Newgate Prison Executions 1837-1902

All of the executions listed here are for murder.
A total of 107 people were hanged in this period, comprising 99 men and 8 women.
The first 44 executions were carried out in public, in front of the Debtor’s Door.  Michael Barrett became the last
man to die in public. The subsequent 63 executions took place in the execution shed in one of the prison’s yards in private.
Of these hangings, 9 were carried out in the 20th century. London executions were transferred to Pentonville on
the closure of Newgate, along with the gallows.

With special thanks to Matthew Spicer for his help with this project.

DateNameAgeVictim name(s)Hangman
07/03/1837John Pegsworth35John ReadyWilliam Calcraft
02/05/1837James Greenacre42Mrs. Brown“
08/07/1839William Marchant18Elizabeth Paynton“
16/12/1839William Lees33Wife, Elizabeth“
06/07/1840Francois Courvoisier23Lord William Russell“
15/11/1841Robert Blakesley27James Burdon“
20/12/1841Job John Ward28Timothy Easted, (infant)“
23/05/1842Daniel Good44Jane Good aka Jane Jones“
04/07/1842Thomas Cooper28Timothy Daly“
27/05/1844William Crouch28Wife, Frances Elizabeth“
24/03/1845James Tapping22Emma Whiter“
28/04/1845Thomas Hocker22James De La Rue“
02/06/1845Joseph Connor20Mary Brothers“
05/01/1846Martha Browning23Mrs. Mundell“
30/03/1846Thomas Wicks20James Bostock“
10/01/1848Thomas Sale25John Bellchambers“
21/02/1848Harriet Parker33Step-daughter, Amina Blake“
24/07/1848William Hewson45William Woodhouse“
10/01/1853Henry Horler24Wife, Ann“
21/11/1853Nathaniel Mobbs32Wife, Caroline“
22/01/1855Emanuel Barthelemy32Charles Collard“
30/04/1855Luigi Bunarelli32Joseph Latham“
31/03/1856William Bousfield29Wife, Sarah“
15/12/1856Robert Marley39Richard Cope“
16/11/1857Thomas Davis40Wife, Martha“
08/02/1858Christian Sattler37Insp. Charles Thain“
26/04/1858Giovanni Lani21Heloise Taubin“
04/07/1859Samuel Adams35Martha Christmas Page“
19/11/1860James Mullins52Mary Emsley“
14/10/1861William Cogan30Wife, Mary Ann“
20/10/1862Catherine Wilson40Maria Soames“
17/11/1862Robert Cooper32Ann Jane Barnham“
27/04/1863Joseph Brooks25PC William Davy“
22/02/1864Francisco Blanco, 23The “Flowery Land” pirates,
murder of George Smith at sea. 		“
“Ambrosio Durano,25“
“Miguel Lopez,22“
“Marcus Vartos &23“
“John Lyons22“
02/05/1864John Devine21Joseph Duck“
01/08/1864Charles Bicknall23Jane Jeary“
14/11/1864Franz Muller23Thomas Briggs (70)“
09/10/1866John Jeffrey31Son, Richard Arthur (aged 7)“
15/10/1867John Wiggins34Agnes Oakes“
26/05/1868Michael Barrett277 in Clerkenwell explosion“
08/09/1868Alexander Mackay19Emma Goldsmith, his employerCalcraft/Smith
13/12/1869Frederick Hinson30Maria DeathWilliam Calcraft
01/08/1870Walter Miller31Rev. Elias Huelin“
09/12/1872Augustus Elliott25Mary Jane Aldington (prostitute)“
25/05/1874John Godwin27Wife, LouisaCalcraft/Evans
29/06/1874Frances Stewart (f)43Grandson, Henry Ernest ScrivenerWilliam Marwood
04/01/1875James Cranwell54Emma Bellamy“
21/12/1875Henry Wainwright37Harriet Lane (mistress)“
23/05/1876George Kaida22Murder & mutiny on the “Lennie” Marwood/Incher
“Pascales Caludis33“
“Matteo Cargalis36“
“Giovanni Cacaris21“
29/08/1876John Eblethrift37Wife, Mary AnnWilliam Marwood
11/12/1876Charles O’Donnell57Wife, Elizabeth“
15/10/1877John Lynch29Wife, Bridget“
12/11/1877Thomas Pratt27Elizabeth Frances Brockington“
24/03/1879James Simms43Lucy Graham (prostitute)“
25/08/1879James Dilley41Bastard child unchristened“
05/01/1880Charles Shurety29Louisa Piper, a child aged 2“
22/03/1880John Wingfield34Wife, Mary“
13/12/1880William Herbert54Jane Messenger“
13/12/1880George Pavey29Ada Shepherd (10)“
17/12/1883Patrick O’Donnell48James Carey (informer)Bartholomew Binns
06/10/1884Thomas Henry Orrock21PC George ColeJames Berry
06/10/1884Thomas Harris48Wife, Hannah“
13/07/1885Henry Alt31Charles Howard“
05/10/1885Henry Norman45Wife,Ellen“
07/12/1885Daniel Minahan28Wife, Bridget“
21/03/1887Joseph King41Annie Sutton + child“
18/04/1887Thomas Currell31Lydia Green“
22/08/1887Israel Lipski22Miriam Angel“
13/11/1888Levi Richard Bartlett66Wife, Elizabeth“
26/03/1890Thomas Neal69Wife, Theresa“
27/08/1890Francois Monteau51Francois De Grave“
23/12/1890Mary Wheeler24Phoebe Hogg & daughter“
01/03/1892James Muir39Abigail SullivanJames Billington
29/03/1892John Noble46Mary Elizabeth Swift“
16/08/1892John Wenzel25PC Joseph Joyce“
“James Taylor60Wife, Mary“
15/12/1892Thomas Neill Cream38Matilda Clover“
25/07/1893George Cooke27Maud Merton“
14/08/1894Paul Koczula24Sophia Frederica Matilda Rasch“
13/11/1895Richard Wingrave33Jane Eagle“
25/02/1896Alfred Chipperfield25Wife, Maria“
09/06/1896Henry Fowler &31Henry Smith“
“Albert Milsom33Henry Smith“
“William Seaman46John Goodman Levy“
10/06/1896Amelia Dyer57Doris Marmon (Baby Farmer)“
06/10/1896James Jones26Edward White“
15/11/1898John Ryan30PC James Baldwin“
03/01/1899Johann Schneider36Conrad Berndt“
28/03/1899George Robertson45Mary Knealey (4)“
03/10/1899Frederick Preston22Eliza Mears (girlfriend)“
15/11/1899Thomas Skeffington20Florence Wells“
09/01/1900Louisa Masset36Manfred Louis Masset (son)“
08/03/1900Ada Chard Williams24Selina Ellen Jones (Baby Farmer)“
22/05/1900Henry Grove26Henry Smith“
17/07/1900Alfred Highfield21Edith Margaret Poole (girlfriend)“
14/08/1900William Irwin61Catherine Amelia Irwin (wife)“
02/10/1900John Parr19Sarah Willott (girlfriend)“
19/02/1901Samson Salmon32Lucy Smith (cousin)“
19/11/1901Martial Fougeron23Hermann Francis Jung“
06/05/1902George Woolfe21Charlotte Cheeseman (girlfriend)William Billington

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