Arthur Thistlewood

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Arthur Thistlewood was a radical English conspirator best known for leading the 1820 Cato Street plot to assassinate British government ministers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English radical
person
political conspirator
arrestedOn 1820-02-23
associatedWith London radical clubs
Spencean Philanthropists NERFINISHED
birthDate 1774-12-08
birthPlace Arnold, Nottinghamshire, England NERFINISHED
burialPlace St Pancras Old Churchyard (unmarked grave) NERFINISHED
charge high treason
contemporaryOf Lord Castlereagh NERFINISHED
Lord Sidmouth NERFINISHED
convictedOf high treason
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
deathDate 1820-05-01
deathPlace London, England
era Regency era NERFINISHED
executedBy United Kingdom government NERFINISHED
executionMethod hanging and posthumous beheading
ideology anti-monarchism
republicanism
knownFor Cato Street conspiracy NERFINISHED
plot to assassinate British cabinet ministers in 1820
leaderOf Cato Street conspirators NERFINISHED
mannerOfDeath execution by hanging
militaryService served in the British Army in the West Indies
movement radicalism
name Arthur Thistlewood NERFINISHED
nationality English
notableEvent attempted seizure of a government arms depot as part of the Cato Street plot
occupation conspirator
political activist
opposedTo British ruling class
Lord Liverpool's Tory government NERFINISHED
parentOf Arthur Thistlewood Jr. NERFINISHED
participantIn Cato Street plot NERFINISHED
Spa Fields riots NERFINISHED
penalty death
placeOfDetention Cold Bath Fields Prison NERFINISHED
Tower of London NERFINISHED
plannedAction assassination of British cabinet ministers at a dinner in Grosvenor Square
politicalAlignment British radical politics
residence London, England
spouse Susan Wilkinson NERFINISHED
trialLocation Court of King's Bench, London NERFINISHED
yearOfCatoStreetPlot 1820

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Cato Street Conspiracy organizer Arthur Thistlewood
Cato Street Conspiracy participant Arthur Thistlewood