English and Welsh Executions 1868-1899

In the period from January 1868 to December 1899, 988 people were condemned to death of whom 454 were executed, 446 in private and 8 in public prior to abolition of public executions by the Capital Punishment (Amendment) Act passed by Parliament on the 29th of May 1868. The total in private comprises 424 men and 22 women all hanged for murder.

Date hanged	Name of criminal	Age	County	Place	Victim details

1868 – 3 private executions.
13/08/1868	Thomas Wells	18	Kent	Maidstone	Edward Walshe (Stationmaster)
08/09/1868	Alexander Mackay	19	London & Middlesex	Newgate	Emma Goldsmith, his employer
28/12/1868	Priscilla Biggadyke	29	Lincolnshire	Lincoln	Husband

1869 – 10 executions.
18/01/1869	Martin Vinall	22	Sussex	Lewes	David Baldey
22/03/1869	John Donlan	37	Durham	Durham	Hugh Ward
22/03/1869	John M’Conville	23	Durham	Durham	Philip Trainer
29/03/1869	Michael Johnson	20	Lancashire	Mcr. (Strangeways)	Patrick Nurney
20/04/1869	William Sheward	57	Norfolk	Norwich City Gaol	Murder of wife in 1851
12/08/1869	Jonah Dethridge	24	Dorset	Dorchester	James Trevett (warder)
06/09/1869	William Dixon		Hampshire	Winchester	Cpl. Brett
11/10/1869	William Taylor	24	Devon	Exeter	Cpl. Arthur Skullen
15/11/1869	Joseph Welsh	42	Kent	Maidstone.	John Abrahams
13/12/1869	Frederick Hinson	32	London & Middlesex	Newgate	Wife

1870 – 7 executions.
10/01/1870	John Gregson		Lancashire	Liverpool (Kirkdale)	Wife
28/03/1870	William Mobbs	19	Buckinghamshire	Aylesbury	Boy aged 9
01/08/1870	Walter Miller	31	London & Middlesex	Newgate	Rev. Elias Huelin
08/08/1870	John Owen	38	Buckinghamshire	Aylesbury	Emanuel Marshall + 6 others in family
15/08/1870	Thomas Radcliffe	26	Dorset	Dorchester	Edward Bly
11/10/1870	Margaret Waters	35	Surrey	Horsemonger Lane	Baby farmer
26/12/1870	Patrick Durr	42	Lancashire	Mcr. (Strangeways)	Wife

1871 – 3 executions.
03/04/1871	William Bull	21	Bedfordshire	Bedford	Sally Marshall
24/04/1871	Michael Campbell	28	Essex	Chelmsford	Samuel Galloway
31/07/1871	Richard Addington	38	Northamptonshire	Northampton	Wife

1872 – 11 executions.
08/01/1872	Frederick Jones	20	Gloucestershire	Gloucester	Emily Gardner – girlfriend
18/03/1872	Edward Roberts	35	Oxfordshire	Oxford	Ann Merrick
01/04/1872	Frederick William Horry	28	Lincolnshire	Lincoln	Wife, Jane
12/08/1872	Charles Holmes	38	Worcestershire	Worcester	Wife, Maria
12/08/1872	Christopher Edwards	34	Staffordshire	Stafford	Wife
13/08/1872	James Tooth	42	Kent	Maidstone	George Stock
“	Francis Bradford	19	“	“	Daniel Donohue
“	Thomas Moore	52	“	“	Wife
26/08/1872	William Lace	43	Somerset	Taunton	Wife
09/12/1872	August Elliott	31	London & Middlesex	Newgate	Ellen Moore (prostitute)
30/12/1872	Michael Kennedy	58	Lancashire	Mcr. (Strangeways)	Wife

1873 – 8 executions.
07/01/1873	Edward Hancock	50	Warwickshire	Warwick	Elizabeth Horton
08/01/1873	Richard Spencer	60	Lancashire	Liverpool	Wife
13/01/1873	Hugh Slane & John Hayes	22/29	Durham	Durham	Joseph Waine
24/03/1873	Mary Ann Cotton	40	Durham	Durham	Charles Edward Cotton
04/08/1873	Henry Evans	45	Buckinghamshire	Aylesbury	Wife
04/08/1873	Benjamin Hudson	24	Derbyshire	Derby	Wife, Eliza
08/09/1873	James Conner		Lancashire	Liverpool	James Gaffney

1874 – 19 executions.
05/01/1874	Thomas Corrigan	23	Lancashire	Liverpool	Matricide
05/01/1874	Charles Dawson		Durham	Durham	Margaret Addison
05/01/1874	Edward Gough		Durham	Durham	James Partridge
05/01/1874	William Thompson	26	Durham	Durham	Wife
12/01/1874	Edward Butt	22	Gloucestershire	Gloucester	Amelia Phillips
“	Edwin Bailey & Ann Barry	32/31	“	“	Murder of his illegitimate child
31/03/1874	Thomas Chamberlain		Northamptonshire	Northampton	John Newitt
25/05/1874	James Godwin	27	London & Middlesex	Newgate	Wife, Louisa
29/06/1874	Frances Stewart (f)	43	London & Middlesex	Newgate	Grandson, Henry Ernest Scrivener
10/08/1874	John Macdonald		Devon	Exeter	Bridget Walsh (girlfriend)
18/08/1874	William Jackson	29	Yorkshire	York Castle	Sister
24/08/1874	James Gibbs		Monmouthshire	Usk	Wife, Sarah Ann
31/08/1874	Mary Williams	40	Lancashire	Liverpool	Nicholas Manning
“	Henry Flanagan	22	“	“	Aunt
13/10/1874	John Coppen	37	Surrey	Horsemonger Lane	Wife
16/11/1874	Thomas Smith		Hampshire	Winchester	Captain Bird
28/12/1874	Hugh Daly		Durham	Durham	Philip Burdey
29/12/1874	Robert Taylor	21	Staffordshire	Stafford	Mary Kidd

