Edward Oxford (1822–1900) was an English man who made an assassination attempt on Queen Victoria in 1840. 
After losing a series of jobs in pubs due to erratic and violent behaviour, he bought two pistols and 
fired twice at the queen and her husband, Prince Albert; neither shot hit anyone. Charged with high treason,
 he was found by a jury to be not guilty by reason of insanity, and was detained at Bethlem Royal Hospital 
and Broadmoor Hospital. Offered exile in 1867, he settled in Melbourne,