Which British Prime Minister did John Bellingham assassinate in 1812?
John Bellingham John Bellingham John Bellingham (176918 May 1812) was the assassin of British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval. Bellingham's early life is largely unknown, and most post-assassination biographies included speculation as fact. Recollections of family and friends show that Bellingham was born in St Neots, Huntingdonshire, and brought up in London, where he was apprenticed to a jeweller, James Love, at age fourteen. Two years later, he went as a midshipman on the maiden voyage of the "Hartwell" from Gravesend to China. A mutiny took place on 22 May 1787, which led to the ship running aground and sinking. In early 1794,
John Bellingham justice, and grant audience when it is asked of them." A subscription was raised for the widow and children of Bellingham, and "their fortune was ten times greater than they could ever have expected in any other circumstances". His widow remarried the following year. Bellingham's skull was preserved at Barts Pathology Museum. In September 2009 the St Neots Local History Society erected a plaque on Bellingham House in St Neots. The house, on the corner of Huntingdon Street and Cambridge Street, is said to be the birthplace of Bellingham. John Bellingham John Bellingham (176918 May 1812) was the assassin of