1875 – 22 executions.
04/01/1875	James Cranwell	59	London & Middlesex	Newgate	Emma Bellamy
04/01/1875	John McCrave &	20	Lancashire	Liverpool	Richard Morgan (Corner Men gang)
“	Michael Mullen	17	“	“	“
04/01/1875	William Worthington	33	Lancashire	Liverpool	Wife
29/03/1875	Richard Coates		Essex	Chelmsford	Alice Boughen (child)
30/03/1875	John Morgan	19	Kent	Maidstone	Joe Foulson
30/03/1875	John Stanton	22	Staffordshire	Stafford	Uncle
19/04/1875	Alfred Heap		Lancashire	Liverpool	Margaret McKivert (abortion)
26/04/1875	William Hale		Gloucestershire	Bristol	Wife
27/07/1875	Jeremiah Corkery	20	Warwickshire	Warwick	PC Lines
02/08/1875	William McHugh	36	Durham	Durham	Thomas Mooney
“	Michael Gillingham	22	“	“	John Kilcran
“	Elizabeth Pearson	28			James Watson, uncle
09/08/1875	Peter Blanchard	26	Lincolnshire	Lincoln Castle	Louisa Hodgson
16/08/1875	William M’Cullogh	36	Lancashire	Lancaster Castle	William Watson lodger
“	Mark Fiddler	24	“	“	Wife
06/09/1875	William Baker		Lancashire	Liverpool	Charles Langan
“	Edward Cooper	33	“	“	Edward Jones (at sea)
21/12/1875	William Smedley	50	Yorkshire	Leeds	Elizabeth Firth
21/12/1875	Henry Wainwright	37	London & Middlesex	Newgate	Harriet Lane (mistress)
22/12/1875	John Anderson		Northumberland	Newcastle	Wife
23/12/1875	Richard Charlton		Northumberland	Morpeth	Wife

1876 – 21 executions.
28/03/1876	George Hunter	23	Northumberland	Morpeth (last)	William Woods
04/04/1876	Thomas Fordred	48	Kent	Maidstone	Mary Bridger (girlfriend)
10/04/1876	George Hill		Hertfordshire	Hertford	Illegitimate son
24/04/1876	Edward Deacon		Gloucestershire	Bristol	Wife
25/04/1876	Joseph Webber		Glamorganshire	Cardiff	Edward Stelfox
01/05/1876	Henry Webster		Norfolk	Norwich Castle (County Gaol)	Wife
23/05/1876	George Kadi		London & Middlesex	Newgate	Murder & mutiny on the “Lennie”
“	Pascaler Caladis		“	“	Murder & mutiny on the “Lennie”
“	Matteo Corgalis		“	“	Murder & mutiny on the “Lennie”
“	Giovanni Caccaris		“	“	Murder & mutiny on the “Lennie”
26/07/1876	John Williams	37	Durham	Durham	John Wales (brother in law)
01/08/1876	James Parris	27	Kent	Maidstone	William Crouch (6)
14/08/1876	William Fish	26	Lancashire	Liverpool	Emily Holland (7)
“	Richard Thompson	22	“	“	John Blundell
29/08/1876	John Eblethrift		London & Middlesex	Newgate	Wife
11/12/1876	Charles O’Donnell	57	London & Middlesex	Newgate	Wife
14/12/1876	Robert Browning	25	Cambridgeshire	Cambridge Borough jail	Emma Rolph (15 year old prostitute)
19/12/1876	Silas Barlow		Surrey	Horsemonger Lane	Ellen Sloper & child
19/12/1876	James Dalgleish	27	Cumberland	Carlisle	Sarah Wright (landlady)
20/12/1876	John Green	41	Leicestershire	Leicester	Wife
21/12/1876	William Flanagan	35	Lancashire	Mcr. (Strangeways)	Margaret Doherty

