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A lawyer and friend of Pitt, he became Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1807 and Prime Minister from 1809 until 1812. While he had a conservative outlook on society, Perceval supported the progressive anti-slavery campaign led by William Wilberforce, even co-founding the African Institute which was set up in 1807 to safeguard the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act. On 11 May 1812, Perceval was shot dead in the lobby of the House of Commons by John Bellingham, a merchant with a grudge against the British government. Caught and condemned to death on 15 May, Bellingham was executed three days later. Perceval remains the only British Prime Minister to have been assassinated while in office.

National Portrait Gallery, London

London

Title

Spencer Perceval

Date

1812

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 139.7 x W 110.5 cm

Accession number

1031

Acquisition method

Bequeathed by the sitter's granddaughter, Miss Anna Jane Perceval, 1896. On long-term loan to the Royal Courts of Justice, London

Work type

Painting

National Portrait Gallery, London

St Martin’s Place, London, Greater London WC2H 0HE England

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Artist or maker

George Francis Joseph

1764–1846

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