William Marwood (1818 – 4 September 1883) was a British state hangman. He developed the technique of hanging known as the "long drop". Marwood was born...

1872), was the first person to be hanged by Victorian hangman William Marwood, and the first to fall using the long drop method. He was hanged at Lincoln...

salty bacon and calmly awaited the coming of the public executioner, William Marwood, inventor of the "long drop". He was escorted on the death-walk by...

Bloomfield Rush, Charles Peace, William Marwood, Percy Lefroy Mapleton, Mary Ann Cotton, Israel Lipski, Franz Muller, William Palmer and Marie Manning. Other...

also known as the measured drop, was introduced to Britain in 1872 by William Marwood as a scientific advance on the standard drop, and further refined by...

European countries, far from being shunned, British executioners such as William Marwood, James Berry, Albert Pierrepoint, and Harry Allen were widely known...

Radclive is often described as having trained under British hangman William Marwood although there is no documentary proof for this. He can be shown to...

of hanging was his refinement of the long drop method developed by William Marwood, whom Berry knew quite well. His improvements were intended to diminish...

actress and comedian William Marwood (1820–1883), British hangman William Francis Marwood (1863–1935), English peer and civil servant Marwood Baronets, title...

was an English executioner from November 1883 to March 1884. When William Marwood died on 4 September 1883 after a brief illness, Binns was appointed...

without a use until the Lincolnshire Archives were housed in its cells. William Marwood, the 19th-century hangman, carried out his first execution at Lincoln...

25 shillings a week from the City of London and was succeeded as hangman by William Marwood. Although as a younger man Calcraft had been considered to be "genial"...

after the fact. Henry Wainwright was sentenced to death and hanged by William Marwood on 21 December 1875 aged 43. Despite taking place after public executions...

Curley and Tim Kelly were convicted of the murders, and were hanged by William Marwood in Kilmainham Gaol in Dublin between 14 May and 9 June 1883. Others...

and weights as my subjects."[citation needed] Following the death of William Marwood in 1883, a vacancy arose for the post of Executioner for the City of...

Michael Fagan, Thomas Caffrey, Dan Curley and Tim Kelly were hanged by William Marwood in Kilmainham Gaol in Dublin between 14 May and 4 June 1883. Others...

Dublin, who did not speak Irish. The three were executed in Galway by William Marwood for the crime in 1882. The role of John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer,...

the following day at Wandsworth Prison at 9 am, where the hangman, William Marwood, used his newly developed long drop technique to cause instantaneous...

Welsh language translator George Boole (1815–1864), mathematician William Marwood (1818–1883), hangman Jean Ingelow (1820–1897), poet Charles Frederick...

Sir William Francis Marwood, KCB (1863–1935) was an English civil servant who served as Permanent secretary to the Board of Trade. Marwood was born in...

George Marwood, 1st Baronet (1601–1680) Sir Henry Marwood, 2nd Baronet (c. 1635–1725) Sir Samuel Marwood, 3rd Baronet (c. 1672–1739) Sir William Marwood, 4th...

(1859–1939), religious leader and co-founder of Lunn Poly travel agents William Marwood (1818–1883), public hangman Erasmus Middleton (1739–1805), clergyman...

Free State; from 1937 the southern part was the Republic of Ireland. William Marwood James O'Sullivan Albert Pierrepoint Elizabeth Sugrue All executioners...

Street Dublin. Walsh and Joyce were hanged by the same executioner William Marwood in Galway gaol. Both had appealed to Lord Spencer on their innocence...

John Marwood Cleese (/ˈkliːz/ KLEEZ; born 27 October 1939) is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, and presenter. Emerging from the Cambridge...

hanged was specially strengthened for the job by the executioner, William Marwood. On 16 August 1886, James Banton (27) was hanged for the murder of...

Afghanistan Sir John Leahy, British Ambassador to South Africa Sir William Marwood, civil servant Henry Thoby Prinsep, English official of the Indian...

Mapleton was hanged at HM Prison Lewes on 29 November 1881 by executioner William Marwood. The coroner at Mapleton's inquest was Wynne Edwin Baxter, who had...

promoted 15 July 1895 Lt-Col William Watts, CB, former Regular captain, promoted 4 February 1903 Lt-Col William Marwood-Elton, promoted 2 April 1913 The...

using the "long drop" method of execution, a technique developed by William Marwood which was faster and therefore considered more humane than the previous...