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none other than Jules
Gautier’s great-grandson,
Brian, a retired civil servant
at the Ministry of Defence,
who has done extensive
research into his famous
forebear. The bad news is that
he’s leaving tomorrow for a
two-month trip around
Europe in his motor home. I
worry we’ll lose touch and
I’ll never get the chance to
speak to a real life relative of
a Victorian swimming hero,