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<p>Created page with &quot;<a href="/index.php?title=File:Illus-croo-paget-04.jpg&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="File:Illus-croo-paget-04.jpg (page does not exist)">thumb|250px|right|Nancy Barclay meets [[Henry Wood</a> (<a href="/wiki/The_Strand_Magazine" title="The Strand Magazine">The Strand Magazine</a>, july 1893)]] Fictional character. == In the Sherlock Holmes stories == * Nancy Barclay (née Nancy Devoy) was the daughter of <a href="/wiki/Sergeant_Devoy" title="Sergeant Devoy">Colour-Sergeant Devoy</a> of the Royal Mallows regiment (<a href="/wiki/CROO" class="mw-redirect" title="CROO">CROO</a> {{refcanon|CROO|71}}). * She married <a href="/wiki/Colonel_James_Barclay" title="Colonel James Barclay">James Barclay</a> when he was still a sergeant, despite some social friction (<a href="/wiki/CROO" class="mw-redirect" title="CROO">CROO</a> {{refca...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[File:Illus-croo-paget-04.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Nancy Barclay meets [[Henry Wood]] ([[The Strand Magazine]], july 1893)]]<br /> <br /> Fictional character.<br /> <br /> <br /> == In the Sherlock Holmes stories ==<br /> <br /> * Nancy Barclay (née Nancy Devoy) was the daughter of [[Sergeant Devoy|Colour-Sergeant Devoy]] of the Royal Mallows regiment ([[CROO]] {{refcanon|CROO|71}}).<br /> <br /> * She married [[Colonel James Barclay|James Barclay]] when he was still a sergeant, despite some social friction ([[CROO]] {{refcanon|CROO|72}}).<br /> <br /> * She was beautiful and popular among the officers&#039; wives; married for over 30 years and seen as part of an exemplary couple ([[CROO]] {{refcanon|CROO|73}}).<br /> <br /> * She was a member of the Roman Catholic Church, and had interested herself very much in the establishment of the Guild of St George, which was formed in connection with the Watt Street Chapel for the purpose of supplying the poor with cast-off clothing ([[CROO]] {{refcanon|CROO|97}}).<br /> <br /> * In her youth, she loved [[Henry Wood|Corporal Henry Wood]], who was later betrayed by [[Colonel James Barclay|Sergeant James Barclay]] during the Indian Mutiny and presumed dead ([[CROO]] {{refcanon|CROO|321}}).<br /> <br /> * On the way home, she unexpectedly met [[Henry Wood]] in the street ([[CROO]] {{refcanon|CROO|235}}). After a short, tense conversation with him, she returned home visibly agitated ([[CROO]] {{refcanon|CROO|249}}).<br /> <br /> * She had a fierce quarrel with her husband, calling him a &quot;coward&quot; and demanding he &quot;give me back my life.&quot; ([[CROO]] {{refcanon|CROO|116}}).<br /> <br /> * When [[Henry Wood]] bursted into the room, [[Colonel James Barclay]] died of apoplexy; Nancy faints and remains unconscious, unable to speak in her own defence ([[CROO]] {{refcanon|CROO|127}}).<br /> <br /> * Status at the inquest: Temporarily insane from brain fever; suspected of murder until the medical verdict cleared her ([[CROO]] {{refcanon|CROO|382}}).<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ----<br /> [[Category:Characters (all stories)|Barclay, Nancy]]<br /> [[Category:Characters (Sherlock Holmes stories)|Barclay, Nancy]]</div>

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