Brian Boswell

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Brian Boswell
Profession	circus director
Personal details
Born	1942 in South Africa


Spouse(s)	1964 Jane Boswell

Residence
Country	South Africa

Locations
Title	owner 1982
Location	at Brian Boswells Circus in South Africa

Title	owner 1982
Location	at Natal Zoo Lion Park in South Africa

Title	assistant director 1964-1967
Location	at Chipperfield's Circus in United Kingdom

Biography details

Brian Boswell , circus director in South Africa

Boswell was born * 1942 in South Africa , son of director Stanley Boswell

⚭ Married 1964 to Jane Boswell born .

1964: James Boswells son Brian Boswell acted as adviser for Chipperfields Circus on their 1964 tour, and married one of the Chipperfield family, Jane Stockley.
1982: The film "Jungle Paradise" was filmed entirely at the Lion Park. Brian had recently taken over five Asian elephants from Wilkie, and these were used for the movie.
1982: Brian Boswell opened his own circus, Brian Boswells Circus, but Wilkie was seeking to restrain them from using the name
Boswell on their circus publicity material. The courts granted this, and Brian Boswell had to tour under the name Brians Circus.
1982: Brian Boswell also bought Natal Zoological gardens in KwaZulu Natal.
2002: After Boswell-Wilkie circus finally closed, the circus could travel under the name Brian Boswells Circus.
2016-12-09: Circus owner, Brian Boswell, is challenging the legality of elephant protection laws after his attempt to sell African elephants to a zoo in the United Arab Emirates was blocked by wildlife authorities. Boswell has refused to accept the denial of a permit application to send five circus trained elephants to a Dubai zoo at the selling price of R3 million each.

Family

Total: 1 children

Georgina Boswell. Born: ?.

Brian Boswells ancestral Ahnentafel:
P	I	II	III
Brian Boswell Born: 1942	Father: Stanley Boswell Born: 1914-09-26 2025-05	Paternal Grandfather: James Boswell Born: 1881? 2025-05	Paternal Great-grandfather: James Boswell
		Paternal Grandfather: James Boswell Born: 1881? 2025-05	Paternal Great-grandmother: Louisa Powell
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Brian Boswell is mentioned on 3 other person pagesFiso Mbambo, Marjorie Chipperfield, Suzanne Gendarme,

Brian Boswell is mentioned on 6 location pagesBoswell Circus, Boswell-Wilkies Circus, Brian Boswells Circus, Chipperfield's Circus, Natal Zoo Lion Park, Natal Zoological Gardens & Lion Park,

Brian Boswell is mentioned on 5 elephant record pagesBonnie, Charlie, Clyde, Dorothy (Maryann), Thandi,

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). director Brian Boswell in United Kingdom. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 23 May 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=628. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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Family

Total: 1 children

Brian Boswells ancestral Ahnentafel:

References

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