The Despard Plot
Lambeth, London
Colonel Edward Despard had served alongside Nelson, who spoke for him at his trial. In 1802 he was arrested at a Lambeth pub and accused of planning to assassinate George III and seize the Tower and the Bank of England.
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- When
- 1802
- Where
- 51.4950, -0.1150
- Group
- Plots
Visiting
The plot was hatched in pubs around Lambeth, near today's Lambeth North.
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