Hutton

 Many HEMA-practitioners -- especially those, who are learning the 19th century sabre fencing -- consider Alfred Hutton as one of the earliest HEMA-scholars of that period, who initiated the first English revival of historical fencing, together with his colleagues. It is really easy to find some very well-written tributes to his memory, for example Roger Norling's article (In Memory of Cpt. Alfred Hutton) published in 2012.

 

 Sadly no pictures of his grave have been publicly available. Till now... [1]

 Hutton was buried in the churchyard of St Mary's Church in Astbury, near Congleton, Cheshire in 1910. Next year a memorial tablet - In Memoriam Captain Alfred Hutton Late The King's Dragoon Guards Born March 10, 1839 Died December 18, 1910. A Great Swordsman And Writer On The Art. RIP - was unveiled in the chancel of St Mary's Church.

The memorial tablet

„There are those who affect to ridicule the study of obsolete weapons, alleging that it is of no practical use; everything, however, is useful to the Art of Fence which tends to create an interest in it, and certain it is that such contests as “Rapier and Dagger,” “Two hand Sword,” or “Broadsword and Handbuckler,” are a very great embellishment to the somewhat monotonous proceedings of the ordinary “assault of arms.” – Alfred Hutton, Old Sword Play (1892)

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1. There is a topic called Alfred Hutton's grave on Schola Gladiatoria's forum. The topic was started by Gary Piano in September 2012, basically he initiated the whole search for Hutton's grave. Unfortunately you need to log in to view it, therefore the full story and the above pictures are not available for an average user.