John Felton (assassin)
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John Felton was a lieutenant in the English Army who stabbed George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, to death in the Greyhound Pub in Portsmouth on 23 August 1628.
Felton in Prison, illustration from 'Cassell's illustrated history of England (1865)
The Assassination of Buckingham. Illustration from Cassell's illustrated history of England (1865)
The former Greyhound Inn, Portsmouth (2017)
George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham
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George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, KG, was an English courtier, statesman, and patron of the arts. He was a favourite and self-described "lover" of King James VI and I. Buckingham remained at the height of royal favour for the first three years of the reign of James's son, King Charles I, until he was assassinated.
Portrait by Peter Paul Rubens, 1625
Villiers as Lord High Admiral, a portrait by Daniel Mytens the Elder, 1619
Portrait by Paul van Somer I, before 1622
Study for Rubens' equestrian portrait, 1625, Kimbell Art Museum