Reconstructed view, Tower of London, 1750

Reconstructed view of Tower Hill, showing, in the distance, the execution of Lord Lovat in 1747. The execution of Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat was the last public beheading to take place in Britain. Lovat was executed, at the age of 80, for his part in the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745

1745 1747 1750 Beheading Executed Jacobite Lovat Reconstructed

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