Egerton Castle

United Kingdom
Born 1858-03-12, London
Died 1920-09-16

Also known as

Egerton Smith Castle

Description

British author, antiquarian and swordsman, author of Schools and Masters of Fencing (1885) and an early reconstructor of historical fencing with Alfred Hutton; captain of the British épée and sabre teams at the 1908 Olympics.

Students (1)

  • Esme Beringer
    sports_martial_artsEuropean fencing Probable
    Probable
    Single source.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
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    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
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    Single source.
    “Beringer was an enthusiastic fencer who studied historical swordplay with Alfred Hutton as well as his colleague Egerton Castle and was likely a member of the Bartitsu Club.”
    — Esme Beringer - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info

Sources

“and an early practitioner of reconstructed historical fencing, frequently in collaboration with his colleague Captain Alfred Hutton.”
— Egerton Castle - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info
“antiquarian fencers such as Alfred Hutton (1839–1910) and Egerton Castle (1858–1920) were carrying out extensive research into archaic systems of combat.”
— Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010). Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation info

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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Egerton Castle. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5KQTRGXAZNMP4NQ4M6FC0Y1 - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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@incollection{martialis_01M5KQTRGXAZNMP4NQ4M6FC0Y1, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Egerton Castle}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M5KQTRGXAZNMP4NQ4M6FC0Y1}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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