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Há 1 dia · Though there have been other attempts over the years (such as the Irish Republican Army’s attempt to kill Margaret Thatcher in 1984), Spencer Perceval remains the only British prime minister to have been assassinated. What’s surprising, therefore, is how few people in Britain have heard of Prime Minister Perceval.
Há 1 dia · Peel made his maiden speech at the start of the 1810 session, when he was chosen by prime minister Spencer Perceval to second the reply to the king's speech. His speech was a sensation, famously described by the Speaker, Charles Abbot, as "the best first speech since that of William Pitt".
Há 3 dias · Peninsular War. The Peninsular War (1807–1814) was the military conflict fought in the Iberian Peninsula by Spain, Portugal, and the United Kingdom against the invading and occupying forces of the First French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. In Spain, it is considered to overlap with the Spanish War of Independence.
Há 4 dias · Downing Street—though for a century and a half the name was almost synonymous with the existing administration—has become almost entirely a thing of the past; for though two or three of the houses which were so familiar to Spencer Perceval, George Canning, and Lord Liverpool are still standing at the farther end, yet most of ...
Há 1 dia · The Napoleonic Wars began with the War of the Third Coalition, which was the first of the Coalition Wars against the First French Republic after Napoleon's accession as leader of France. Britain ended the Treaty of Amiens, declaring war on France in May 1803.
Há 5 dias · Audley Square—as it is the fashion to style a few dull, heavy, substantial houses which recede a little from the road on the eastern side of South Audley Street, just above Chesterfield House—scarcely deserves a separate notice, but may be regarded as a part of South Audley Street; and the only fact recorded in its annals is, that Mr. Spencer Perceval, the premier, whose assassination we ...
Há 4 dias · Under an Act of 1808 the estate, described as the mansion called Elm Grove and 35 a., was sold to Spencer Perceval (1762-1812), prime minister, on whose assassination it was held by his widow Jane, who later married Sir Henry Carr.
