Michael Hengler

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Michael Hengler
Profession	circus artist
Personal details
Born	1784 Lambeth in United States
Dead	1861-10-04 Liverpool in United States
Country	United Kingdom

Locations
Title	artist 1803-1808
Location	at Battys Traveling Menagerie (Battys Hippodrome, Astleys Amphitheatre) in United Kingdom

Title	artist
Location	at Cooke’s Circus in United Kingdom

Biography details

Henry Michael Hengler , circus artist in United Kingdom

Born 1784 in United States dead 1861-10-04 in United States .

Henry Michael Hengler was born in Lambeth in 1784 to Michael and Sarah Hengler. Although born in London, Henry was brought up in the South of France, where he became known as Monsier Hengler. Henry was apprentice to the French acrobat and wire walker Jean Richer from a young age and was billed as a tight rope prodigy, appearing before Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, in 1789, aged five.

Henry returned to England in about 1802 when his father, Michael died. As well as working with a variety of circuses in London and the provinces, Henry became a regular at Astley's Circus between 1803 and 1808. Until his retirement in 1854, Henry appeared as Mons Hengler with some of the most prestigious circuses of his time including Ducrow’s, Cooke's, Batty's and Powell's. In 1841 Henry swapped the tight rope for an equestrian act.

Henry married Jane Pilsworth on 9 January 1808 in Dublin and they had eleven children, including Georgiana Margaretta Hengler (1808-1837), Sarah Jane Hengler (1812), Eliza Ann Hengler (1816-1885), Henrietta Frances Hengler (1818), Edward Henry Hengler (1819), Frederick Charles Hengler (1821-1887), Charles Alfred Hengler (1822), Alfred Hugh Hengler (1823-1842), Agnes Selina Hengler (1825-1879), Rosina Emily Hengler (1828-c1894) and John Michael Hengler (1831-1919). His son Frederick Charles Hengler is regarded as the founder of Hengler's Circus.

Henry died on 4 October 1861, aged 77 years in Liverpool.

The University of Sheffield

Family

Total: 1 children

Charles Hengler. Born: 1821. Dead: † 1887-09-28

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). artist Henry Michael Hengler in United Kingdom. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 27 April 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=3097. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

https://archives.shef.ac.uk/agents/people/320

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