Julius Soubise

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Julius Soubise (c.1755 - 25 August 1798) was a fencer, teacher and former slave.

Born in St. Kitts he was bought by Royal Navy Captain Stair Douglas who gave him as a gift to the Duchess of Queensbury.

The Duchess sent Soubise to train with Antonio Angelo at his London fencing academy and he eventually became the master's assistant, teaching riding as well as swordfighting.

However in 1777 he was accused of the rape of one of the Duchess' maids and forced to flee Britain for India where he founded an academy in Calcutta. Soubise seems to have been successful, perhaps assisted by friends such as Ignatius Sancho and others who stuck by him, instructing numerous pupils and receiving a government contract to train horses but very little is known about his time in India.

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