Banvard, Edward Henry “Ted” [Horley] & Sons
Nationality - British
Birth - Leamington, Warwickshire, 1847
Marriage - Jane Carroll, Halifax, Yorkshire 1872
Death - Poonamallee, Madras, India, 1904
Career - Arrived in Adelaide with family from England in 1883. Banvard’s Circus active in Australia, 1883 – 1889. Family active in circus in Australia into the 1920s
Copyright - Edward H. “Ted” Banvard and sons, c.1886. Photographer: A. W. Burman, 209 Bourke Street East. Courtesy: Mark St Leon Collection, Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW. This photograph was probably taken about 1888 before the family’s departure for Australia. The three boys are, from right to left: Peter ‘Ozara’ Jackson, an adopted son, born 1870; Frederick William ‘Will’ Banvard, 1879-1928; Edward ‘Ted’ Horley, 1874-1908.
Banvard’s Circus
South Australian Register, 9 April 1888, p. 6
It is sometime since Adelaide had a circus of any great pretensions in its midst, although some years ago the city was considered a paradise for people who practised the spangles and sawdust business … That the favour of the public for this class of amusement has not diminished was shown by the large crowd collected in the tent of Banvard’s Grand Circus, opened on Saturday night in Grenfell-street, nearly opposite the Arcade. The tent, which is a fair size, was filled. The company is a fair average one, strongest perhaps in acrobats, and the performance was not bad for a first evening, but wants variety, which may probably be supplied by-and-by. The marquee was hung round inside with coloured Vauxhall lights, which had a novel and pretty effect; and there was the additional advantage of the brilliant glare of the electric light thrown upon the front from the top of the Arcade. Amongst the cleverest feats performed on Saturday night was that of Albert King, who, after the company had leaped over twelve horses, threw a double somersault over the animals, and he was equalled by Haynes, styled the English Bounding Jockey, who sprang upon the back of a galloping horse from the ground. Two youngsters, Willie and Wally Banvard, exhibit extraordinary suppleness in a series of contortions, and Mons. Malo is effective in what is called an ‘equilibristic act’, not so novel as it was clever. Two small trapezeists show remarkably well on the swinging-bars, and the balance of the troupe appear in time-honoured equestrian feats, neat tumbling, and other displays of skill or agility— the usual routine of the circus. The clowns, of which there are two, work their muscles and their wits with considerable industry and some success, so that on the whole Banvard’s Circus has attractions efficient to warrant a hope of a good run while it is here.
Banvard, Edward Henry “Ted” [Horley] & Sons
British
Leamington, Warwickshire, 1847
Jane Carroll, Halifax, Yorkshire 1872
Poonamallee, Madras, India, 1904
Arrived in Adelaide with family from England in 1883. Banvard’s Circus active in Australia, 1883 – 1889. Family active in circus in Australia into the 1920s
Copyright - Edward H. “Ted” Banvard and sons, c.1886. Photographer: A. W. Burman, 209 Bourke Street East. Courtesy: Mark St Leon Collection, Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW. This photograph was probably taken about 1888 before the family’s departure for Australia. The three boys are, from right to left: Peter ‘Ozara’ Jackson, an adopted son, born 1870; Frederick William ‘Will’ Banvard, 1879-1928; Edward ‘Ted’ Horley, 1874-1908.
Banvard’s Circus
South Australian Register, 9 April 1888, p. 6
It is sometime since Adelaide had a circus of any great pretensions in its midst, although some years ago the city was considered a paradise for people who practised the spangles and sawdust business … That the favour of the public for this class of amusement has not diminished was shown by the large crowd collected in the tent of Banvard’s Grand Circus, opened on Saturday night in Grenfell-street, nearly opposite the Arcade. The tent, which is a fair size, was filled. The company is a fair average one, strongest perhaps in acrobats, and the performance was not bad for a first evening, but wants variety, which may probably be supplied by-and-by. The marquee was hung round inside with coloured Vauxhall lights, which had a novel and pretty effect; and there was the additional advantage of the brilliant glare of the electric light thrown upon the front from the top of the Arcade. Amongst the cleverest feats performed on Saturday night was that of Albert King, who, after the company had leaped over twelve horses, threw a double somersault over the animals, and he was equalled by Haynes, styled the English Bounding Jockey, who sprang upon the back of a galloping horse from the ground. Two youngsters, Willie and Wally Banvard, exhibit extraordinary suppleness in a series of contortions, and Mons. Malo is effective in what is called an ‘equilibristic act’, not so novel as it was clever. Two small trapezeists show remarkably well on the swinging-bars, and the balance of the troupe appear in time-honoured equestrian feats, neat tumbling, and other displays of skill or agility— the usual routine of the circus. The clowns, of which there are two, work their muscles and their wits with considerable industry and some success, so that on the whole Banvard’s Circus has attractions efficient to warrant a hope of a good run while it is here.
