[Colonel Elias Openshaw]] would make John his representative both with the servants and with the tradespeople, so that by the time that he was sixteen he was quite master of the house ([[FIVE]] {{refcanon|FIVE|77}}).<br />
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* He was found drown dead near the [[Waterloo Bridge]] ([[FIVE]] {{refcanon|FIVE|383}}).<br />
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[[Category:Characters (all stories)|Openshaw, John]]<br />
[[Category:Characters (Sherlock Holmes stories)|Openshaw, John]]<br />
[[Category:Clients|Openshaw, John]]</div>TCDE-Team