Russell Crowe says he is descendant of last man executed by beheading in England

Actor says ancestry research shows he is related to the 11th Lord Lovat, who died at Tower of London in 1747

Russell Crowe has claimed to be directly related to the last man to be beheaded while alive in England – a Jacobite who lived a life of “devious intrigue”.

Writing on X, the New Zealand-born actor said research into his ancestry had revealed he was related to Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, who was executed aged 80 in 1747 at the Tower of London for high treason.