1877 – 23 executions.
02/01/1877	Isaac Marks	23	Surrey	Horsemonger Lane	Frederick Bernard
12/03/1877	Henry & Francis Tidbury	24/27	Berkshire	Reading	PC Shorter & Inspector Drewatt
26/03/1877	William Clark		Lincolnshire	Lincoln Castle (last)	Henry Walker gamekeeper
27/03/1877	John M’Kenna	25	Lancashire	Mcr. (Strangeways)	Wife
02/04/1877	James Bannister		Cheshire	Chester	Wife
03/04/1877	John Johnson	37	Yorkshire	Leeds	Amos Waite
17/04/1877	Frederick Baker		Warwickshire	Warwick	Mary Saunders
31/07/1877	Henry Rogers	27	Staffordshire	Stafford	Wife
31/07/1877	John Starkey	28	Leicestershire	Leicester	Wife
13/08/1877	Henry Leigh	23	Cheshire	Chester	Alice Hatton (8)
14/08/1877	Caleb Smith	38	Surrey	Horsemonger Lane(last)	Elizabeth Osborne
21/08/1877	John Golding		Lancashire	Liverpool	Daniel Lord
“	Patrick M’Govern		“	“	John Campbell
15/10/1877	John Lynch	26	London & Middlesex	Newgate	Wife
12/11/1877	Thomas Pratt		London & Middlesex	Newgate	Elizabeth Rockington
19/11/1877	William Hussell		Devon	Exeter	Wife
20/11/1877	Henry March	50	Norfolk	Norwich Castle (County Gaol)	Thomas Mays & Henry Bidwell
21/11/1877	Thomas Grey	36	Nottinghamshire	Nottingham	Ann Mellor
23/11/1877	Cadwallader Jones	25	Merionethshire	Dolgelley (last)	Sarah Hughes (girlfriend)
27/11/1877	James Satchell,	28	Leicestershire	Leicester	Joseph Tugby
“	John Swift & John Upton	19/32	“	“	Joseph Tugby

1878 – 15 executions.
04/02/1878	George Piggott	29	Lancashire	Mcr. (Strangeways)	Florence Galloway
11/02/1878	James Caffyn		Hampshire	Winchester	Maria Barber
12/02/1878	James Trickett		Lancashire	Liverpool	Wife
13/02/1878	John Brooks		Nottinghamshire	Nottingham	Carolyn Woodhead
01/04/1878	Henry Rowles	26	Oxfordshire	Oxford	Mary Allen (fiancée)
15/04/1878	Vincent Walker	48	Yorkshire	York Castle	Lydia White
29/07/1878	Charles Revell	25	Essex	Chelmsford	Wife – Hester
30/07/1878	Robert Vest		Durham	Durham	John Wallace
12/08/1878	Thomas Cholerton		Nottinghamshire	Nottingham	Jane Smith
15/08/1878	Selina Wadge	28	Cornwall	Bodmin	Illegitimate son
08/10/1878	Thomas Smithers	31	Old Bailey C.C.C	Wandsworth (first)	Amy Judge
12/11/1878	Patrick Byrne	38	Northamptonshire	Northampton	Qtr. Sgt. Griffiths
18/11/1878	Joseph Garcia	21	Monmouthshire	Usk	5 members of Watkins family
19/11/1878	James M’Gowan	55	Lancashire	Mcr. (Strangeways)	Wife
25/11/1878	Henry Gilbert	30	Huntingdon Assizes	Huntingdon (last)	Bastard son

1879 – 15 executions.
04/02/1879	Stephen Gambril	28	Kent	Maidstone	Arthur Gillow
10/02/1879	Enoch Whiston	21	Worcestershire	Worcester	Alfred Merredith
11/02/1879	William M’Guiness	40	Lancashire	Lancaster Castle	Wife
25/02/1879	Charles Peace	47	Yorkshire	Leeds (Armley)	PC Cock & Arthur Dyson
24/03/1879	James Simms	43	Old Bailey C.C.C	Newgate	Lucy Graham (prostitute)
12/05/1879	Edwin Smart	35	Gloucestershire	Gloucester	Lucy Derrick
20/05/1879	William Cooper	42	Lancashire	Mcr. (Strangeways)	Ellen Mather
26/05/1879	Catherine Churchill	55	Somerset	Taunton	Husband
27/05/1879	John Darcy	22	Yorkshire	York Castle	William Metcalfe (gamekeeper)
28/05/1879	Thomas Johnson	20	Lancashire	Liverpool	Eliza Parton
29/07/1879	Kate Webster	30	Old Bailey C.C.C	Wandsworth	Julia Thomas (employer)
11/08/1879	Annie Tooke	40	Devon	Exeter	Reginald Hyde (6 mths.)
25/08/1879	James Dilley	41	London & Middlesex	Newgate	Bastard child
26/08/1879	John Ralph	28	Warwickshire	Warwick	Sarah Vernon
03/12/1879	Henry Bedingfield	46	Suffolk	Ipswich	Eliza Rodden

1880 – 14 executions.
05/01/1880	Charles Surety	29	London & Middlesex	Newgate	Child aged 2
17/02/1880	William Cassidy		Lancashire	Mcr. (Strangeways)	Wife
02/03/1880	Patrick Kearns &		Lancashire	Liverpool	Patrick Tracey (landlord)
“	Hugh Burns		“	“	“
22/03/1880	John Wingfield	34	London & Middlesex	Newgate	Wife Murder
10/05/1880	William Dumbleton		Buckinghamshire	Aylesbury (last)	John Edmunds
11/05/1880	John Wood		Yorkshire	York Castle	John Coe
27/07/1880	Thomas Berry	37	Kent	Maidstone	Carolyn Adams
16/08/1880	John Wakefield	28	Derbyshire	Derby	Elizabeth Wilkinson (9)
16/11/1880	William Brownlees	22	Durham	Durham	Elizabeth Holmes
20/11/1880	Thomas Wheeler		Hertfordshire	St Albans	Edward Anstee
22/11/1880	Joseph Distin	35	Gloucestershire	Bristol	Elizabeth Daniels
13/12/1880	William Herbert	44	London & Middlesex	Newgate	Jane Messenger
13/12/1880	George Pavey	29	Old Bailey C.C.C.	Newgate	Ada Shepherd (10)

