Between 1793 and 1815, under the rule of King George III, the Kingdom of Great Britain was the most constant of France's enemies. Through its command of the sea, financial subsidies to allies on the E
The Battle of Trafalgar by Clarkson Stanfield, 1836
British victory over the French at the Battle of Alexandria in 1801
Battle of Waterloo
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
Immediate aftermath of Perceval's assassination, 11 May 1812 (a 1909 representation)
Detail of a posthumous portrait of Spencer Perceval
A contemporary engraving of John Bellingham
William Cobbett, who denounced the government from his prison cell