What is recorded here
Violet Gibson was born in County Dublin, Ireland, in 1876, the daughter of Lord Ashbourne. She attempted to assassinate Mussolini in Rome in 1926, but a misfire and police intervention ended the danger before she faced a court. She spent her remaining years in an English psychiatric hospital, carrying the weight of that single failed act long after the world stopped discussing it.
Why this person is known: Irish aristocrat noted for shooting Mussolini (1876–1956)
- Birthplace
- Dublin
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