1881 – 11 executions.
21/02/1881	William Stanway		Cheshire	Chester	Ann Mellor
22/02/1881	James Williams	24	Staffordshire	Stafford	Elizabeth Bagnall
28/02/1881	Albert Robinson	20	Derbyshire	Derby	Wife
17/05/1881	Albert Moore	23	Kent	Maidstone	Mary Marsh
23/05/1881	James Hall	53	Yorkshire	Leeds (Armley)	Wife
31/05/1881	Joseph M’Entire	42	Lancashire	Liverpool	Wife
15/08/1881	Thomas Brown		Nottinghamshire	Nottingham	Eliza Caldwell
23/08/1881	George Durling	36	Old Bailey C.C.C.	Maidstone	Fanny Mussen
21/11/1881	Alfred Gough	34	Derbyshire	Derby	Eleanor Windle (6)
28/11/1881	John Simpson	21	Lancashire	Mcr. (Strangeways)	Ann Ratcliffe (girlfriend)
29/11/1881	Percy Mapleton	22	Sussex	Lewes	Isaac Gold

1882 – 11 executions.
30/01/1882	Charles Gerrish	70	Wiltshire	Devizes	Stephen Coleman
13/02/1882	Robert Templeton	36	Lancashire	Mcr. (Strangeways)	Betty Scott (landlady)
28/04/1882	George Lamson	30	Old Bailey C.C.C.	Wandsworth	Percy Malcolm (brother in law)
16/05/1882	Thomas Fury		Durham	Durham	Maria Fitzsimmons
22/05/1882	George Abigail	19	Norfolk	Norwich Castle (County Gaol)	Mary Plunkett
23/05/1882	Osmond Brand	27	Yorkshire	Leeds (Armley)	William Pepper
21/08/1882	William Turner		Lancashire	Liverpool	Wife
13/11/1882	William Bartlett	46	Cornwall	Bodmin	Bastard daughter
28/11/1882	Edward Wheatfil		Yorkshire	York Castle	Peter Hughes (16)
04/12/1882	Bernard Mullarky	19	Lancashire	Liverpool	Thomas Cruise
12/12/1882	Charles Taylor		Surrey	Wandsworth	Wife

1883 – 14 executions.
02/01/1883	Louisa Jane Taylor	37	Kent	Maidstone	Mrs. Tregellis
12/02/1883	Abraham Thomas	24	Lancashire	Mcr. (Strangeways)	Christina Leigh (housekeeper)
19/02/1883	James Anderson	50	Lincolnshire	Lincoln County Jail	Wife
07/05/1883	Thomas Garry		Lincolnshire	Lincoln	John Newton
08/05/1883	Patrick Carey		Cheshire	Chester (last)	Samuel Carlam
21/05/1883	Joseph Wedlake		Somerset	Taunton	Mark Cox
“	George White		“	“	Wife
06/08/1883	James Burton	33	Durham	Durham	Wife, Elizabeth
06/11/1883	Henry Powell	24	Surrey	Wandsworth	John Briston
13/11/1883	Thomas Day	31	Suffolk	Ipswich	Bastard child
19/11/1883	Peter Bray	32	Durham	Durham	Thomas Pyle
26/11/1883	Thomas Riley	55	Lancashire	Mcr. (Strangeways)	Elizabeth Alston
03/12/1883	Henry Dutton	22	Lancashire	Liverpool	Hannah Henshaw
17/12/1883	Patrick O’Donell	28	Old Bailey C.C.C.	Newgate	James Carey (informer)

1884 – 14 executions.
25/02/1884	Charles Kite		Somerset	Taunton (last)	Albert Miles
03/03/1884	Catherine Flannigan &		Lancashire	Liverpool (Kirkdale)	Thomas Higgins
“	Margaret Higgins		“	“	“
10/03/1884	Michael M’Lean	18	Lancashire	Liverpool (Kirkdale)	Exequiel Rodriguez Nuniez
26/05/1884	Mary Lefley		Lincolnshire	Lincoln	Husband
28/05/1884	Joseph Lowson	25	Durham	Durham	Police-Sgt. Smith
19/08/1884	Peter Cassidy	54	Lancashire	Liverpool (Kirkdale)	Wife
19/08/1884	Joseph Laycock	34	Yorkshire	Leeds (Armley)	Wife & 4 children
06/10/1884	Thomas Orrock	21	London & Middlesex	Newgate	PC Cole (policeman)
“	Thomas Harris	48	“	“	Wife
24/11/1884	Kay Howarth (m)	25	Lancashire	Mcr. (Strangeways)	Richard Dugdale
“	Harry Swindells	50	“	“	James Wild
08/12/1884	Arthur Shaw	31	Lancashire	Liverpool	Wife
“	Ernest Ewerstadt	23	“	“	Elizabeth Hamblin

