Spencer Perceval
19th-century prime minister of the United Kingdom (1762-1812) · United Kingdom · On the map · Politicians · Died at 49
Spencer Perceval was a British statesman and barrister who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1809 until his assassination in May 1812. He is the only British prime minister to have been assassinated, and the only solicitor-general or attorney-general to have become prime minister.
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Perceval's early childhood was spent at Charlton House (pictured)
Jane Perceval (née Wilson) by Vigée Le Brun, 1804
Engraving of the British House of Commons, 1808
Sketch for a Prime Minister by Samuel De Wilde in The Satirist, 1811
Artist's impression of Perceval's assassination, 11 May 1812
Memorial to Spencer Perceval in St Luke's Church, Charlton, where he was buried
Memorial to Perceval in Westminster Abbey
