Egerton Castle
Egerton Castle M.A., F.S.A. (12 March 1858 – 16 September 1920) was a Victorian era author, antiquarian, and swordsman, and an early practitioner of reconstructed historical fencing, as well as the captain of the British épée and saber teams at the 1908 Olympics.[1]
He was born into a wealthy family; his maternal grandfather was the publishing magnate and philanthropist Egerton Smith.[2] He was a lieutenant in the Second West India Regiment and afterwards a captain in the Royal Engineers Militia. He was also an expert on bookplates and a keen collector. He was born in London.
Egerton Castle co-authored many novels with his wife, Agnes (née Sweetman).
Selected Works:
- Schools and Masters of Fencing : From the Middle Ages to the Eighteenth Century, ISBN 0486428265 (2005), ISBN 1428609407 (2006).
- "The Baron's Quarry" (short story)
- Sweet Kitty Bellairs (novel);1916 silent film, 1930 musical film in Technicolor.
- The Pride of Jennico play based on the Agnes and Egerton Castle novel.
- Marshfield the Observer; and The Death Dance. (Fantasy fiction published by Macmillan 1900)
- English book-plates. An illustrated handbook for students of ex-libris. (G. Bell & sons, London 1893)
- Count Raven (Cassell, London 1916) Novel
- La Bella and Others (Short stories published by Macmillan, London 1900
- Minniglen. (Romance written with Agnes Castle, 1918.)
- Consequences. London: Richard Bentley and Son. 1891. 3 volume novel
- Our Sentimental Garden. (with Agnes Castle and Illustrated by Charles Robinson) 1914 USA /1915 London.
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12 March 1858 |
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16 September 1920 |
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