The Tom Sayers Circus
At the request of HM Queen Victoria visited Sandringham in 1863
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Tom Sayers, First Boxer to be declared World Heavyweight Champion
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Sayers v. Heenan, 17 April 1860.
Drawn by the lithographer W. L. Walton (c. 1811-75)
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Thomas Sayers is buried in Highgate Cemetery, his tomb guarded by the stone image of his mastiff, Lion, who was chief mourner at his funeral. 1826 – 1865