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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.
He was executed by Pierrepoint on 15 July 1953 at Pentonville. This wrongful execution is acknowledged as a major miscarriage of justice and was a contributing factor for the suspension of the death penalty in Britain in 1965 and its eventual abolition.
Feb 9, 2024 · On March 18, the first article appeared under the headline “Pierrepoint Speaks”, with a beaming Pierrepoint captured pouring pints and indulging in various pub games with his customers.
Nov 6, 2015 · His oddly sympathetic public profile was established during the 1940s when he carried out multiple hangings of Nazi war criminals.
- Lizzie Seal
Nov 7, 2020 · In 1974 he published his autobiography, Executioner: Pierrepoint. He died on July 10 1992, aged 87, in the nursing home where he had lived for the last four years of his life. Follow Liverpool...
- Kate Mcmullin
Jul 13, 1992 · Albert Pierrepoint, who hanged hundreds of people as Britain's chief executioner, died on Friday. He was 87 years old. The manager of the nursing home where he died in this city in northwest ...
Albert Pierrepoint served as the assistant executioner for his uncle, Thomas Pierrepoint, in seven executions of American soldiers. The Pierrepoints were a Yorkshire family who provided three of Britain’s Chief Executioners (sometimes called “scaffolders”) in the first half of the 20th century.
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