SANGER, JOHN AND GEORGE

bynames Lord John and Lord George (respectively, b. 1816, Chew Magna, Somerset, Eng.d. Aug. 22, 1889, Ipswich, Suffolk; b. Dec. 23, 1825, Newbury, Berkshire, Eng.d. Nov. 28, 1911, Park Farm, near Finchley, Middlesex), circus impresarios who were the proprietors of one of the largest and most important English circuses in the 19th century. The brothers were assistants in their father's touring peep show and formed their own show in 1853. By 1871 they had leased Astley's Amphitheatre and produced circus entertainment at Agricultural Hall in London as well as in a huge traveling tent circus. In the late 1870s the brothers ended their partnership and formed separate shows. George's 70 Years a Showman appeared in 1908.