Lord Robert St. Simon

Also known as Lord St. Simon

Supporting
First seen · Book 2 · Ch. 11

He carries the polish of old aristocracy, his high-nosed face masking a petulant edge beneath steady eyes. There's a foppish elegance to his stoop that whispers of privilege tinged with impatience, inviting scrutiny of his polished facade.

Gender: male
Age: 41
First appears: Book 2 · Ch. 11
Books: 1

Lord Robert St. Simon appears solely in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes as a titled aristocrat whose carefully cultivated public image collapses when his secret bigamy is exposed. Initially presented as a wronged nobleman seeking Holmes’s help to recover his vanished bride, St. Simon is revealed to have contracted an earlier marriage to the music-hall dancer Flora Millar, whom he abandoned for the wealthy American heiress Hatty Doran. When Hatty recognizes her long-lost first husband Francis Moulton at the wedding breakfast and elopes with him, St. Simon’s double life is laid bare; he withdraws from society in disgrace, his aristocratic arrogance supplanted by quiet humiliation.

Description

Pleasant cultured face, high-nosed and pale, with a petulant mouth and steady well-opened eye. Grizzled hair rounds the edges while thin on top; slight forward stoop and bend of knees. Careful dress to the verge of foppishness: high collar, black frock-coat, white waistcoat, yellow gloves, patent-leather shoes, light-coloured gaiters, curly-brimmed hat, golden eyeglasses on a cord; ink smear on right little finger.

Connections

Family & partnersFriends & mentorsRivals

HD
Hatty Dorannewlywed bride (who leaves him)
St. Simon’s marriage to Hatty is a calculated social alliance that collapses within hours when she recognizes her first husband, Francis Moulton, and leaves St. Simon at the altar.
FM
Flora MillarPartner
St. Simon’s earlier clandestine marriage to the dancer Flora Millar is the hidden foundation of the scandal; her public confrontation at the wedding breakfast precipitates his downfall.
Sherlock Holmesclient
St. Simon engages Holmes as a client to recover his missing bride; Holmes’s investigation instead unmasks St. Simon’s own deception, ending their brief professional relationship in mutual contempt.

Story so far

BOOK 2The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- Contracts a secret first marriage to Flora Millar, which he later conceals.
- Marries American heiress Hatty Doran in a lavish society wedding.
- Hires Sherlock Holmes to locate his missing bride after she vanishes from the wedding breakfast.
- Is publicly exposed as a bigamist when Holmes reveals his prior marriage and Hatty’s reunion with her true husband Francis Moulton.
- Retreats from London society in disgrace, his reputation permanently tarnished.