John Bellingham

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British merchant assassin human

John Bellingham was a British merchant best known for assassinating Prime Minister Spencer Perceval in 1812, the only successful assassination of a British prime minister.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British merchant ⓘ
assassin ⓘ
human ⓘ
bodyDisposition burial within Newgate Prison ⓘ
businessActivity trade with Russia ⓘ
causeOfDeath execution by hanging ⓘ
charge murder of Spencer Perceval ⓘ
convictedOf murder ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth c. 1769 ⓘ
dateOfConviction 1812-05-15 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1812-05-18 ⓘ
dateOfEvent 1812-05-11 ⓘ
era Georgian era ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
executioner William Brunskill ⓘ
hasWikipediaPage John Bellingham self-link ⓘ
knownFor only person to have successfully assassinated a British prime minister ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalStatusAtTrial found sane ⓘ
mannerOfDeath capital punishment ⓘ
methodOfKilling shooting with a pistol ⓘ
motive grievances against the British government over his Russian imprisonment ⓘ
notableEvent imprisonment in Russia over disputed insurance claim ⓘ
notableFor assassinating the British prime minister ⓘ
assassination of Spencer Perceval ⓘ
numberOfChildren 2 ⓘ
occupation merchant ⓘ
parliamentaryConstituencyOfEvent City of Westminster ⓘ
partOf history of political violence in the United Kingdom ⓘ
placeOfBirth Huntingdonshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
St Neots ⓘ
placeOfDeath London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Newgate Prison ⓘ
placeOfEvent Lobby of the House of Commons ⓘ
Palace of Westminster ⓘ
priorResidence Liverpool ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
spouse Mary Bellingham ⓘ
trialHeldAt Court of King’s Bench ⓘ
victim Spencer Perceval ⓘ
weaponUsed pistol ⓘ

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John Bellingham → hasWikipediaPage → John Bellingham self-link ⓘ
Spencer Perceval → killedBy → John Bellingham ⓘ