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Execution on Tower Hill
- When
- 9 April 1747
- Where
- Tower Hill
- Part of
- Execution of Lord Lovat
Lovat was beheaded on Tower Hill on 9 April 1747, the last such execution in Britain.
On 9 April 1747, many spectators arrived at Tower Hill for the execution. Lovat was beheaded, becoming the last man in Britain to be executed by this method. He was interred in St Peter ad Vincula.
Sources
- Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-21
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