Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes. Actor of Film and Radio. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. by Travis Simpkins

Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes. Actor of Film and Radio. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Basil Rathbone

Philip St. John Basil Rathbone MC

( 1892 - 1967 )

as Sherlock Holmes

Shakespearean Stage Actor

and Actor in more than 70 Films

He played Sherlock Holmes in

14 Hollywood Films and in

a Radio Series between 1939 - 1947

by Travis Simpkins

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

For more info, please visit:

sherlock-holmes.org.uk

Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes. Actor. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Hound of the Baskervilles. by Travis Simpkins

 

Napoleon Bonaparte. Emperor of the French. Military and Political Leader. by Travis Simpkins

Napoleon Bonaparte. Emperor of the French. Military and Political Leader. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Napoleon Bonaparte

(1769 - 1821)

Military and Political Leader

First Consul of France

(1799 - 1804)

Napoleon I

Emperor of the French

(1804 - 1815)

Proclaimed himself the

"Protector of Freemasonry"

It is uncertain, but likely that Napoleon was a Freemason

Possibly Initiated in France, Malta or Egypt in 1797

The Bonaparte Lodge 

was founded in his honor in 1801

He Appointed his Brothers to Masonic Offices

in his jurisdiction, including 

Grand Master of the Grand Orient of Westphalia 

and

Grand Master of the Grand Orient de France

by Travis Simpkins

Napoleon Bonaparte

The Empire of Napoleon Bonaparte

For more info, please visit:

en.chateauversailles.fr/napoleon-i

Napoleon Bonaparte. Emperor of the French. Military and Political Leader. by Travis Simpkins

 

William Gillette as Sherlock Holmes. Stage Actor. Silent Film. Gillette Castle. by Travis Simpkins

William Gillette as Sherlock Holmes. Stage Actor. Silent Film. Gillette Castle. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

William Gillette

( 1853 - 1937 )

Actor, Stage Manager and Playwright

Best Remembered for portraying

Sherlock Holmes

on stage 1,300 times over 30 years

and in one 1916 Silent Film

Owner/Designer of Gillette Castle

Hadlyme, Connecticut

by Travis Simpkins

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

 

Gillette Castle. Home of William Gillette. Sherlock Holmes. Hadlyme, Connecticut

For more info, please visit:

sherlock-holmes.org.uk

William Gillette as Sherlock Holmes. Stage Actor. Silent Film. Gillette Castle. by Travis Simpkins