The Cato Street Conspiracy

On February 23, 1820, a plot to murder all the British cabinet ministers was exposed and the conspirators arrested. The name for the secret organization, “The Cato Street Conspiracy,” came from the meeting place near Edgware Road in London where the conspirators conspired. An informer had tipped the police off, and the plotters fell into a trap. Thirteen were arrested, while one policeman, Richard Smithers, was killed. Five conspirators were executed; five others were transported to Australia.