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  • London, England, United Kingdom
    Monday May 11, 1812
    The palace of Westminster England

    Spencer Perceval assassinated

    London, England, United Kingdom
    Monday May 11, 1812

    The previous Palace of Westminster was also the site of a prime-ministerial assassination on 11 May 1812. While in the lobby of the House of Commons, on his way to a parliamentary inquiry, Spencer Perceval was shot and killed by a Liverpool merchant adventurer, John Bellingham. Perceval remains the only British Prime Minister to have been assassinated.




  • London, England, United Kingdom
    Monday May 11, 1812
    The palace of Westminster England

    Spencer Perceval assassinated

    London, England, United Kingdom
    Monday May 11, 1812

    The previous Palace of Westminster was also the site of a prime-ministerial assassination on 11 May 1812. While in the lobby of the House of Commons, on his way to a parliamentary inquiry, Spencer Perceval was shot and killed by a Liverpool merchant adventurer, John Bellingham. Perceval remains the only British Prime Minister to have been assassinated.




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