Egerton Smith CastleF.S.A. (12 March 1858 – 16 September 1920) was an 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.[1]
He was born in London into a wealthy family; his maternal grandfather was the publishing magnate and philanthropist
Egerton Smith.[2] He was a lieutenant of the Second
West India Regiment and afterwards a captain of the Royal Engineers Militia. He was also an expert on
bookplates and a keen collector.
Schools and Masters of Fencing : From the Middle Ages to the Eighteenth Century,
ISBN0-486-42826-5 (2005),
ISBN1-4286-0940-7 (2006). (The first edition: G. Bell & Sons, London 1885)[3]