Alfred Hutton
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Alfred Hutton (1839–1910) was a Victorian officer of the King's Dragoon Guards, antiquarian and swordsman. He originated the first revival of historical fencing, together with his contemporaries Egerton Castle, Captain Carl Thimm, Colonel Cyril Matthey, Sir Frederick and William Pollock, and Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton.
[edit] Works
- 1867, The Cavalry Swordsman
- 1887, Swordsmanship, for the use of Soldiers
- 1892, Swordplay – The Systems of Fence in Vogue During the XVIth, XVIIth, and XVIIIth Centuries, with lessons arranged from the works of ancient masters, based on Achille Marozzo's 1536 Opera Nova.
- 1893, Our Swordsmanship, lecture at the Royal United Service Institution, Whitehall
- 1895, Notes on Ancient Fence, lecture at the Albany Club.
- 1897, Sword Fighting and Sword Play, The Indian Fencing Review.
- 1899, Cold Steel, a treatise on fencing with the sabre, duelling sword, bayonet, staff, truncheon and dagger.
