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| | Biographies |
Aitken, Jonathan
Bellingham, John
Brudenell, James Thomas
Casement, Roger
Chaplin, Charles Spencer
Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer
Clive, Robert
Cope, John
Darling, Ralph
Elizabeth II
Hardy, Thomas
Jagger, Mick
Lloyd George, David
Mansfield, James
North, Frederick
Ponting, Clive
Richards, Keith
Tebbit, Norman
Thatcher, Margaret Hilda
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| | 1745 | Cope, John | |
| Sep Prestonpans Court Martialled after defeat at Prestonpans but later acquitted |
| 1772 | Clive, Robert | |
| London Defends himself in Parliament against charges of fraud in the East India Company |
| 1773 | North, Frederick | |
| London The British Government holds the HMS Gaspee trials in Great Britain |
| 1794 | Hardy, Thomas | |
| 6th Nov London The leader of the London Corresponding Society is acquitted of treason |
| 1812 | Bellingham, John | |
| May London Tried & hanged for the murder of Spencer Perceval |
| 1812 | Mansfield, James | |
| May London Tries John Bellingham for the murder of Spencer Perceval |
| 1835 | Darling, Ralph | |
| Exonerated from any blame for the Sudds & Thompson affair |
| 1841 | Brudenell, James Thomas | |
| Prosecuted for a duel with one of his own officers, but is acquitted |
| 1916 | Casement, Roger | |
| 29th June London Condemned to death for treason |
| 1918 | Lloyd George, David | |
| 5th Dec London Announces the Kaiser should be prosecuted by an international court |
| 1943 | Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 20th Oct London Allied agreement to set up UN Commission on War Crimes |
| 1945 | Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 8th Aug The international military tribunal charter is drawn up with 24 suspect war criminals |
| 1952 | Chaplin, Charles Spencer | |
| The Un-American Activities House Commitee forbids Chaplain entry into the USA |
| 1953 | Elizabeth II | |
| After a Nationalist court case the Queen can call herself Elizabeth II in Scotland |
| 1971 | Tebbit, Norman | |
| London Accuses the BEA of discrimination when it says it does not employ women pilots |
| 1972 | Jagger, Mick | |
| 1st Sep The Rolling Stones sue their former manager Alan Klein for 'falsely representing the group with intent to deceive' |
| 1977 | Richards, Keith | |
| 11th Jan London Tried for possession of cocaine |
| 1985 | Ponting, Clive | |
| Charged with leaking two documents about the sinking of the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano in the 1982 Falklands War |
| Had sent information to the Labour MP Tam Dalyell, last July but the jury finds this did not entail, "communicating information to an unauthorised person" |
| 1989 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 12th Dec London The Commons votes to prosecute war criminals |
| 1999 | Aitken, Jonathan | |
| 19th Jan Admits to perjury & perverting the course of justice |
| 8th June Sentenced to 18 months imprisonment for perjury |
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