John Felton

E418777

John Felton was a 17th-century English army officer best known for assassinating the powerful statesman George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, in 1628.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
John Felton canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English army officer ⓘ
assassin ⓘ
person ⓘ
associatedWith George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham ⓘ
King Charles I of England ⓘ
causeOfDeath hanging ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
countryOfMilitaryService Kingdom of England ⓘ
dateOfAssassination 1628-08-23 ⓘ
dateOfBirth c. 1595 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1628-11-29 ⓘ
familyName Felton ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
historicalPeriod 17th century ⓘ
legalStatus convicted murderer ⓘ
mannerOfDeath execution ⓘ
militaryBranch English Army ⓘ
notableEvent stabbed George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, at Portsmouth ⓘ
notableFor assassination of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham ⓘ
occupation army officer ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
participantIn Thirty Years' War ⓘ
perpetratorOf assassination of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham ⓘ
placeOfAssassination Portsmouth ⓘ
placeOfBirth England ⓘ
placeOfDeath London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
reasonForNotability killing a leading royal favourite of King Charles I ⓘ
religion Protestantism ⓘ
victim George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lord de Winter → relative → John Felton ⓘ
Anne de Breuil → relative → John Felton ⓘ
George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham → killedBy → John Felton ⓘ
subject linked to: 1st Duke of Buckingham