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| NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Bellingham, John, 1770-1812 NRA: Bellingham, John (1771-1812) Merchant Assassin of Spencer Perceval DNB: Bellingham, John (1770-1812), assassin LBT ID: JoBelli1812 VIAF ID: 70515538 LOC ID: n88671658 | B/BAP: 1770 DIED: 1812-05-18 |
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The bankrupt tradesman who assassinated the prime minister Spencer Perceval in the House
of Commons 11 May 1812; unrepentant, he was tried and executed within a week. Byron
witnessed his execution. | |
REFERENCES TO John Bellingham: Thomas Creevey to Eleanor Creevey, 20 July 1811 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) John Herman Merivale to Francis Hodgson, [May 1812] in Memoir of Francis Hodgson 2 Vols (London: Macmillan and Co., 1878) Samuel Parr to an unnamed correspondent, [18? May 1812] in Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.;
with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Found 1:
¶ 1 Lord Byron to Thomas Moore, 20 May 1812 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Found 1:
¶ 1 Francis Freeling to William Jerdan [1817] in The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Found 1:
¶ 1 William Taylor to William Jerdan, [February 1817] in The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.;
with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch VII. 1812-1815 Found 1:
¶ 3 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter XII 1811-12 Found 1:
¶ 13 Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 12: Litigation Found 1:
¶ 1 James Thomas Hodgson, Memoir of Francis Hodgson 2 Vols (London: Macmillan and Co., 1878) Chapter XII. 1812-13. Found 1:
¶ Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904, Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891) Chapter IX. Found 1:
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