James (Barney) Edmonds
1804/5–71
Menagerist. Ran Wombwell’s Windsor Castle Menagerie, later re-named Edmonds’ Menagerie.
Sources
Census returns of England and Wales 1861 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG9/2940/79/60), 1871 (RG10/309/40/70)
Turner 1995.
Bibliography
Turner, John M. 1995. Victorian arena. The performers. A dictionary of British circus biography. Volume one. Formby, England: Lingdales Press.
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