Sir Charles Baskerville

Sir Charles Baskerville, dead (The Strand Magazine, august 1901)

Fictional character.

In the Sherlock Holmes stories

• Sir Charles Baskerville was elderly and infirm, wealthy master of Baskerville Hall, whose sudden death triggered the mystery (HOUN 561).

• He was a kind, charitable landowner (HOUN 246), but also nervous and superstitious (HOUN 3685).

• He was a close friend of Dr. James Mortimer, who brought the case to Sherlock Holmes (HOUN 168).

• He was found dead near the yew alley at Baskerville Hall, seemingly of a heart attack, with hints of a giant hound (HOUN 254).

• His estate and title passed to Sir Henry Baskerville, making Henry the next target (HOUN 977).

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