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The assassination of a Prime Minister

On May 11th 1812, the British Prime Minister, Spencer Perceval, was killed in the House of Commons.

His assassin was businessman called John Bellingham who believed the government was responsible for his financial difficulties.

Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images.

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