Cato Street Conspiracy

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The Cato Street Conspiracy was an 1820 plot by radical revolutionaries in London to assassinate British cabinet ministers and spark an uprising against the government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf assassination plot ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
revolutionary conspiracy ⓘ
arrestingForce Bow Street Runners ⓘ
Coldstream Guards ⓘ
coordinateLocation 51.518°N 0.167°W ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
endTime 1820-02-23 ⓘ
faction Spencean Philanthropists ⓘ
followedBy trials at the Old Bailey ⓘ
goal assassination of British cabinet ministers ⓘ
overthrow of the British government ⓘ
spark a popular uprising ⓘ
hasCause discontent following the Peterloo Massacre ⓘ
economic hardship after the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
radical opposition to the British government ⓘ
hasEffect public debate over use of government agents provocateurs ⓘ
strengthening of repressive legislation against radicals ⓘ
ideology radical republicanism ⓘ
revolutionary egalitarianism ⓘ
infiltratedBy George Edwards ⓘ
government informers ⓘ
killedInEvent Richard Smithers ⓘ
legalCharge conspiracy to murder cabinet ministers ⓘ
high treason ⓘ
location Cato Street, London ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

West End of London ⓘ
namedAfter Cato Street ⓘ
opponent British government ⓘ
linked to: UK government

Home Office ⓘ
Lord Liverpool ministry ⓘ
organizer Arthur Thistlewood ⓘ
outcome arrest of conspirators ⓘ
execution of leaders ⓘ
plot foiled by government agents ⓘ
transportation of some conspirators ⓘ
participant Arthur Thistlewood ⓘ
Edward Despard junior (Edward Cooper) is sometimes associated in accounts ⓘ
James Ings ⓘ
John Brunt ⓘ
Richard Tidd ⓘ
William Davidson ⓘ
partOf British radical movement in the early 19th century ⓘ
plannedTarget British Prime Minister and senior ministers ⓘ
British cabinet ⓘ
Lord Liverpool ⓘ
pointInTime 1820 ⓘ
significance one of the last major plots for violent revolution in Britain ⓘ
used to justify government repression of radicals ⓘ
significantEvent raid on the Cato Street loft ⓘ
startTime 1820-02-23 ⓘ

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Lord Liverpool ministry → significantEvent → Cato Street Conspiracy ⓘ
Liverpool ministry → significantEvent → Cato Street Conspiracy ⓘ
Cato Street Conspiracy → namedAfter → Cato Street ⓘ
linked to: Cato Street Conspiracy
1820 United Kingdom general election → relatedEvent → Cato Street Conspiracy ⓘ
Cato Street, London → notableFor → Cato Street Conspiracy ⓘ
Cato Street, London → hasHistoricalEvent → Cato Street Conspiracy ⓘ
Arthur Thistlewood → knownFor → Cato Street conspiracy ⓘ
linked to: Cato Street Conspiracy
Arthur Thistlewood → leaderOf → Cato Street conspirators ⓘ
linked to: Cato Street Conspiracy
Arthur Thistlewood → participantIn → Cato Street plot ⓘ
linked to: Cato Street Conspiracy
James Ings → participatedIn → Cato Street plot ⓘ
linked to: Cato Street Conspiracy
James Ings → associatedWith → Cato Street conspirators ⓘ
linked to: Cato Street Conspiracy
William Davidson → notableEvent → Cato Street conspiracy ⓘ
linked to: Cato Street Conspiracy
William Davidson → associatedWith → Cato Street conspirators ⓘ
linked to: Cato Street Conspiracy
Spencean Philanthropists → involvedIn → Cato Street Conspiracy ⓘ
Richard Smithers → associatedWith → Cato Street Conspiracy ⓘ
Richard Tidd → participatedIn → Cato Street conspiracy ⓘ
linked to: Cato Street Conspiracy
Richard Tidd → knownFor → Cato Street plot ⓘ
linked to: Cato Street Conspiracy
Richard Tidd → executedFor → Cato Street conspiracy ⓘ
linked to: Cato Street Conspiracy
Richard Tidd → associatedWithEvent → Cato Street plot of 1820 ⓘ
linked to: Cato Street Conspiracy
Richard Tidd → associatedWith → Cato Street conspirators ⓘ
linked to: Cato Street Conspiracy
John Brunt → participantIn → Cato Street Conspiracy ⓘ
George Edwards → participatedIn → Cato Street Conspiracy ⓘ