Thomas Ord

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☨ Thomas Ord

Profession	circus director
Personal details
Born

Dead


Spouse(s)	Clara

Residence
Country	United Kingdom

Locations
Title	owner -
Location	at Ord Pinders Circus in United Kingdom

Relevant literature

Biography details

Thomas Ord , circus director in United Kingdom

Ord was born *

⚭ Married to Clara born .

The roots of Pinders circus go back to 1784 with the birth of Thomas Ord the son of the Scottish minister and reverend Selby Ord. Young Thomas ran away from home aged around 14 and joined the circus.

Thomas Ord went onto to become an equestrian star and 200 years ago by 1812, he had started his own circus.He soon became a house hold name all over Scotland and the north of England. Ords equestrian arena became the most famous circus of the early part of the 19th century.

After Thomas Ord died in 1859 his daughter Selina Ord carried on with the circus, in 1861 Selina married Edwin Pinder whose uncles, George Pinder and William Pinder had founded Pinders circus in 1854. Edwin left his uncles and he and Selina continued with Ord Pinders circus in Scotland.

Family

Total: 1 children

Selina Pinder. Born: 1838. Dead: † 1918

Thomas Ord is mentioned on 8 other person pagesAlfred Bullen, Dan Koehl, Edwin Pinder, Emmett Kelly, George George Foottit, John Jay Nathans, Rebecca Cooke, Selina Ord,

Thomas Ord is mentioned on 6 location pages Liverpool Zoological Gardens, Atkins Menagerie, Exeter Exchange menagerie, Hanneford Family Circus, Royal Hanneford Circus (Tommy Hanneford), Wombwells Travelling Menagerie,

Thomas Ord is mentioned on 4 elephant record pagesBua, Jumbo, Tommy (Jumbo), Topsy (4-Paw Topsy, Crooked-tail Topsy),

Selected publications

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). director Thomas Ord in United Kingdom. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 16 May 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=1009. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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