Charles Altamont Doyle

Born: 1832

Death: 1893

Biography:

Charles Altamont Doyle (25 March 1832 – 10 October 1893) was an illustrator, watercolourist and civil servant. Member of an artistic family, he is remembered today primarily for being the father of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle was the son of artist John Doyle, the political cartoonist known as H.B., and Marianna Conan D...