Great Britain
- For those before 1 May 1707, see England and Scotland. For those convicted on or after 1 January 1801, see United Kingdom
- Archibald Cameron of Locheil, for his part in the 1745 Jacobite rising
- Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, for his part in the 1745 Jacobite rising
- William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale, for supporting the Jacobite Rebellion of 1715
- Thomas Paine, for publishing anti-British revolutionary literature
- Charles Radclyffe, for supporting the Jacobite Rebellion of 1715
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Famous quotes containing the word britain:
“When Britain first, at Heaven’s command,
Arose from out the azure main,
This was the charter of her land,
And guardian angels sung the strain:
Rule, Britannia! Britannia rules the waves!
Britons never shall be slaves.”
—James Thomson (1700–1748)
“The only reason I might go to the funeral is to make absolutely sure that he’s dead.”
—“An Eminent Editor” Of Press Baron. Quoted in Anthony Sampson, Anatomy of Britain Today, ch. 9 (1965)