Sir James Walter
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Fictional character.
In the Sherlock Holmes stories
- Sir James Walter was the famed Government expert and official guardian of the Bruce-Partington plans (BRUC 195). He was one of only two with a safe key (BRUC 197).
- He had grown grey in the service, was a gentleman, a favoured guest in the most exalted houses, and above all a man whose patriotism was beyond suspicion (BRUC 196).
- He left Woolwich for London about 3 p.m. Monday (BRUC 198), and died the next morning, because the scandal of the theft broke his heart (BRUC 376).
- He had a brother : Colonel Valentine Walter (BRUC 201).
