Age:
Sex: male
Crime: high treason
Date Of Execution: 21 Feb 1803
Execution Place: Horsemonger-Lane
Method: drawn & quartered
Executioner: unknown
Source: http://web.archive.org/web/20070624062456/http://www.fred.net/jefalvey/execute.h
Hung for High Treason
Theres a good write up on Executed Today http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/02/21/1803-edward-marcus-despard/
Colonel Despard was the governor of Belize.
There is a book about him that you can see here: http://mikejay.net/books/the-unfortunate-colonel-despard/
A Fuller account by Mike Jay can be seen here: http://mikejay.net/articles/edward-and-catherine-despard/
