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He was also an assistant executioner in 1900. After his father died in December 1901, William became the principal executioner for England. He was at first assisted by his older brother Thomas and then by his younger brother John, [2] along with Henry Pierrepoint. He was a small celebrity during this period among the populace, many of whom ...
Margaret Waters (1835–1870), otherwise known as Willis, [1] was an English murderer hanged by executioner William Calcraft on 11 October 1870 at Horsemonger Lane Gaol (also known as Surrey County Gaol) in London. Waters was born in 1835 and lived in Brixton. [2]
September 16, 1828 (executioner executed January 19, 1829) slave Felício (nicknamed: "Farinha Sêca") February 4, 1832 slave Francisco: April 5, 1838 (executioner executed September 5, 1838) nicknamed "Macota" active in 1844
Robert Baxter (executioner) James Berry (executioner) James Billington (executioner) John Billington (executioner) Thomas Billington (executioner) William Billington; Bartholomew Binns; Solomon Blay; James Botting; Richard Brandon; George Brown (executioner)
William Willis (September 8, 1893 – July 1968) was an American sailor and writer who is famous due to his solo rafting expeditions across oceans. Early years
William Calcraft (11 October 1800 – 13 December 1879) was a 19th-century English hangman, one of the most prolific of British executioners. It is estimated in his 45-year career he carried out 450 executions.
William Willis (sailor) (1893–1968), rafter and adventurer William Hailey Willis (1916–2000), American classicist William S. Willis (1921–1983), ethnohistorian and pioneer in African American anthropology
Executioner: William Marwood (1818 [1] – 4 September 1883) was a British state hangman. He developed the technique of hanging known as the "long drop". Early life