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Friday, April 09, 2010

Last beheading in England

On April 9, 1747, Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, became the last man to be beheaded in England when he was executed on Tower Hill for his part in the Highland rising of 1745.

Lord Lovat

Learn more about the legal history and practice of beheading.


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