Editing Inspector Lestrade (section)

==Name origins and pronunciation==

Doyle seems to have acquired Lestrade's name from a fellow student at the [[University of Edinburgh]], Joseph Alexandre Lestrade,<ref name=DK>{{cite book |author=DK Publishing |title=The Sherlock Holmes Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained |publisher=Penguin |year=2019 |isbn=9781465499448 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-9LgDwAAQBAJ&q=Joseph%2BAlexandre%2BLestrade}}</ref> who was a [[Saint Lucia]]n medical student.<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Edinburgh Medical Journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sts1AQAAMAAJ&q=Lestrade&pg=PA191 |title=Edinburgh Medical Journal, Volume 29, Part 1 |publisher=Y. J. Pentland |year=1884}}</ref> In "[[The Adventure of the Cardboard Box]]", Lestrade's first initial is revealed to be G.<ref name="Klinger 38"/> This initial may have been inspired by the Prefect of Police known only as "G—" in [[Edgar Allan Poe]]'s short story "[[The Purloined Letter]]" (1845).<ref name=DK/> Despite having an apparently French surname (there is a village named [[Lestrade-et-Thouels]] in France and "l'estrade" means "the raised platform" in French), Inspector Lestrade shows no overt French ties.

According to ''Everyman's English Pronouncing Dictionary'', the name Lestrade can be pronounced either "Le'strayed" (rhyming with "trade") or "Le'strahd" {{ipa|/ləˈstrɑːd/}} .<ref name=Jones/> In ''The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes'', [[Leslie S. Klinger]] writes that there is no consensus among scholars on the pronunciation of "Lestrade".<ref name="Klinger 38">Klinger, Leslie (ed.). ''The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes, Volume III'' (New York: W. W. Norton, 2006). pp. 38–39. {{ISBN|978-0393058000}}</ref> The original French pronunciation of the name would have been close to "Le'strahd". However, according to the book ''The Sherlock Holmes Miscellany'' by Roger Johnson and Jean Upton (Holmesian scholars and members of [[The Baker Street Irregulars]]), Arthur Conan Doyle's daughter Dame [[Jean Conan Doyle]] stated that her father pronounced the name with a long ''a'' sound (as "Le'strayed").<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W-ISDQAAQBAJ&q=Lestrade%20correct%20pronunciation&pg=PT116 |title=The Sherlock Holmes Miscellany |page=155 |last1=Johnson |first1=Roger |last2=Upton |first2=Jean |publisher=The History Press |year=2012 |isbn=9780752483474}}</ref>

The pronunciation of Lestrade as "Le'strahd" has been used in multiple adaptations such as the [[Sherlock Holmes (1939 film series)|1939–1946 film series]],<ref>For example, at 22:40 in: {{cite AV media |date=December 25, 1942 |title=Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon |medium=Motion picture |publisher=Universal Pictures |url=https://archive.org/details/SherlockHolmesAndTheSecretWeapon1943}}</ref> the 2009 film ''[[Sherlock Holmes (2009 film)|Sherlock Holmes]]'',<ref>For example, at approximately 5:43 in the film. {{cite AV media |date=25 December 2009 |title=Sherlock Holmes |medium=Motion picture |publisher=Warner Bros. Pictures}}</ref> and the television series ''[[Sherlock (TV series)|Sherlock]]'' (2010–2017).<ref>For example, at approximately 5:25 in the first episode: {{cite episode |title=A Study in Pink |series=Sherlock |series-no=1 |number=1 |network=BBC One |date=24 October 2010}}</ref> The pronunciation of the name as "Le'strayed" has also been used in multiple canonical adaptations, including the [[Sherlock Holmes (1931 film series)|1931–1937 film series]],<ref>For example, at 20:11 in the first film: {{cite AV media |date=February 1931 |title=The Sleeping Cardinal |url=https://archive.org/details/SherlockHolmes-SleepingCardinal |medium=Motion picture |publisher=Julius Hagen Productions}}</ref> the [[Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV series)|Granada television series]] (1984–1994),<ref>For example, at approximately 7:36 in: {{cite episode |title=The Norwood Builder |series=The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes |network=ITV |series-no=2 |number=3 |date=8 September 1985}}</ref> and the [[List of BBC Radio Sherlock Holmes dramatisations|BBC radio series]] (1989–1998),<ref>For example, at approximately 22:44 in the first episode: {{cite episode |title=A Study in Scarlet, Part 1: Revenge |series=BBC Radio Sherlock Holmes |station=BBC Radio 4 |number=1 |date=5 November 1989}}</ref> as well as in some non-canonical works, including the 2020 film ''[[Enola Holmes (film)|Enola Holmes]]''.