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Jeremiah Brandreth

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British activist

Lived 1785 to 1817 · aged 32
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Jeremiah Brandreth was an out-of-work stocking maker, living in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, who was executed for treason after being convicted of plotting to overthrow the Government of the United Kingdom.

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Jeremiah Brandreth was an out-of-work stocking maker, living in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, who was executed for treason after being convicted of plotting to overthrow the Government of the United Kingdom. He and two others, who were known as the Pentrich martyrs, were the last people to be beheaded by an axe in an execution in Britain.

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Lived 1785 to 1817 · aged 32
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