Public Executioner

James Berry, 1852-1913, was on the Home Office list of executioners from 1884-1891, and carried out 131 hangings. He was the first British executioner to write his memoirs; My Experiences as an Executioner and had a waxwork in Madame Tussauds.

Q Who would he have handed his business card to?

VJH

Queries 2007/8

Cabinet Portrait
Key Registry Tags
Christmas Crackers
Fun Fare
Drawn on Stone
Advent Calendars
'Air Raid' Booklets
Le Vieux Papier
Engraved Invitation
Public Executioner
Valentine Booklets
Spa Album
1774 Engraving

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2005/6

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