# Edward Despard

> Edward Marcus Despard, an Irish officer of French descent in the service of the British Crown, gained notoriety as a colonial administrator for refusing to recognise race as a distinction in English law and, following his recall to London, as a republican conspirator. Despard's associations with the London Corresponding Society, the United Irishmen and United Britons led to his trial and execution in 1803 as the alleged ringleader of a plot to assassinate the King.

*British army officer, ringleader of the Despard Plot*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/edward-despard

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Activist
- **Category:** Activists
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1751
- **Died:** 1803-02-21
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 45.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.1 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 5.1 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 30.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Edward Despard](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Despard)
- [Edward Despard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Despard)
- [Edward Despard](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Despard)
- [Деспард, Эдуард](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%2C_%D0%AD%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4)
- [愛德華·德斯帕德](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%84%9B%E5%BE%B7%E8%8F%AF%C2%B7%E5%BE%B7%E6%96%AF%E5%B8%95%E5%BE%B7)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5342574)

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