Inspector Lestrade

Inspector Lestrade
Sherlock Holmes character
Inspector Lestrade (left) arresting a suspect in "The Adventure of the Cardboard Box", illustrated by Sidney Paget
First appearance	A Study in Scarlet (1887)
Last appearance	"The Adventure of the Three Garridebs" (1924)
Created by	Arthur Conan Doyle
In-universe information
Full name	G. Lestrade
Gender	Male
Title	Detective Inspector
Occupation	Police detective
Nationality	British

Detective Inspector G. Lestrade, or Mr. Lestrade ( /lɛˈstreɪd/ or /lɛˈstrɑːd/),^[1] is a fictional character appearing in several of the Sherlock Holmes stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. Lestrade's first appearance was in the first Sherlock Holmes story, the novel A Study in Scarlet, which was published in 1887. The last story in which he appears is the short story "The Adventure of the Three Garridebs", which was first published in 1924 and was included in the final collection of Sherlock Holmes stories by Doyle, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes.

Lestrade is a determined but conventional Scotland Yard detective who consults Sherlock Holmes on many cases, and is the most prominent police character in the Sherlock Holmes series. Lestrade has been played by many actors in adaptations based on the Sherlock Holmes stories in film, television, and other media.