British hangmen 1800 - 1964

 

 

Post 1868 known execution statistics

Name

Born

Lived in

Died

Years in office

Outcome

Hangings as principal

Hangings as assistant

As 2nd assistant

Total

Aird, James

1776

Ayr Scotland

09/08/1823

8

Died

 

 

 

5

Allen, Alfred

17/11/1888

Wolverhampton

 

9

 

3

14

0

17

Allen, Harry Bernard

5/11/1911

Denaby Yorks.

14/08/1992

23

Abolition

29

44

9

82

Allen, Herbert

 

Wolverhampton

 

1

Sacked

0

6

6

12

Archer, Alfred

 

Dewsbury

 

0

 

0

1

0

1

Armstrong,

 

Newport Mons.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Askern, Thomas

1816

Maltby Yorks.

6/12/1878

24

 

5

0

0

5

Barlow, Edward

1736

Lancaster

9/12/1812

31

Died

 

 

 

 

Baxter, Robert Orridge

1877

Hertford

1961

20

 

44

47

6

97

Berry, James

8/2/1852

Bradford

21/10/1913

8

Sacked

130

0

0

130

Billington, James

Mar-1847

Bolton

13/12/1901

17

Died

151

0

0

151

Billington, John

Early 1880

Bolton

27/28/10/1905

4

Died

16

26

2

44

Billington, Thomas

Early 1873

Bolton

10/01/1902

4

Died

0

20

0

20

Billington, William

1875

Bolton

March 1934

6

Sacked

68

20

0

88

Binns, Bartholomew

c1839

Wakefield

3/11/1911

18

Sacked

11

4

0

15

Botting, James

 

Brighton

1/10/1837

6

 

 

 

 

 

Broadbent, Joseph

 

Bradford

 

1

 

0

5

0

5

Brown, George

 

Ashton-u-Lyne

 

8

 

0

21

0

21

Brunskill, William

c.1742

 

9/05/1815

28

 

 

 

 

 

Burrows, Samuel

28/06/1772

 

20/10/1835

22

 

 

 

 

 

Calcraft, William

1800

Barnet, London

13/12/1879

45

Resigned

41

0

0

41

Cavanagh, Hugh

Worked in Ireland

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapman, John

 

Ayr Scotland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cheshire, Thomas

 

 

1840’s