Treason Collection (page 2)

Barnave / Jones
ANTOINE-PIERRE-JOSEPH-MARIE (1761 - 1793) French politician of the Revolutionary period, guillotined for treason Date: circa 1790

Antoine Pierre Joseph Marie Barnave
ANTOINE-PIERRE-JOSEPH-MARIE French politician of the Revolutionary period, guillotined for treason Date: circa 1790

John Frost (Read)
JOHN FROST Social reformer, leading Chartist, convicted of treason and exiled to Tasmania 1840 - 1854 Date: 1784 - 1877

John Frost / Chartist
JOHN FROST English reformer, leading member of the Chartist Movement, convicted of high treason and exiled to Tasmania from 1840 until 1854 Date: 1784 - 1877

Pichegru Arrested
General Pichegru is arrested on grounds of treason : he is deported to Cayenne but will escape : returning to France he plans a royalist rising but is betrayed and strangled. Date: September 1797

John O leary
JOHN O LEARY Irish political activist, member of the Fenian Brotherhood, convicted of treason in 1867 but survived for another 40 years. Date: 1830 - 1907

Colonel Maurel
COLONEL MAUREL French military officer, president of the Conseil de Guerre which conducted the first trial of Dreyfus, finding him guilty of treason. Date: CIRCA 1894

Chretien Malesherbes
CHRETIEN GUILLAUME de LAMOIGNON de MALESHERBES French lawyer and statesman, who defended Louis XVI so was of course accused of treason and guillotined. Date: 1721 - 1794

Armand De Kersaint
ARMAND GUI SIMON DE COETNEMPREN, comte de KERSAINT French naval commander, condemned by the revolutionary government for alleged treason. Date: 1742 - 1793

Queens Proclamation 1595
The Queens Proclamation against the Earl of Tyrone, Hugh O Neill for treason 1595 Date: 1595

16th century codes
Anthony Babingtons acknowledgement of ciphers used with Mary Queen of Scots, September 1586 Date: 1586

Treason of Arnold. Arnold persuades Andre to conceal the papers in his boot. Date c1874

Thomas Hardy, Bootmaker
THOMAS HARDY Scottish bootmaker and radical politician, imprisoned in the Tower and tried for treason but acquitted to popular acclaim. Seen at his trial. Date: 1752 - 1832

The Surrender of Metz; Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1
Illustration showing Marshal Francois Bazaines Army marching out as prisoners of war at the surrender of Metz during the Franco-Prussian War

Saying what they think of treason at home
Irish soldiers are depicted fighting on the Western front during the First World War, leaving their trenches and charging the enemy

Herault De Sechelles
MARIE-JEAN HERAULT DE SECHELLES - French lawyer, writer and revolutionary statesman who made the wrong moves and was guillotined for alleged treason

aRON BURR (1756 - 1836)
aRON BURR American political leader. Vice president of the United States (1801-5). Tried for treason in 1807. Date: 1756 - 1836

Dreyfus in Prison / 1895
Dreyfus in prison after being found guilty of treason by a court-martial and having his rank publicly stripped

Thomas Seymour
THOMAS, LORD SEYMOUR Baron of Sudeley. A diplomat who tried to marry off both Elizabeth and Lady Jane Grey, leading to a charge of treason

Richard II & Appeal
Richard II and the Appeal of Treason

Court Martial of Dreyfus
Captain Alfred Dreyfus before his court martial for treason: papers giving secret information to the Germans had been found and Dreyfus was made a scape-goat

The Five Members
THE FIVE MEMBERS Charles enters Parliament and demands the five members he accuses of treason; this high handed action (which is refused) precipitates the war

Irish Idol Cartoon 1869
THE IRISH IDOL Anti-Irish cartoon depicting the Irish people worshipping the M.P. O Donovan Rossa as an idol of treason

Roger Casements Trial
Roger Casement looking remarkably relaxed during his trial for treason. He was found guilty and hanged as a traitor. Fellow traitor Julian Bailey is to his left

Dickens / Tale of 2 Cities
Sydney Carton - lawyer who gets a charge of treason reversed for Charles Darnay due to a strong physical resemblance; he takes Darneys place at the guillotine

Robert Earl Oxford
ROBERT HARLEY, earl of OXFORD statesman, impeached for treason but acquitted. with his autograph

Carrying the Guy
Please to remember the fifth of November, The Gunpowder treason plot; I see no reason why Gunpowder treason, should ever be forgot. A stick and a stake for Victorias sake!

Bourbon Trial
Francois I suspects Charles, connetable de Bourbon, of treason, and confiscates his estates : Bourbon escapes and enters service of Carl V

DUC D ORLEANS (-1793)
Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d ORLEANS (known as Philippe Egalite ) despite his revolutionary sympathies, he was guillotined for supposed treason

Ireland / Seizing Fzgerald
The arrest of Lord Edward Fitzgerald for high treason

LOUIS RIEL Canadian rebel, sought to set up provisional government opposing Dominion of Canada, captured and hanged for treason

Eleanor of Gloucester
Eleanor Cobham, Duchess of Gloucester, accused of practising magic to help her husband Humphrey to the throne, does public penance in the streets of London

Charles I / Five Members
Charles I attempts to seize the Five Members whom he had accused of treason

Richard II overseeing an Appeal of Treason
King Richard II overseeing an Appeal of Treason. This process was used three times during Richards reign, the first one being in November 1387, when the Duke of Gloucester

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