EuropeEvent

Execution of Lord Lovat

When: 1747
Where: Tower Hill
Episodes: 1

Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, was executed by beheading on Tower Hill, London, on 9 April 1747. Convicted of high treason for supporting the 1745 Jacobite rising, he was the last man in Britain to suffer this method of execution.

Episodes

9 April 1747 · Tower HillExecution on Tower Hill
Lovat was beheaded on Tower Hill on 9 April 1747, the last such execution in Britain.

Background and detail

Execution. On 9 April 1747, Lovat was executed by beheading on Tower Hill. He was the last man in Britain to be executed in this manner. His body was interred in St Peter ad Vincula, the chapel attached to the Tower of London.

People involved

Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat · Executed Jacobite peer

Sources

Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-21

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