Adrian Conan Doyle

He married Danish-born Anna C. Anderson, and was his father's literary executor after his mother died in 1940. He founded the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Foundation in Switzerland in 1965. On his death, his sister Jean took over as their father's literary executor.

• Name — Adrian Conan Doyle • Born — 19 November 1910 • Birthplace — Uckfield, Sussex, England • Died — 3 June 1970 • Occupation — Racing driver, big-game hunter, explorer, writer • Spouse — Anna Anderson (married 1938-?) • Parents — Arthur Conan Doyle

Adrian Conan Doyle produced additional Sherlock Holmes stories, some with the assistance of John Dickson Carr. The basis of his production was to complete those tales referenced in his father's stories, which his father had never written. (Carr had published an "authorized" biography of Sir Arthur in 1949.) These additional Sherlock Holmes tales were written in 1952 and 1953, and a hardcover collection of the stories was published as The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes in 1954. They have been reissued subsequently, while other authors have also written Sherlock Holmes stories based on the same references within the original tales.

Sir Arthur's widow, Jean, chose a spiritualist, the Rev. John Lamond, to write an authorised biography, Arthur Conan Doyle: A Memoir (John Murray, 1931). The memoir, which emphasised his paranormal interests, was not what readers wanted, so after their mother's death, Adrian and Denis grudgingly allowed Hesketh Pearson to write Conan Doyle: His Life and Art (Methuen, 1943). However, Pearson's book offended Adrian and Denis by saying that the secret of their father's success was that he was the "common man". Adrian threatened criminal proceedings against Pearson's "fakeography", wrote an article in protest, and later, a book: The True Conan Doyle (John Murray, 1945). According to Lycett, "When the BBC commissioned an anniversary talk from Hesketh Pearson, Adrian announced that if it went ahead it would never broadcast another Sherlock Holmes story. The Corporation caved in."

• Notes — Adrian Conan Doyle was granted arms by the Chief Herald of Ireland. • Year Adopted — 1951 • Crest — A buck's head couped gules attired argent, ducally gorged or. • Escutcheon — Argent, three bucks' heads erased gules attired or, two and one, within a bordure countercompany or and sable. • Motto — Fortitudine vincit

The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes (1954 collection) (Author credits are as given in the book's table of contents.) By Adrian Conan Doyle and John Dickson Carr • "The Adventure of the Seven Clocks" • "The Adventure of the Gold Hunter" • "The Adventure of the Wax Gamblers" • "The Adventure of the Highgate Miracle" • "The Adventure of the Black Baronet" • "The Adventure of the Sealed Room" By Adrian Conan Doyle • "The Adventure of the Foulkes Rath" • "The Adventure of the Abbas Ruby" • "The Adventure of the Dark Angels" • "The Adventure of the Two Women" • "The Adventure of the Deptford Horror" • "The Adventure of the Red Widow"

• Heaven Has Claws (1952, London, John Murray) • Tales of Love and Hate (1960, London, John Murray) • The Woman Who Slew; Black Hyde; Lady Moresby's Secret; A Tooth for a Tooth; The Red Swallowtail; The Lover of the Coral Glades; The Gunman of Corpus Christi; Jungle Lore; The Pearl of Dying Boys' Reef; Johnny Death • Lone Dhow (1963, London, Murray)

The authorities additionally record the heading Adrian Malcolm Conan Doyle. His recorded language was English. He was the child of Arthur Conan Doyle and Jean Elizabeth Leckie.

Adrian Conan Doyle is recorded as writer, discoverer, racing driver and big game hunter.