Sir Henry Baskervilles Father ?

[Dahonk]

Hi folks

New member here. Anyone out there know the name of Sir Henry's father ? There are 3 brothers and he is the middle one who dies young and Sir Henry went to live in Canada. For the life of me I can't see his fathers name mentioned or am I been just unobservant ?

Many Thanks to anyone taking time to reply

 

Dahonk

[Caya]

Hi Dahonk (do you speak German btw?) and welcome to the forum! Afaik (some of our members better versed in canon if false please correct me if I'm wrong) his name is never mentioned.

[Carol the Dabbler]

Welcome to Sherlock Forum, Dahonk!  

I started to have a quick look at that story, since I remembered there being a family history near the beginning, which indeed there is.  But it's apparently too late at night for me to read it with much comprehension or retention.  I may have another look in the morning, but suspect that Martina's source is probably quite accurate.

As Martina says, there are several forum members who are quite well versed in the stories, so we may eventually hear from one or more of them.  Meanwhile, you might like to have a look at any other threads that interest you.  (In case you've been bitten by forums that don't want you replying to old threads, by the way, we're not like that, and you may feel quite free to reply to anything you'd like to.)

 

[Lee walsom]

Hello Dahonk, I’m a new member to the forum and I’ve just come across your post. Sir Henry’s father’s name was Sir Roger Baskerville and Sir Henry was the youngest of three brothers. Regards Lee

[Carol the Dabbler]

Thanks, Lee!  If that info is from the novel itself, what chapter(s) is it in?

 

[Lee walsom]

Hi carol, sir Henry’s father is not directly named in the novel but Henry’s father was Rodger Baskerville middle of Charles baskervilles two brothers. Sir Charles had been the eldest of three Baskerville  brothers and Sir Henry, the Canadian son of the deceased second brother is Sir Charles’s heir. Rodger died of yellow fever in south America in 1876 I think it’s chapter six where the hound is further explored and sir Henry’s family’s history is examined.

[Carol the Dabbler]

Thanks, Lee!  I'll have a look and get back to you.

 

[Carol the Dabbler]

On 6/12/2025 at 3:29 PM, Lee walsom said:

sir Henry’s father is not directly named in the novel but Henry’s father was Rodger Baskerville middle of Charles baskervilles two brothers. Sir Charles had been the eldest of three Baskerville  brothers and Sir Henry, the Canadian son of the deceased second brother is Sir Charles’s heir.

My apologies for the delay!  OK, I've loaded the entire text of Hound from Project Gutenberg, for ease of searching, and found this is Chapter 3:

The only other kinsman whom we have been able to trace was Rodger Baskerville, the youngest of three brothers of whom poor Sir Charles was the elder. The second brother, who died young, is the father of this lad Henry. The third, Rodger [....] fled to Central America, and died there in 1876 of yellow fever. Henry is the last of the Baskervilles.

I guess I still don't know the name of Henry's father ("the second brother, who died young"), but he was apparently not Rodger ("the youngest of three brothers") -- unless Arthur Conan Doyle exercised his well-known inattention to continuity by contradicting the above quotations elsewhere in the book. I encourage you to explore that possibility.  Project Gutenberg (see link above) is an extremely useful resource for finding references within a book, because you can use your browser's "Find in Page" tool to search the whole thing at once.