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Colonel Sebastian Moran
Colonel Sebastian Moran is the villain of the Sherlock Holmes short story "The Adventure of the Empty House." He was born in London, 1840, and formerly served in the 1st Bangalore Pioneers. He is self-employed but has worked for the late unlamented Professor James Moriarty. He plays cards at several high-ranking clubs to make money. He is also responsible for the death of Mrs. Stewart of Lauder in 1887. |
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He has written the books: Heavy game of the Western Himalayas in 1881, Three Months in the Jungle in 1884. He is the son of the late Sir Augustus Moran, former Minister to Persia. He was educated at Eton and Oxford. His address is Conduit Street, his clubs are The Anglo-Indian, the Tankerville and the Bagatelle Card Club. Holmes has remarked that Moran is "the second most dangerous man in London".