Explore the Parliamentary collections for documents and images about the assassination of Prime Minister Spencer Perceval in May 1812 which took place in the lobby of the old House of Commons.
The victim: Spencer Perceval
Letters Patent and writ relating to Spencer Perceval
The assassin: John Bellingham
Assassination
Reaction of the House of Lords to the assassination
Financial provision for Spencer Perceval's family
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