ALB PIERREPOINT ( UK THE LAST HANGMAN) 5 of 10

Albert Pierrepoint ( 1905 - 10 July 1992) is the most celebrated member of a Yorkshire family who provided three of Britain’s Chief Executioners in the first half of the 20th century. In 1901 Henry Pierrepoint ( 1874- 1922) was appointed to the list of executioners after repeatedly writing to the Home Office to offer his services. In his nine-year term of office Henry carried out 107 executions before being dismissed in July 1910 for arriving for an execution at Chelmsford prison "considerably the worse for drink", and having fought fellow hangman John Ellis the previous day. He did however persuade his older brother Thomas and son Albert to carry on in the family business. Albert's first execution as "Number One" was that of gangster Antonio "Babe" Mancini at Pentonville Prison, London, on 17 October 1941, who said "Cheerio!" before the trap was sprung.

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