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Spencer Perceval KC (1 November 1762 – 11 May 1812) was a British statesman and barrister who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1809 until his assassination in May 1812. He is the only British prime minister to have been assassinated, and the only solicitor-general or attorney-general to have become prime ...
Spencer Perceval (Londra, 1º novembre 1762 – Westminster, 11 maggio 1812) è stato un politico inglese. Ha fatto parte del Partito Tory. Ricopri il ruolo di Primo ministro del Regno Unito dal 4 ottobre 1809 all'11 maggio 1812, l'unico ad essere stato assassinato mentre era in carica.
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.
9 mag 2024 · Spencer Perceval (born Nov. 1, 1762, London, Eng.—died May 11, 1812, London) was a lawyer, politician, and British prime minister from 1809 until his assassination in 1812. The second son of the 2nd Earl of Egmont, Perceval was educated at Harrow and at Trinity College, Cambridge.
4 mar 2022 · Biography. Spencer Perceval enjoys the unfortunate distinction of being the only British Prime Minister to die at the hands of an assassin. His political career coincided with a period of...
27 apr 2024 · Spencer Perceval, statesman and Prime Minister 1809-1812, has a memorial in the nave of Westminster Abbey. It sits on a window ledge and is by sculptor Sir Richard Westmacott. Perceval was shot and killed on 11st May 1812 in the lobby of the House of Commons by John Bellingham, a bankrupt man with a grievance against the Government ...
In his book The Assassination of the Prime Minister David Hanrahan gives a vividly detailed account of that sunny Monday afternoon in May when at about a quarter past five the 49-year-old Spencer Perceval entered the lobby of the House of Commons on his way into the chamber.
