Last hanging

[Chipshopfat]

When was the last judicial hanging in Britain, and which lucky sod was hanged?

Cheers

[dot.hawkes]

13th of August 1964. Peter Anthony Allen (at Walton Prison Liverpool) and Gwynne Owen Evans - real name John Robson Walby, (at Strangeways Prison Manchester) become the last to be hanged. The executions taking place simultaneously at 8.00 a.m.

But Britons have been hanged abroard since this date.

[dot.hawkes]

: )

[H0merSimpson]

Ooooo Dot, you have a way with keys!

[dot.hawkes]

no chipshopfat apparently has a rather interesting feature

[maxximus]

my english teacher at school told us that her grand father was the last man to be (publicly) hanged in britain, somewhere around inverness, her name being Ms cunningham, grandfather may have had same last name.

[Peter Pedant]

Public hanging ? its meant to be the 'Fenians' 1867 who had blown up a bit of Clerkenwell. (/The prison ?)

Last wman was Ruth Ellis, Strangeways

[dot.hawkes]

Judicial hangings, which chipshoipfat asked about, stopped after the two I mention, though there were death sentences handed down after this date, these were revoked on appeal. Public hangings, private hangings, juvenile hangings and the landmark dates for all of the UK are at:

http://www.richard.clark32.btinternet.co.uk/hanging1.html

[jo90]

I thought it was James Hanratty for the A6 murder sometime around 1964ish