What is Spencer Perceval?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = The Rt Hon Spencer Perceval |image = Spencer PercevalCE.jpg |order = [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] |term_start = 4 October 1809 |term_end = 11 May 1812 |predecessor = [[William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland|The Duke of Portland]] |successor = [[Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool|The Earl of Liverpool]] |birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1762|11|1}} |birth_place = [[Audley Square]], [[London]], [[England]] |death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1812|5|11|1762|11|1}} |death_place = Lobby of the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] |party = [[Tory]] |order2 = [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] |term_start2 = 26 March 1807 |term_end2 = 11 May 1812 |predecessor2 = [[Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne|Lord Henry Petty]] |successor2 = [[Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley|Nicholas Vansittart]] |}} [[File:Assassination of Spencer Perceval.jpg|thumb|250px|A painting depicting the assassination of Perceval. Perceval is lying on the ground while his killer John Bellingham is being caught by officials (far right)]] '''Spencer Perceval''' (1 November 1762 – 11 May 1812) was a [[British people|British]] statesman and [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]]. He is the only British Prime Minister to have been [[Assassination|assassinated]]. Perceval was the seventh son of [[John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont]] by his second wife. His father, a close friend of [[Frederick, Prince of Wales]] and [[George III of the United Kingdom|King George III]], had served in the [[Cabinet]] as [[Admiralty|First Lord of the Admiralty]]. Perceval was Prime Minister when [[William Wilberforce]] passed his Bill (law) ending the [[Slavery|slave]] trade. The Orders in Council against trade which Perceval had written in 1807 became unpopular. In the winter of 1811 the [[Luddite]] riots started. They were also a cause of the [[War of 1812]] with the [[United States of America]]. Perceval was f