Talk:The Great Panjandrum

Found the cite on Gutenberg here. Andrevan (talk) 23:32, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

Andrevan cites the Randolph Caldecott picture book published in 1885. Other C19th editors use Grand Panjandrum. E. Cobham Brewer uses both :-). The earliest version I can find is in an 1860 book by John Forster called OLIVER CROMWELL, DANIEL DE FOE, SIR RICHARD STEELE, CHARLES CHURCHILL, SAMUEL FOOTE where he uses Grand Panjandrum throughout. I have accordingly amended the text quoted here. I believe Grand Panjandrum is the more commonly used modern expression, although the WWII device was definitely called the Great Panjandrum. --Dominic Sayers (talk) 13:53, 28 October 2011 (UTC)