Georgian Delights: Talk - ‘The Diabolical Cato Street Plot’

£3 (free concessions)

1 hour

On the evening of 23 February 1820, Bow Street Runners entered a hayloft in Cato Street, London, to arrest a group of armed conspirators who were planning to assassinate the British cabinet at a dinner in Grosvenor Square. Exhibition curator Dr Richard Gaunt re-considers the Cato Street Conspiracy, by uncovering its motivation, history and consequences.