Westminster Hall during the Trial of Lord Lovat

Westminster Hall during the Trial of Lord Lovat

ID: QZP40_569_P339 DESCRIPTION: Lord Lovat was captured in June 1746 and tried in London for his part in the Jacobite Uprising of 1745. The trial began between 11.00 and 12.00 each day and had to finish at 6.00 p.m. as it was impossible to light Westminster Hall. The trial lasted several days and Lord Lovat was found guilty of High Treason and sentenced to death. He was beheaded on Tower Hill on 9th April 1747. He was the last person to be beheaded there. This illustration can be found in vol 1 of 'Historical Papers Relating to the Jacobite Period 1699-1750', edited by Colonel James Allardyce LL.D and printed in Aberdeen for the New Spalding Club. The Spalding Club was an antiquarian society founded and named after John Spalding, a lawyer and Commissary Clerk of Aberdeen during the reign of Charles I PLACENAME: Westminster Hall, London DATE OF IMAGE: 1895 PERIOD: 1740s SOURCE: Highland Libraries COLLECTION: Fraser Mackintosh Collection (illustrations) Asset ID: 31298 KEYWORDS: