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Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Spencer Perceval, prime minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, was shot and killed in the lobby of the House of Commons in London, at about 5.15 pm on Monday 11 May 1812. His assailant was John Bellingham, a Liverpool merchant with a grievance against the government. Bellingham was detained and, four days after the murder, was tried, convicted and sentenced to death. He was hanged at Newgate Prison on 18 May 1812.Perceval had led the Tory government since 1809, during a critical phase of the Napoleonic Wars. His determination to prosecute the war using the harshest of measures caused widespread poverty and unrest on the home front; thus the news of his death was a cause of rejoicing in the most affected parts of the country. Despite short-term fears that the act might lead to a general uprising, it transpired that Bellingham had acted alone, protesting the government's decision not to compensate him for his treatment a few years previously, when he had been imprisoned in Russia for a trading debt. Bellingham's lack of remorse and apparent certainty in the justice of his action raised questions about his sanity, but at his trial he was judged to be legally responsible for his actions.After Perceval's death, parliament made generous provision to his widow and children, and approved the erection of monuments. Thereafter his ministry was soon forgotten, his policies reversed, and he is generally best known for the manner of his death rather than for his achievements. Later historians have accepted that Bellingham's hasty trial and execution were travesties of justice. The possibility that he was acting within a conspiracy, on behalf a consortium of Liverpool traders hostile to Perceval's economic policies, is the subject of a 2012 study."@en }

• Assassination_of_Spencer_Perceval abstract "Spencer Perceval, prime minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, was shot and killed in the lobby of the House of Commons in London, at about 5.15 pm on Monday 11 May 1812. His assailant was John Bellingham, a Liverpool merchant with a grievance against the government. Bellingham was detained and, four days after the murder, was tried, convicted and sentenced to death. He was hanged at Newgate Prison on 18 May 1812.Perceval had led the Tory government since 1809, during a critical phase of the Napoleonic Wars. His determination to prosecute the war using the harshest of measures caused widespread poverty and unrest on the home front; thus the news of his death was a cause of rejoicing in the most affected parts of the country. Despite short-term fears that the act might lead to a general uprising, it transpired that Bellingham had acted alone, protesting the government's decision not to compensate him for his treatment a few years previously, when he had been imprisoned in Russia for a trading debt. Bellingham's lack of remorse and apparent certainty in the justice of his action raised questions about his sanity, but at his trial he was judged to be legally responsible for his actions.After Perceval's death, parliament made generous provision to his widow and children, and approved the erection of monuments. Thereafter his ministry was soon forgotten, his policies reversed, and he is generally best known for the manner of his death rather than for his achievements. Later historians have accepted that Bellingham's hasty trial and execution were travesties of justice. The possibility that he was acting within a conspiracy, on behalf a consortium of Liverpool traders hostile to Perceval's economic policies, is the subject of a 2012 study.".