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 On June 17, 1871, the church of St. Martin-In-The-Fields Church in Trafalgar’s Square was the scene of a large commotion after the Saturday morning service. People were crowded around the church trying to get a look at the giant couple to be wed and their guests, who were a sight to behold as well. Many of the couple’s friends attending the wedding were traveling with them in the show. The Siamese Twins, known as the Two Headed Nightingale (one sang soprano, the other contralto) were in the wedding party, Anna’s bridesmaids were Mrs. Dr. Buckland and Mlle. Augustine. Martin’s best man was the Honorable Henry Lee, the scientific editor of “Land and Water”, and Judge H.P. Ingalls gave the bride away. The sanctuary hall was full of guests and Rev. Rupert Cochrane, a six foot three inch native of Halifax, Nova Scotia, was conducting the ceremony, dwarfed by Anna Swan and Martin Bates. Cochrane was a friend of Anna’s family who happened to be preaching in London at the time.
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