EPISODE · Sep 14, 2026 · 14 MIN

The Assassination of Prime Minister Spencer Perceval

from The Proper British History Podcast: Kings, Queens, Wars, Empire, Politics, Revolutions, Royalty and the Historical Great Britain · host Podily

On 11 May 1812, the Prime Minister of Great Britain was shot by John Bellingham in a hallway outside the House of Commons. The episode traces how a merchant’s financial grievance escalated into Britain's only parliamentary murder, what contemporary evidence tells us about motive, and why historians treat it as an isolated event rather than a constitutional turning point. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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