Last man and woman to hang in Great Britain.

[missprim]

Sorry this is such a macabre question but I always thought the answer was James Hanratty and Ruth Ellis but I think I may be mistaken.

[double-blade]

ellis is right

[don1]

No individual was the last person hanged in the UK, as the last executions took place at the same time but at different prisons: Peter Anthony Allen at Liverpool and Gwynne Owen Evans at Manchester Prisons. Both were hanged on 13 August 1964. Subsequent people were sentenced to death, but they were all reprieved.

[Quizmonster]

The last executions by hanging in Britain were carried out at 8 am on August 13th, 1964. Peter Anthony Allen and John Robson Walby (alias Gwynne Owen Evans) were hanged separately - but simultaneously - for murder in Walton Prison, Liverpool, and Strangeways Prison, Manchester.

[don1]

Here you go missprim

http://www.stephen-stratford.co.uk/last_ones.htm

[Quizmonster]

Not again! This synchrography is getting out of hand!

[missprim]

Thanks for your answers.At least I was right with Ruth Ellis, had never heard of Peter Anthony Allen and Gwynne Owen Evans.Well done!

[don1]

QM we will have to take this in turns

[Quizmonster]

Don't worry about it, Don. I was just getting overwrought because it has happened to me quite a few times in recent days. I don't mind if I am occasionally the one who finishes in pole position, but it seems I've been No 2 consistently for about a week! Cheers

[ywilson1]

I'm pretty sure Ruth Ellis was the last woman.

[don1]

QM you will always be valued on this site, don't worry about being a second or two late now and again.