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Albert Pierrepoint (/ ˈ p ɪər p ɔɪ n t / PEER-point; 30 March 1905 – 10 July 1992) was an English hangman who executed between 435 and 600 people in a 25-year career that ended in 1956. His father Henry and uncle Thomas were official hangmen before him.
Albert Pierrepoint (1905–1992) was the most prolific British hangman of the twentieth century, executing 434 men and women between 1932 and 1955. This table records the locations of each of the executions he participated in, the numbers in brackets being the number of executions he was assistant executioner at (often assisting his uncle, Thomas Pierrepoint), the other numbers are those in ...
Corbitt was born in Oldham.At the time of the murder of his mistress, Eliza Woods, he was a frequent customer in Pierrepoint’s pub "Help The Poor Struggler" (on Manchester Road, in the Hollinwood area of Oldham), sang with him round the piano and called him "Tosh" while Pierrepoint called him "Tish" (Tish and Tosh were, at that time, common nicknames used between people who were passing ...
Albert Pierrepoint (30 March 1905 – 10 July 1992) was a long-serving hangman in England. The main article for this category is Albert Pierrepoint . Subcategories
Pierrepoint is a 2005 British film directed by Adrian Shergold about the life of British executioner Albert Pierrepoint. The film premiered at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival [1] and was released in the UK on 7 April 2006. [2] In the United States, it had a limited theatrical release at three screens on 7 June 2007, grossing $21,766.
Pierrepoint later stated that the hanging "went very well. She said goodbye to the death cell officers – much better than I imagined." [ 8 ] Louisa May Merrifield was the fourth and last woman to be executed at Strangeways Prison [ 20 ] [ 21 ] and the third to last woman to be hanged in the UK. [ 8 ]
A welder in civilian life, Dernley was dubbed, albeit incorrectly, as also Albert Pierrepoint, "the last British hangman" (in fact, this title belongs jointly to Harry Allen and Robert Leslie Stewart). More accurately, Dernley was one of the last surviving hangmen, following the deaths of both Pierrepoint and Allen in 1992.
Albert Pierrepoint (1905–1992), British executioner Henry Pierrepoint (1877–1922), British executioner, father of Albert Thomas Pierrepoint (1870–1954), British executioner, brother of Henry