You might not have heard of John Bellingham but you may think of him as the British equivalent weight to John Wilkes Booth , the man who assassinate President Abraham Lincoln . Bellingham is the only soul to have assassinated a British Prime Minister ( PM ) – a law-breaking he was hung and then anatomize for , as was stock practice at the clock time . Now , thanks to the efforts of forensic artist Hew Morrison , he has been givena second lease of life .
Unlike Wilkes Booth , a Confederate - sympathiser react to the abolition of slavery , Bellingham ’s score against the postmortem examination was personal . expect in 1776 to a folk in St Neots , Huntingdon ( now Cambridgeshire),Bellinghamwent on to become a not - so - successful man of affairs .
Events conduct a turn for the tough when he was contain Russia in 1803 for failing to refund his debts , allegation that were later deteriorate . During his 6 - year spell in custody , his business go belly - up , he was left bankrupt , and his anger turned toward the British government who he claim had abandoned him .
Returning to Britain , Bellingham began an arduous campaign lobby politician in Westminster and demand remuneration . He was repeatedly told he had no just earth of title . And so , increasingly bitter , he made one last trip to the Houses of Parliament . On May 11 , 1812 , he seat and waited for then Prime Minister , Spencer Perceval , in the lobby . He hit him in the dresser with a gun enshroud inside a secret coat pocket .
Bellingham was hung and his soundbox sent to The Royal College of Surgeons for anatomization . Now , his skull is hold in the Queen Mary Pathology Museum in London .
To recreate his nerve , Morrison ( also responsible for for the facial Reconstruction Period of a3,700 - year - older Highlander foretell Ava ) used Bellingham ’s skull and a database containing high - res image of middle - aged men of European bloodline . The underlying anatomy of the skull and facial muscles offer a blueprint for each facial feature . Morrison then used computer software to blend it all together .
" I found the skull to be rather unusual looking , with quite a bellying cranium and obtrusive asymmetry of the mentum , " Morrison state in astatement .
" John Bellingham would have had a long , narrow , slightly downturned olfactory organ . This was apparent when I saw the skull as the os nasale aperture was indeed quite significant in length with a down nasal spine . "
tomentum , cutis , and eye people of color could not be determined from the skull alone and so Morrison used courtroom sketch to ensure his coloring and hair style as accurate as potential . As far as facial manifestation is concerned , Morrison settled for something impersonal , saying : " Despite committing the offence that he was found guilty of and later on do for , I did not palpate the need to make him look defective or intend in any way . "
Perhaps moderately ironically dedicate Bellingham ’s notorious report , one of his descendantswent on to follow a career in political relation . Can you tell apart the familial resemblance ?