1885 – 13 executions.
13/01/1885	Horace Jay	23	Old Bailey C.C.C.	Wandsworth	Wife
17/03/1885	Henry Kimberley		Birmingham	B/ham (Winson Green)	Emma Palmer
18/05/1885	James Lee	45	Essex	Chelmsford	Inspector Simmons
25/05/1885	Moses Shrimpton	65	Worcestershire	Worcester	PC Davis
13/07/1885	Henry Alt	31	Old Bailey C.C.C.	Newgate	Charles Howard
03/08/1885	Joseph Tucker	37	Nottinghamshire	Nottingham	Wife Murder
17/08/1885	Thomas Boulton	47	Staffordshire	Stafford	Murder niece
05/10/1885	Henry Norman	31	Old Bailey C.C.C.	Newgate	Wife Murder
23/11/1885	John Hill &		Herefordshire	Hereford	Ann Dixon
“	John Williams		“	“	Ann Dixon
30/11/1885	Robert Goodale		Norfolk	Norwich Castle (County Gaol)	Wife
07/12/1885	Daniel Minahan	28	Old Bailey C.C.C.	Newgate	Wife
08/12/1885	George Thomas	28	Lancashire	Liverpool (Kirkdale)	Mary Askin

1886 – 19 executions.
01/02/1886	John Horton	36	Wiltshire	Devizes	Patricide
08/02/1886	Anthony Rudge,		Cumberland	Carlisle	PC Byrnes
“	John Martin &		“	“	PC Byrnes
“	James Baker		“	“	PC Byrnes
09/02/1886	John Bains		Lancashire	Lancaster	Wife Murder
10/02/1886	John Thurston	20	Norfolk	Norwich Castle (County Gaol)	H Springhall
16/02/1886	George Saunders	29	Suffolk	Ipswich	Wife
22/02/1886	Owen M’Gill	39	Cheshire	Knutsford.	Wife
01/03/1886	Thomas Nash		Wales	Cardiff	Child
02/03/1886	David Roberts		Wales	Swansea	David Thomas
31/05/1886	Albert Brown		Hampshire	Winchester	James Parker
“	James Whelan		“	“	Seaman
15/06/1886	Edward Hewitt	34	Gloucestershire	Gloucester	Wife, Sarah Ann
27/07/1886	William Samuels		Shropshire	Shrewsbury	Murder
09/08/1886	Mary Ann Britland	39	Lancashire	Mcr. (Strangeways)	Mary Dixon, + husband & daughter
16/11/1886	Patrick Judge	47	Northumberland	Newcastle	Wife Murder
29/11/1886	James Murphy		Yorkshire	York Castle	PC Austwick
30/11/1886	James Banton	27	Leicestershire	Leicester	PC Barrett
13/12/1886	George Harmer	28	Norfolk	Norwich Castle (County Gaol)	Henry Last

1887 – 21 executions.
11/02/1887	Thomas Bloxham	62	Leicestershire	Leicester	Wife
15/02/1887	Thomas Leatherbarrow	47	Lancashire	Mcr. (Strangeways)	Wife
17/02/1887	Edward Prichard	20	Gloucestershire	Gloucester	Henry Allen (14)
21/02/1887	Richard Insole	24	Lincolnshire	Lincoln	Wife
22/02/1887	Benjamin Terry	29	Nottinghamshire	Nottingham	Wife
14/03/1887	Elizabeth Berry	31	Lancashire	Liverpool (Walton)	Daughter
21/03/1887	Joseph King	41	London & Middlesex	Newgate	Annie Sutton + child
18/04/1887	Thomas Currell	31	London & Middlesex	Newgate	Wife
09/05/1887	Charles Smith	63	Oxfordshire	Oxford	Wife
16/05/1887	Henry Young	27	Dorset	Dorchester	Child
30/06/1887	Walter Wood	35	Lancashire	Mcr. (Strangeways)	Wife
01/08/1887	Alfred Sowrey	24	Lancashire	Lancaster Castle	Annie Kelly
16/08/1887	Thomas Bevan	20	Cheshire	Knutsford	Aunt
22/08/1887	Israel Lipski	22	London & Middlesex	Newgate	Miriam Angel
22/08/1887	Henry Hobson	54	Yorkshire	Leeds (Armley)	Ada Stoddart
29/08/1887	William Wilton		Sussex	Lewes	Wife
14/11/1887	William Hunter	32	Cumberland	Carlisle	Isabella Steele
15/11/1887	Joseph Walker		Oxfordshire	Oxford	Wife
21/11/1887	Joseph Morley	17	Essex	Chelmsford	Mrs. Rogers landlady
28/11/1887	Enoch Wadley	27	Gloucestershire	Gloucester	Elizabeth Evans
06/12/1887	Thomas Payne		Warwickshire	Warwick	Sister in law

