Historedia
Episode 4 of 4

Perceval's burial and commemoration

When
16 May 1812
Where
St Luke's Church, Charlton, London
Part of
Assassination of Spencer Perceval

Perceval was buried on 16 May 1812 in the Egmont vault at St Luke's Church, Charlton; an anonymous 1812 poem mourned the 'martyr'd statesman'.

Perceval was buried on 16 May 1812 in the Egmont vault at St Luke's Church, Charlton, London. The regard in which he was held by his peers was made evident in an anonymous 1812 poem, 'Universal Sympathy, or, The Martyr'd Statesman'. He remains the sole British prime minister to have been assassinated, and the only solicitor-general or attorney-general to have become prime minister.

Sources

  1. Spencer Perceval Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-13
  2. Assassination of Spencer Perceval Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-21

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