Arthur Thistlewood

Arthur Thistlewood (1774–1 May 1820) was an English radical activist and conspirator in the Cato Street Conspiracy. He planned to murder the cabinet of the UK parliament, however a spy interrupted the plan and he was apprehended with 12 other conspirators. He killed a policeman during the raid. He was executed for treason.

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