J. H. Neligan

Fictional character.

In the Sherlock Holmes stories

• J. H. Neligan was the banker who vanishes after the Dawson & Neligan collapse (BLAC 288).

• He was the father of John Hopley Neligan (BLAC 290).

• He was taken aboard the Sea Unicorn with only a tin box (BLAC 316).

• he was secretly murdered at sea by Captain Peter Carey (BLAC 492).

• His securities later reappeared on the London market, first sold by Peter Carey — this is the trail his son, John Hopley Neligan, follows (BLAC 307).

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