In Arthur Conan Doyle's first writing notes in making his soon-to-be-
world-famous crime stories, the originally intended name of his
detective was Sherringford Holmes and his assistant Ormond Sacker.
But Doyle later found that the name were too obscure and awkward, so
he changed them the assistant's to John Watson because it accordingly
dull, and his star Sherlock Holmes.

Some Sherlockians say Holmes' real name was Sherringford Holmes
and "Sherlock" was merely a nom -- devised by Watson and/or Doyle --
to hide his true identity.
Others say Sherringford is his mother's maiden name: Violet
Sherringford. Doyle had a fondness for the name Violet, and in
writing there are three Violets in The Sacred Writings: Violet Smith,
Violet Hunter, and Violet de Merville. All the Violets were
exceptional women -- strong willed and courgeous. It appeared that
Holmes had a slight affection towards the name, many Sherlockians
believe this may be due to a familiarity of the name Violet in course
of a mother.
And then another theory suggested that Holmes had a second brother,
perhaps one older than Mycroft, was named Sherringford Holmes.
According to Victorian law, the eldest son inherits the family estate
from the father; since neither Mycroft nor Sherlock claimed it, the
theory of the third brother aroused.

In several Sherlockian references, there is a conflict over spelling
the name, is it Sherringford? Or is it Sherrinford? The difference
only in a letter "g". Accordingly, Doyle himself first spelled it
Sherrinford in his notes, then later Sherringford, before changing it
to Sherlock. Ever since, there has been conflict over the addition or
subtraction of a single letter "g".

Mark
(Manraviel)





--- In sherlockholmessocietyofindia@..., sumalsn
<no_reply@y...> wrote:
> Dear Sherlockians,
> Do you know how Sir Doyle formed the name'"SHERLOCK HOLMES".He was
a
> great admirer of Oliver Wendell Holmes,the great American writer
and
> Jurist,from his name came "HOLMES".Similarly,he had played against
a
> Yorkshire cricketer,'"SHERRINGFORD",whom Sir Doyle
admired,"SHERLOCK"
> could have been a corruption of SHERRINGFORD.Can members throw more
> light on this subject
> sumal