When was the last time the brittish monarchy allowed anyone to be beheaded, legally?

Question

When was the last time the brittish monarchy allowed anyone to be beheaded, legally?

Answer 1

Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat (c. 1667 – April 9, 1747, London), Scottish Jacobite, chief of Clan Fraser, was famous for his violent feuding and his changes of allegiance. In 1715, he had been a supporter of the House of Hanover, but in 1745 he changed sides and supported the Stuart claim on the crown of Scotland. Lovat was among the Highlanders defeated at the Battle of Culloden and convicted of treason against the Crown. He was the last man in Britain to be beheaded on Tower Hill, London.

Answer 2

On April 9, 1747, Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, became the last man to be beheaded in England when he was executed on Tower Hill for his part in the Highland rising of 1745.

Answer 3

Charles Radcliff in the 1700's.  Beheaded for taking part in a Jacobite Rebellion.  There is a fiction book that deals with this subject:  Devil Water by Anya Seyton

Answer 4

As others have stated Simon Fraser, the Lord Lovat was the last man beheaded for treason in England on 9th April 1745 after the failure of the Jacobite rebellion. Such was the popularity of the beheading of such an infamous individual that the city Alderman erected a set of tiered stands for the crowds of people to get on to be able to see the event on Tower Green.

As Lord Lovat was marched up to the scaffold a huge roar was let out by the crowd and many on the tiered stand lent forward to see him; at which point the stand collapsed killing 27 and injuring over 100. Lovat found this hilarious and could not control his laughter as he knelt before the executioner.

Hence we have the phrase laughing your head / block off.