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Edward Despard

British army officer, ringleader of the Despard Plot

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Lived 1751–1803, aged 52United Kingdom
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    1751–1803
    Aged 52
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Updated 2026-08-19

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.

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