1888 – 17 executions.
13/03/1888	David Rees	25	Wales	Carmarthen	Thomas Davies
20/03/1888	Alfred Scandrett	21	Herefordshire	Hereford	Philip Ballard
“	James Jones		“	“	Philip Ballard
27/03/1888	George Clarke	42	Hampshire	Winchester	Step daughter
28/03/1888	William Arrowsmith		Shropshire	Shrewsbury	Murder uncle
15/05/1888	John Gell	32	Lancashire	Mcr. (Strangeways)	Mary Miller landlady
23/05/1888	James Richardson	23	Yorkshire	Leeds (Armley)	Murder foreman
17/07/1888	Robert Upton	61	Oxfordshire	Oxford	Wife murder
18/07/1888	Thomas Wyre	30	Worcestershire	Worcester	Son
07/08/1888	John Jackson	33	Lancashire	Manchester (S/ways)	Mr. Webb (prison warder)
10/08/1888	Arthur Delaney	31	Derbyshire	Derby	Wife
15/08/1888	George Seargent		Essex	Chelmsford	Wife Annie
28/08/1888	George Daniels	34	Warwickshire	B/ham. (Winson Green)	Emma Hastings
“	Harry Jones		“	“	Florence Harris (child)
13/11/1888	Richard Bartlett	66	London & Middlesex	Newgate	Wife murder
11/12/1888	Samuel Crowther	71	Worcestershire	Worcester	John Willis
18/12/1888	William Waddell	22	Durham	Durham	Jane Beadmore

1889 – 15 executions.
01/01/1889	Charles Bulmer	51	Yorkshire	Leeds (Armley)	Wife
01/01/1889	Thomas Clewes	27	Staffordshire	Stafford	Wife
02/01/1889	William Gower &	18	Kent	Maidstone	B. C. Lawrence
“	Charles Dobel	17	“	“	B. C. Lawrence
08/01/1889	George Nicholson	52	Warwickshire	Warwick	Wife murder
06/03/1889	Ebenezer Jenkins	20	Surrey	Wandsworth	Emily Joy (Fiancée)
13/03/1889	Samuel Rylands		Somerset	Shepton Mallett	Emma Davies (10)
10/04/1889	Thomas Allen [Zulu]	26	Wales	Swansea	Publican
11/04/1889	John Withey		Gloucestershire	Bristol	Wife
21/08/1889	George Horton	37	Derbyshire	Derby	Daughter
09/12/1889	Benjamin Purcell	50	Wiltshire	Devizes	Wife murder
24/12/1889	William Dukes		Lancashire	Mcr. (Strangeways)	George Gordon employer
31/12/1889	Robert West	45	Yorkshire	Leeds (Armley)	Wife
31/12/1889	Frederick Brett	39	“	“	Wife
31/12/1889	William Hook	40	Kent	Maidstone	Wife

1890 – 16 executions.
07/01/1890	Charles Higginbottom	63	Warwickshire	Warwick	Winifred Phillips (landlady)
11/03/1890	Joseph & Samuel Boswell	29/39	Worcestershire	Worcester	Frank Stephens Gamekeeper
12/03/1890	William Row	40	Northumberland	Newcastle	Lily McClaran Wilson
26/03/1890	John Neal	64	London & Middlesex	Newgate	Wife murder
08/04/1890	Richard Davis	18	Cheshire	Knutsford	Patricide
15/04/1890	William Chadwick	23	Lancashire	Liverpool (Kirkdale)	Walter Davies
10/06/1890	Daniel Corrie	30	Surrey	Wandsworth	Thomas Furlonger
29/07/1890	George Bowling	57	Surrey	Wandsworth	Wife
22/08/1890	Felix Spicer	60	Cheshire	Knutsford	Wife
26/08/1890	Frederick Davies	40	Warwickshire	B/ham. (Winson Green)	Wife
26/08/1890	James Harrison	30	Yorkshire	Leeds (Armley)	Wife
27/08/1890	Francois Manteau	51	London & Middlesex	Newgate	Francois De Grave
23/12/1890	Mary Wheeler	24	London & Middlesex	Newgate	Phoebe Hogg
30/12/1890	Robert Kitching	34	Yorkshire	York Castle	PC Weedy
30/12/1890	Thomas McDonald	32	Lancashire	Liverpool	Elizabeth Ann Holt

1891 – 11 executions.
19/05/1891	Alfred Turner	20	Lancashire	Mcr. (Strangeways)	Mary Moran girlfriend
21/07/1891	Franz Munch	31	Surrey	Wandsworth	Jane Hickey
28/07/1891	Arthur Spencer	22	Lincolnshire	Lincoln	Mary Ann Garner
18/08/1891	Walter Turner	32	Yorkshire	Leeds (Armley)	Barbara Waterhouse (6)
18/08/1891	Thomas Saddler		Essex	Chelmsford	William Wass
19/08/1891	Robert Bradshaw	56	Surrey	Wandsworth	Wife murder
20/08/1891	John Conway		Lancashire	Liverpool (Kirkdale)	Nicholas Martin (9)
25/08/1891	Edward Fawcett		Hampshire	Winchester	Ester, his wife
15/12/1891	Harry Dainton	34	Somerset	Shepton Mallett	Wife murder
22/12/1891	John Johnson	49	Durham	Durham	Margaret Addison
28/12/1891	Charles Saunders	31	Herefordshire	Hereford	Walter Steeres (2)

