The Sanger brothers George and John toured the largest and the greatest circus, in Great Britain and to the Continent during the 19th Century. For publicity and showmanship they called themselves ‘Lord’ George and ‘Lord’ John. The two parted company on good terms and each promoted a large circus under each title. Queen Victoria met with George during a visit to the circus and she did find the ‘Lord’ title amusing. She asked about the circus needs and difficulties and George replied that the greatest difficulty was finding good site locations and (this is a true story) she told him that he may hire any common land in England and gave to him a letter of authority!
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