Alfred Hutton

Alfred Hutton (1839–1910) was a Victorian officer of the King's Dragoon Guards, antiquarian and swordsman. He originated the first English 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.

Works

* 1867, "The Cavalry Swordsman"
* 1887, "Swordsmanship, for the use of Soldiers"
* 1889, " [http://www.thehaca.com/pdf/ColdSteel.pdf - Cold Steel] ", a practical treatise on the sabre also on various other weapons of the present day including the short sword-bayonet or dagger,the constables truncheon,the great stick or staff and the French sword (small-sword)
* 1892, " [http://storm.alert.sk/fencing/hutton/hutton.htmlOld 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.

See also

* George Silver
* Bolognese Swordsmanship

References

* " [http://www.thearma.org/essays/BritLegacy.htm Historical Fencing Studies – the British Legacy] " by John Clements, Association for Renaissance Martial Arts.