Egerton Castle M.A., F.S.A. (12 March 1858 – 16 September 1920) was a Victorian era

Victorian era

The Victorian era of British history was the period of Queen Victoria's reign from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. It was a long period of peace, prosperity, refined sensibilities and national self-confidence...

 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.

He was born into a wealthy family; his maternal grandfather was the publishing magnate and philanthropist Egerton Smith

Egerton Smith

Egerton Smith was a Liverpool publisher, founder of the Liverpool Mercury.Egerton Smith was the son of Egerton Smith the elder and Ann Prescott. He joined his mother and then his brother in the family firm, making navigational instruments, and took out a patent for one invention in 1809. However,...

. 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
  Sweet Kitty Bellairs (1916 film)
  Sweet Kitty Bellairs is a 1916 silent film drama produced by the Famous Players-Lasky feature film company and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on a novel by Agnes and Egerton Castle which begot a play by David Belasco which was a huge Broadway success for lead actress Henrietta...
  
  , 1930 musical film in Technicolor
  Sweet Kitty Bellairs (film)
  Sweet Kitty Bellairs is a 1930 musical comedy film photographed entirely in Technicolor. In contrast to usual historical costume dramas, the picture never takes itself seriously and is a delightful satire of the England of 1793 in the city of Bath...
  
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• The Pride of Jennico
  The Pride of Jennico
  The Pride of Jennico is a four-act play based on the book by the same name from Agnes and Egerton Castle published in 1897 by the Macmillan Company....
  
  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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