What the records say
- When
- 11 May 1812
- Kind
- Assassination
- Deaths
- 1
- Coordinates
- 51.50° N, 0.13° W
- Description
- 1812 murder of the British prime minister
Assassination of Spencer Perceval
1812 murder in London, England
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 Liverpool merchant with a grievance against the government. Bellingham was detained; four days after the murder, he was tried, convicted and sentenced to death.
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