apr 22, 1810 - Pablo Fanque born

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Pablo Fanque was a Black British equestrian performer and circus proprietor who was born on 30 March 1810 in Norwich, England. He is the first recorded non-white British circus owner in Britain and ran one of the most successful circus business for 30 years in Victorian Britain. He is also best known for being mentioned in The Beatles song ‘Being for the Benefit of Mr Kite!’

Late of Pablo Fanque's Fair, what a scene
Over men and horses, hoops and garters
Lastly through a hogshead of real fire

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