News On This Day In History: Simon Fraser – The Last Man In Britain To Be Executed On Tower Green, London – On Apr 9, 1747 AncientPages.com | April 9, 2017 AncientPages.com - On April 9, 1747, the Scottish Jacobite Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, became the last man in Britain to be publicly beheaded at Tower Hill, London. The last Read More