assassination of Spencer Perceval

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The assassination of Spencer Perceval was the 1812 shooting of the British Prime Minister in the House of Commons, the only successful assassination of a UK prime minister in history.

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assassination of Spencer Perceval canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British merchant
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
assassin
assassination
murder
political assassination
category 1812 crimes in the United Kingdom
assassinations in the United Kingdom
causeOfDeath gunshot wound
convictedOf murder of Spencer Perceval
country United Kingdom
date 1812-05-11
dateOfExecution 1812-05-18
depictedIn contemporary newspaper illustrations
historical paintings
followedBy formation of a new British government
hasChronologicalPlacement 19th century
Georgian era
hasConsequence increased security in the Houses of Parliament
political instability in the British government
public shock and mourning in the United Kingdom
hasImmediateAftermath arrest of John Bellingham
hasLegalOutcome execution of John Bellingham
hasMemorial monument in Lincoln’s Inn Fields
plaque in the House of Commons
hasMotiveAttributedToPerpetrator personal grievance over imprisonment in Russia
hasPerpetrator John Bellingham
hasPoliticalContext British economic difficulties in early 1810s
Napoleonic Wars
trade disputes with Russia
hasVictim Spencer Perceval
location House of Commons of the United Kingdom
surface form: House of Commons

London, England
surface form: London

Palace of Westminster
method shooting
partOf history of the British Parliament
history of the United Kingdom
penalty death
placeOfExecution Newgate Prison
positionHeld Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom
surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
precededBy premiership of Spencer Perceval
significance only successful assassination of a UK prime minister
targetedOfficeHolder Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
tookPlaceDuring Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom

reign of George III
wasArrestedFor assassination of Spencer Perceval
wasTriedFor assassination of Spencer Perceval
weaponUsed pistol
year 1812

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John Bellingham notableFor assassination of Spencer Perceval
Mary Bellingham hasConnectionTo assassination of Spencer Perceval