Sir William Carmichael

In the short story The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael, Sir William Carmichael was a baronet who lived at a country house at Wolden in Herefordshire. From his first marriage, Sir William had one son, Arthur. After Arthur's mother died, Sir William married his second wife, the present Lady Carmichael some nine years before the events in the story. They had another son who is eight years old during the events in the story but who is not seen or named. Three years before the events in the story, Sir William died and his title and his estate was inherited by Arthur.