The last surviving child of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, she acted as literary guardian over his estate for the past quarter century. She was a commissioned officer in the Women's Royal Air Force, with service dating back to 1940, and became a director of the service in 1963. Of her literary duties, she once said: "I occasionally feel, as my father did, that if anyone else says 'Sherlock Holmes' to me, I'll scream. I know exactly how he felt when he finally pushed him off the Reichenbach Falls."
Passage: Dame Jean Conan Doyle, 88
The last surviving child of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, she acted as literary guardian over his estate for the past quarter century. She was a commissioned officer in the Women's Royal Air Force, with service dating back to 1940, and became a director of the service in 1963. Of her literary duties, she once said: "I occasionally feel, as my father did, that if anyone else says 'Sherlock Holmes' to me, I'll scream. I know exactly how he felt when he finally pushed him off the Reichenbach Falls."
