Egerton Castle
Egerton Castle M.A., F.S.A. was a Victorian era author, antiquarian, and swordsman, and an early practitioner of reconstructed historical fencing, frequently in collaboration with his colleague Captain Alfred Hutton. Castle was the captain of the British épée and sabre teams at the 1908 Summer Olympics.
He was born in London into a wealthy family; his maternal grandfather was the publishing magnate and philanthropist Egerton Smith. 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.
Egerton Castle co-authored many novels with his wife, Agnes.Selected works
- Schools and Masters of Fencing : From the Middle Ages to the Eighteenth Century, , .
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- Rose of the World 1905
- Sweet Kitty Bellairs ; 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.
- English book-plates. An illustrated handbook for students of ex-libris.
- Count Raven novel
- La Bella and Others
- Consequences. London: Richard Bentley and Son. 1891. 3 volume novel
- Our Sentimental Garden. 1914 USA /1915 London.
Filmography
- The Pride of Jennico, directed by J. Searle Dawley
- The Incomparable Bellairs, directed by Harold M. Shaw
- The Secret Orchard, directed by Frank Reicher
- Sweet Kitty Bellairs, directed by James Young
- Rose of the World, directed by Maurice Tourneur
- Young April, directed by Donald Crisp
- Sweet Kitty Bellairs, directed by Alfred E. Green
