John Bellingham

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John Bellingham
Bellingham in the Newgate Calendar, 1812
Born	c. 1769 St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England
Died	18 May 1812(1812-05-18) (aged 42–43) London, England
Cause of death	Execution by hanging
Resting place	Dissected, skull preserved at Barts Pathology Museum
Citizenship	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Occupation	Merchant
Criminal status	Executed by hanging
Spouse	Mary Neville ​ (m. 1803)​
Motive	see Notes
Conviction(s)	Assassination of Spencer Perceval
Criminal charge	Murder
Penalty	Death by hanging
Notes
Robinson (2013, p. 31): "The motive was Bellingham's groundless claim that the Crown owed him money for time he had served in a Russian prison while Perceval had been Chancellor of the Exchequer."

John Bellingham (c. 1769 – 18 May 1812) was an English merchant and perpetrator of the 1812 murder of Spencer Perceval, the only British prime minister to be assassinated.