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Perceval

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Perceval [ˈpɜːsɪvəl]
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(Biographies / Perceval, Spencer (1762-1812) M, British, POLITICS: statesman, POLITICS: prime minister) Spencer. 1762-1812, British statesman; prime minister (1809-12); assassinated


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1812: British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval was shot dead by a bankrupt broker, John Bellingham.
1812: British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval was shot dead by a bankrupt broker, John Bellingham, as he entered the House of Commons.
Dr Hanrahan begins his story of the only occasion on which a Prime Minister has been murdered with an account of Bellingham's assassination of the Prime Minister, Spencer Perceval on 11 May 1812 and his subsequent arrest by officials of the House of Commons.
 
 
 
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