Changes: Morland Holmes

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M. Holmes is the – yet unseen – father of Mycroft Holmes and Sherlock Holmes.

M. Holmes hired Joan Watson to take care of his son, Sherlock, after his release from rehab in New York City, after recovering from a decent into drug abuse. His name appeared as "M. Holmes" on Joan's mobile phone when she requested to be allowed to stay with Sherlock for a while longer as his sober companion. M. Holmes denied the request but Joan lied to Sherlock and told him he has said yes. M. Holmes is also the owner of the brownstone where Sherlock and Joan live.

Personality

As the only testament of Mr Holmes' personality comes from Sherlock, he is portrayed in a very negative way. He is implied to be unscrupulous in his business dealings and with his personal associates, to the degree that Sherlock assumes that any colleague of his is equally despicable.

He is known to be very negligent of his commitments. As stated by Sherlock, his father never keeps appointments, and often sends representatives in his place, even in cases of family. This has apparently always been the case, as Sherlock has memories of it going back to childhood.

In spite of his perceived shortcomings he does display affection and concern for Sherlock on occasion. He paid for Sherlock's rehabilitation and set him up in a brownstone in Manhattan (albeit it is his least impressive property in his five properties in New York). He also provided aftercare for Sherlock by employing sober companions, although he has never met with them personally. He was also willing to provide Sherlock with an exorbitant sum of money for ransom in a kidnapping case his son was investigating.

Relationships

Sherlock Holmes

Judging by how Sherlock speaks of his father, their relationship is not a close one. Sherlock was sent to a boarding school at the age of eight and tells someone that he would "trade his father for a Tic-Tac".

Mycroft Holmes

According to Joan, Mycroft is closer to his father than Sherlock. Indeed, it appears that Mr Holmes favors the elder brother. After Sherlock fled to America, his rooms at 221B were given to Mycroft, who put all of Sherlock's belongings in storage. He also granted Mycroft his trust-fund early in order to open several restaurants in London.

Trivia

Sherlock tells Joan that his father owns five properties in New York and that the brownstone is the "shoddiest and the least renovated".

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 As the only testament of Mr Holmes' personality comes from Sherlock, he is portrayed in a very negative way. He is implied to be unscrupulous in his business dealings and with his personal associates, to the degree that Sherlock assumes that any colleague of his is equally despicable.
-He is known to be very negligent of his commitments. As stated by Sherlock, his father never keeps appointments, and often sends representatives in his place.
+He is known to be very negligent of his commitments. As stated by Sherlock, his father never keeps appointments, and often sends representatives in his place, even in cases of family. This has apparently always been the case, as Sherlock has memories of it going back to childhood.
 In spite of his perceived shortcomings he does display affection and concern for Sherlock on occasion. He paid for Sherlock's rehabilitation and set him up in a brownstone in Manhattan (albeit it is his least impressive property in his five properties in New York). He also provided aftercare for Sherlock by employing sober companions, although he has never met with them personally. He was also willing to provide Sherlock with an exorbitant sum of money for ransom in a kidnapping case his son was investigating.