Alexander Holder

Alexander Holder (The Strand Magazine, may 1892)

Fictional character.

In the Sherlock Holmes stories

• Alexander Holder was the senior partner of the banking firm of Holder & Stevenson, of Threadneedle Street (BERY 38).

• He accepted the Beryl Coronet as security for a loan (BERY 68).

• He was a widower with a son Arthur Holder (BERY 103) and a niece Mary Holder (BERY 122).

• He consulted Sherlock Holmes to retrieve the stolen beryls (BERY 31).

• He wrongly accused his son Arthur Holder for the theft of the Beryl Coronet (BERY 172).

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