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Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jun 04, 1842

Page

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Diabolical Queen Assassination Attempt Across Constitution Hill

A violent attempt on the Queen’s life occurred as she rode home from an afternoon drive. A gun discharged near Buckingham Palace but caused no injury, aided by the quick actions of a soldier and police. The suspected assailant was detained at the palace lodge and later questioned, while public figures and crowds expressed loyalty and relief.

Oxford Constitution-hill Palace Trance Scotch Fusilier Guards Arbuthnot Col. Wylde Buckingham Palace Prince Albert Palace Lodge Russell A Division Gardner’s Lane Hughes Dorn Constitution Hill Gardner’s-lane Home Office Count Mensdorf Duchess of Kent Clarence-house St. James’s Sarah Royal Duke of Cambridge George of Cambridge Queennager Duke of Sussex Baron Gersdorff Duke of Beaufort Marquis of Downshire Granville Someret Henry Wheatley East Palace Pearson Stames Apathy Morning Chronicle James Graham Peter Laurie Augustus Murray Messrs Dousbery and Murray Mr. Murray Sir James Graham Sir James Col. Rowan Hall Bow-street Francis C. Murray Lady Portman Lord Portman House of Lords W. Lascelles House of Commons Chapel Royal Eer Saxe Meiningen Mensdorf Bouverie Her Wylde Constitution Hill Piccadilly Apsley-house Hyde-park Hyde Park

Atrocious Attempt on Her Majesty Sparks Parliament Ad

A would be assassin fired a pistol at Queen Victoria as she rode home from Buckingham Palace. The would be regicide, John Francis, a 20 year old carpenter with ties to Covent Garden theatre, was captured. Ministers, the privy council, and Parliament prepared swift formal responses and adjourned amid widespread public concern.

John Francis Oxford Covent-garden Theatre Tottenlans Court-Road Titchfield-street Marylebone Foster William Elam Mortimer Streat Great Titchfield-street Francis Elam Mr. Foster Oxford-street Constitution-hill St. Ann's Mark Russell Great St. Andrew Seven Dials Covent-garden Russell Scotland-yard Gardiner’s Lane Her Home Office Mr. Francis Mr. Russell Tothill Fields Tracy Oxford-market Covent Garden Theatre Newgate J. Graham Home Secretary Partridge Fearce Bethlem Titchfield Street Good Nicar Gardner’s Lane Her Majesty Commons R. Peel Ministry Privy Council James Graham House of Commons Robert Peel Duke of Wellington Lord Stanley Earl of Haddington Earl of Jersey Emiel Hazasfald Hall Arbuthnot Wailing Trance No. 100 Pearce Buckingham Palace Tothillfields Bridewell Whitehall Parliament Street Kingstreet Tothill-fields Lord Aberdeen Argyll-street J. Guest Lieut. Tracy Tothill-street Prison Graham House of Jordante Edward Knatchbull Lord Fitzgerald Duke of Smith London Birmingham Covent Garden Crown Maule Weoauibonitis Sydney Taylor Eet Monettie Victoria R James Robert George Graham Home Department Sir Robert Peel St. James's Park Central Criminal Court Lords Earl of Shaftesbury Duke of Richmond Campbell, Brougham Belove F. Baring Mr. Baring Mr. C. Wood Teasots Dorsetshire J. Russell R. Pee Gladstone The Times House of Lords James Murray Prince Regent Prince Consort Buckingham-house Marquess of Lansdowne Lord Portmas Lord Brougham Marquis of Lansdowne England Duke of Cambridge Lord Privy Seal Marquis Normandy Lord Wharncliffe Exchequer Earl of Lincoln Henry Hardinge Lord Eliot Lord Ashley Advocate Lord Granville Somerset Viscount Mahon R. H. Inglis George Clerk George Cockburn John Russell R. Feel

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