Elizabeth Atkins

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Elizabeth Atkins
Profession menagerie director
Personal details
Born ca 1817? in United Kingdom

Spouse(s) - 1848 Thomas Atkins

Country United Kingdom

Locations
Title owner 1848-1851
Location at Liverpool Zoological Gardens in United Kingdom

Biography details

Elizabeth , menagerie director in United Kingdom

Born ca 1817? in United Kingdom .

Shifting priorities were suggested by the new proprietress, Atkins’ widow Elizabeth’s, subsequent efforts to secure a wine & spirits licence for the premises (it already had a beer licence). A lawyer named Mr Snowball opposed her 1851 application, ostensibly on the ground that, “It would be very dangerous to allow parties to partake of spirits in a zoological garden, for many accidents, it was well known, had happened from persons poking the dens of wild beasts even when sober…”

In January 1852 Elizabeth sold the Gardens to Mr John Durandu, “a bullion dealer and exchange broker, Waterloo-road”, whose brief period of ownership does not seem to have been a happy one. In December of that year he brought a complaint against a police officer, who had insisted on taking him up as “drunk and disorderly”, despite his affirmation that he was “perfectly sober at the time”. The Liverpool Mercury speculated that 1852 “cannot have been a profitable season.” He had his own license applications rejected, and in March 1854 sought to recover £10 from Elizabeth Atkins in the County Court in respect of “four macaws and a parrot” he alleged had gone missing. (The Liverpool Mercury 24/2/1852, 10/9/1852, 21/3/1854; The Liverpool Mail, 25/12/1852).

Children


Total: 3 children

  1. Born: ?. John Atkins
  2. Born: ?. Edwin Atkins
  3. Born: 1825. Dead: † 1892 Elizabeth Sanger

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). director Elizabeth in United Kingdom. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 8 December 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=3034. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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