John Bellingham
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John Bellingham was an English merchant and perpetrator of the 1812 murder of Spencer Perceval, the only British prime minister to be assassinated.
A contemporary engraving of John Bellingham
On 11 May 1812, at about 5:15 pm, Spencer Perceval, the prime minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, was shot dead in the lobby of the House of Commons by John Bellingham, a Live
John Bellingham
…John Bellingham (c. 1769 – 18 May 1812) was an English merchant and perpetrator of the 1812 murder of Spencer Perceval, the only British prime minister to be assassinated. Bellingham's early life is largely unknown, and most post-assassination…
Immediate aftermath of Perceval's assassination, 11 May 1812 (a 1909 representation)
Detail of a posthumous portrait of Spencer Perceval
William Cobbett, who denounced the government from his prison cell