1892 – 17 executions.
05/01/1892	James Stockwell	26	Yorkshire	Leeds (Armley)	Catherine Dennis (16)
01/03/1892	James Muir	39	London & Middlesex	Newgate	Abigail Sullivan
17/03/1892	Frederick Eggleton &	35	Oxfordshire	Oxford	Joseph Crawley &
“	Charles Raynor	31	“	“	William Puddiphatt (Gamekeepers)
22/03/1892	Joseph Wilson	24	Cumberland	Carlisle	Maria Crossman Landlady
29/03/1892	John Noble	46	London & Middlesex	Newgate	Wife murder
26/04/1892	George Wood	29	Sussex	Lewes	Edith Jeal (5)
14/06/1892	Harry Pickering	29	Yorkshire	Leeds (Armley)	Wife murder
26/07/1892	John Gurd	29	Wiltshire	Devizes	Police Sgt. Moulden
16/08/1892	John Wenze	25	London & Middlesex	Newgate	PC Joseph Joyce
“	James Taylor	60	“	“	Wife murder
17/08/1892	Patrick Gibbons	33	Lancashire	Liverpool (Walton)	Matricide
18/08/1892	Moses Cudworth	40	Yorkshire	Leeds (Armley)	Wife murder
11/10/1892	John Banbury	22	Surrey	Wandsworth	Ann Emma Oakley
15/11/1892	Dr. Thomas Neil Cream	42	London & Middlesex	Newgate	Matilda Clover
20/12/1892	Joseph Mellor	33	Lancashire	Mcr. (Strangeways)	Wife, Mary Jane
22/12/1892	Thomas Edwards	30	Wales	Usk	Mary Connely

1893 – 16 executions.
03/01/1893	Cross Duckworth	32	Lancashire	Liverpool (Walton)	Alice Baines
10/01/1893	Andrew Macrae	36	Northamptonshire	Northampton	Annie Pritchard
16/03/1893	Albert Manning	37	Gloucestershire	Gloucester	Jane Flew
28/03/1893	William Williams	19	Devon	Exeter	Emma Doidge
04/04/1893	Edward Hemmings	26	Yorkshire	Leeds (Armley)	Wife
18/07/1893	Richard Sabey	45	Northamptonshire	Northampton	Louisa Johnson
19/07/1893	Amie Meunier	25	Worcestershire	Worcester	Charlotte Pearcey
25/07/1893	George Cooke	27	London & Middlesex	Newgate	Maud Smith
10/08/1893	Charles Squires	28	Somerset	Shepton Mallett	Wife’s bastard
15/08/1893	John Hewitt	19	Staffordshire	Stafford	William Masfen
16/08/1893	John Davis	34	Essex	Chelmsford	Police Sgt. Adam Eves
28/11/1893	Emanuel Hamar	33	Lancashire	Mcr. (Strangeways)	Catherine Tyrere
05/12/1893	John Carter	43	Berkshire	Reading	Wife
06/12/1893	George Mason	19	Hampshire	Winchester	Army Sgt. James Robinson
19/12/1893	Henry Rumbold		Lincolnshire	Lincoln	Miss Rushby (girlfriend)
21/12/1893	James Wyndham	45	Gloucestershire	Gloucester	Patricide

1894 – 18 executions.
02/01/1894	William Harris		Warwickshire	Warwick	Florence Clifford girlfriend
13/02/1894	George Thomas	25	Wales	Carmarthen	Mary Jane Jones girlfriend
27/03/1894	Walter Smith	32	Nottinghamshire	Nottingham	Catherine Cross
02/04/1894	Margaret Walber	53	Lancashire	Liverpool (Walton)	Husband
03/04/1894	Philip Garner	49	Yorkshire	Leeds (Armley)	Wife murder
04/04/1894	Frederick Fenton	32	Warwickshire	B/ham. (Winson Green)	Florence Elborough
22/05/1894	John Langford		Lancashire	Liverpool (Walton)	Elizabeth Stevens
18/07/1894	Samuel Elkins		Hampshire	Winchester	William Mitchell
31/07/1894	William Crossley	42	Lancashire	Manchester (S/ways)	Mary Ann Allen
14/08/1894	Paul Koczula	24	London & Middlesex	Newgate	Mrs Rasch
21/08/1894	Alfred Dews	28	Yorkshire	Leeds (Armley)	Son
27/11/1894	James Whitehead		Lancashire	Mcr. (Strangeways)	Wife murder
29/11/1894	Thomas Richards		Wales	Carmarthen	Mary Davis sister in Law
04/12/1894	James Read		Essex	Chelmsford	Florence Dennis
10/12/1894	John Newell	42	Leicestershire	Leicester	Wife
11/12/1894	Samuel Emery	20	Northumberland	Newcastle	Mary Ann Marshall
12/12/1894	Cyrus Knight	45	Hampshire	Winchester	Wife, Frances
“	William Rogers		“	“	Sarah Jupe

1895 – 11 executions.
26/03/1895	Edmund Kesteven		Nottinghamshire	Nottingham	Wife murder
04/06/1895	William Miller		Lancashire	Liverpool (Walton)	Edward Moyse
18/06/1895	Joseph Canning	32	Surrey	Wandsworth	Jane Youell
02/07/1895	Henry Tickner	42	Surrey	Wandsworth	Wife murder
13/08/1895	Robert Hudson		Yorkshire	York Castle	Wife murder
20/08/1895	Thomas Bond	29	Staffordshire	Stafford	Frederick Bakewell
13/11/1895	Richard Wingrave	37	London & Middlesex	Newgate	Jane Eagle
03/12/1895	Arthur Covington	27	Bedfordshire	Bedford	Effie Burgen cousin
17/12/1895	Elijah Winstanley	28	Lancashire	Liverpool (Walton)	DS Robert Kidd
24/12/1895	Henry Wright	35	Nottinghamshire	Nottingham	Mary Reynolds (landlady)
31/12/1895	Patrick Morley	38	Yorkshire	Leeds (Armley)	Wife Elizabeth

