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Pierrepoint (other)
Pierrepoint may refer to: * Albert Pierrepoint (1905–1992), British executioner * Henry Pierrepoint (1877–1922), British executioner, father of Albert * Thomas Pierrepoint (1870–1954), British executioner, brother of Henry * ''Pierrepoint'' (film), British 2005 film about Albert Pierrepoint See also *Pierpoint (other) Pierpoint may refer to: Places *Pierpoint, California, USA People * Charles Pierpoint (1795-?), English athlete in cricket *Eric Pierpoint (born 1950), United States actor *Folliott Sandford Pierpoint (1835-1917), English hymnist and poet *Katheri ... * Pierrepont (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Pierrepoint
Albert Pierrepoint ( ; 30 March 1905 – 10 July 1992) was an English Executioner, hangman who executed between 435 and 600 people in a 25-year career that ended in 1956. His father Henry Pierrepoint, Henry and uncle Thomas Pierrepoint, Thomas were official hangmen before him. Pierrepoint was born in Clayton, West Yorkshire, Clayton in the West Riding of Yorkshire. His family struggled financially because of his father's intermittent employment and heavy drinking. Pierrepoint knew from an early age that he wanted to become a hangman, and was taken on as an assistant executioner in September 1932, aged 27. His first execution was in December that year, alongside his uncle Tom. In October 1941 he undertook his first hanging as lead executioner. During his tenure he hanged 200 people who had been convicted of war crimes in Germany and Austria, as well as several high-profile murderers—including Gordon Cummins (the Blackout Ripper), John Haigh (the Acid Bath Murderer) and Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Pierrepoint
Henry Albert Pierrepoint (30 November 1877 – 14 December 1922) was an English executioner from 1901 until 1910. He was the father of Albert Pierrepoint and brother of Thomas William Pierrepoint.A grisly family tradition BBC Nottingham. Retrieved on 17 October 2009. Early life Pierrepoint was born in Normanton on Soar,1881 : Sutton Bonington; RG11; Piece 3149; Folio 26; Page 3. |
Thomas Pierrepoint
Thomas William Pierrepoint (6 October 1870 – 11 February 1954) was an English executioner from 1906 until 1946. He was the brother of Henry Pierrepoint and uncle of Albert Pierrepoint. Personal life Pierrepoint was born in Sutton Bonington, Nottinghamshire, in 1870, the second child and eldest son of Thomas Pierrepoint, a plate layer on the railway, and Ann Pierrepoint, formerly Marriott. The Pierrepoint family were still living in Sutton Bonington at the time of the 1881 census, 1881 census: Sutton Bonington; RG11; Piece 3149; Folio 26; Page 3. but by the 1891 census they had moved to Clayton, near Bradford, Yorkshire, where Thomas and his father were employed as stone quarrymen. He was married to Elizabeth Binns on 5 December 1891. By 1914, Pierrepoint had taken on a number of "sidelines", including a carrier service founded by his brother, a small farm, and an illegal bookmaking business. Career Thomas Pierrepoint began working as a hangman in 1906 under the influ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierrepoint (film)
''Pierrepoint'' is a 2005 British film directed by Adrian Shergold about the life of British executioner Albert Pierrepoint. The film premiered at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival and was released in the UK on 7 April 2006. In the United States, it had a limited theatrical release at three screens on 7 June 2007, grossing $21,766. It was released on DVD on 30 October 2007. Commissioned as a television film in 2004, ''Pierrepoint'' was broadcast on ITV on 25 August 2008, when it attracted an estimated audience of 3.6 million. The film was renamed ''Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman'' for its North American release, although Pierrepoint was not the last British hangman. Premise The film is loosely based on the life of Britain's most prolific hangman, Albert Pierrepoint (played by Timothy Spall), from the time he is trained for the job and accepted onto the list of the country's official hangmen in 1932 until his resignation in 1956. The film is a highly fictionalised ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierpoint (other)
Pierpoint may refer to: Places *Pierpoint, California, USA People * Charles Pierpoint (1795-?), English athlete in cricket *Eric Pierpoint (born 1950), United States actor *Folliott Sandford Pierpoint (1835-1917), English hymnist and poet *Katherine Pierpoint (born 1961), English poet * Powell Pierpoint (1922-1998), United States lawyer, General Counsel of the Army *Richard Pierpoint (c1744-c1837), Bondu-born participant in the American Revolution *Robert Pierpoint (journalist) (1925-2011), United States broadcast journalist *Robert Pierpoint (Vermont politician) (1791-1864), United States political figure and co-founder of a life-insurance company *Roy Pierpoint (born 1929), British racing driver * Thomas Pierpoint (1789–1849), English cricketer See also * Pierpont (other) *Pierrepoint (other) Pierrepoint may refer to: * Albert Pierrepoint (1905–1992), British executioner * Henry Pierrepoint (1877–1922), British executioner, father of Albert * Thomas Pierr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
