Capital punishment in the United Kingdom predates the formation of the UK, having been used in Britain and Ireland from ancient times until the second half of the 20th century. The last executions in
Thomas More, 1535
The Execution of Lady Jane Grey in 1554
Mary, Queen of Scots in 1587
Guy Fawkes, 1606
William Joyce
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William Brooke Joyce, nicknamed Lord Haw-Haw, was an American-born Nazi propaganda broadcaster during the Second World War. After moving from New York to Ireland and subsequently to England, Joyce bec
Capital punishment in the United Kingdom
…legally defined punishment for certain offences such as treason until it was completely abolished in 1998; the last person to be executed for treason was William Joyce, in 1946. In 2004, Protocol No. 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights became binding on the United Kingdom; it prohibits the restoration of the…
Joyce shortly after capture, 1945
Dämmerung über England (Twilight over England), 3rd edition, Berlin 1942