1896 – 19 executions.
04/02/1896	William Morgan	56	Old Bailey (C C C)	Wandsworth	Wife murder
25/02/1896	Alfred Chipperfield	20	Old Bailey (C C C)	Newgate	Wife murder
09/06/1896	Henry Fowler &	31	Old Bailey (C C C)	Newgate	Henry Smith
“	Albert Milsom	33	“	“	Henry Smith
“	William Seaman	46	“	“	Jonathan Levy
10/06/1896	Amelia Dyer	57	Old Bailey (C C C)	Newgate	Baby Farmer
07/07/1896	Charles Wooldridge	30	Berkshire	Reading	Wife murder
21/07/1896	Frederick Burden	24	Hampshire	Winchester	Angeline Faithful
“	Philip Matthews	32	“	“	Daughter
“	Samuel Smith	18	“	“	Cpl. Robert Payne
04/08/1896	Joseph Hirst	26	Lancashire	Mcr. (Strangeways)	Daughter
05/08/1896	William Pugh	21	Derbyshire	Derby	Elizabeth Boot
11/08/1896	Samuel Wilkinson		Nottinghamshire	Nottingham	Mary Kaye
“	John Rose		“	“	Wife Mary
18/08/1896	Frank Taylor	23	Warwickshire	B/ham. (Winson Green)	Mary Lewis (10)
25/08/1896	Joseph Ellis	22	Yorkshire	Leeds (Armley)	Wife murder
06/10/1896	James Jones	26	Old Bailey (C C C)	Newgate	Edward White
22/12/1896	August Carlson	43	Yorkshire	York Castle	Juliet Wood
23/12/1896	Joseph Alcock	26	Nottinghamshire	Nottingham	Wife

1897 – 7 executions.
05/01/1897	Henry Brown	32	Old Bailey (C C C)	Wandsworth	Wife
09/02/1897	Robert Hayman		Kent	Maidstone	Wife
27/07/1897	Joseph Bowser		Lincolnshire	Lincoln	Wife Susan
17/08/1897	Joseph Robinson	33	Yorkshire	Leeds (Armley)	Wife murder
“	Walter Robinson	33	“	“	Sarah Pickles cousin
18/08/1897	Thomas Lloyd		Lancashire	Liverpool (Walton)	Wife
16/12/1897	William Betts	47	Kent	Maidstone	Patricide

1898 – 10 executions.
22/02/1898	George Howe	34	Lancashire	Mcr. (Strangeways)	Joseph Pickup
22/03/1898	Charles Smith	33	Durham	Durham	Wife – Mary Ann
28/06/1898	Walter Horsford	26	Huntingdon Assize	Cambridge	Annie Holmes, cousin
12/07/1898	James Watt		Norfolk	Norwich Prison	Wife murder
19/07/1898	William Wilkes		Essex	Chelmsford	Wife murder
03/08/1898	Thomas Jones	35	Wales	Caernarfon	Wife murder
30/08/1898	Joseph Lewis		Wales	Swansea	Robert Scott Gamekeeper
15/11/1898	John Ryan	30	Old Bailey (C C C)	Newgate	PC Joseph Baldwin
14/12/1898	Thomas Daley	40	Kent	Maidstone	Sarah Ann Penfold
21/12/1898	John Cotton	66	Derbyshire	Derby	Wife murder

1899 – 15 executions.
03/01/1899	Johann Schnieder	36	Old Bailey (C C C)	Newgate	Conrad Burndt
28/03/1899	George Robertson	45	London & Middlesex	Newgate	Mary Knealey (4)
03/05/1899	Frederick Andrews	45	Surrey	Wandsworth	Wife murder
11/07/1899	Joseph Parker	24	Northamptonshire	Northampton	Mary Meadows girlfriend
12/07/1899	Charles Maidment	22	Hampshire	Winchester	Dorcas Houghton girlfriend
19/07/1899	Mary Ansell	22	Hertfordshire	St Albans	Her sister Caroline
25/07/1899	Edward Bell		Lincolnshire	Lincoln	Wife murder
09/08/1899	Elias Torr	52	Nottinghamshire	Nottingham	Margaret (daughter)
03/10/1899	Frederick Preston	22	London & Middlesex	Newgate	Eliza Mears girlfriend
04/10/1899	Robert Ward	27	Surrey	Wandsworth	2 daughters
15/11/1899	Thomas Skeffington	20	London & Middlesex	Newgate	Florence Wells
21/11/1899	George Nunn	18	Suffolk	Ipswich	Eliza Dixon
28/11/1899	Charles Scott	28	Berkshire	Reading	Eliza O’Shea
05/12/1899	Samuel Crozier	35	Essex	Chelmsford	Wife, Ann
06/12/1899	Michael Dowdle	40	Lancashire	Mcr. (Strangeways)	Wife, Ellen

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