government from 1884 until 1901. He was the patriarch of the Billington family of executioners. Billington died at home from emphysema in the early hours of 13...

John Billington (1880 – 27 October 1905) was an English executioner. He was on the Home Office list from 1901 to 1905. Billington came from a family of...

James Billington may refer to: James Billington (executioner) (1847–1901), executioner for the British government James H. Billington (1929–2018), American...

occupation. Billington was born in Bolton, Lancashire. He worked primarily as a barman, but his father, James Billington, was an executioner and gained...

1905 and had participated in hangings from 1899. Billington, second son of executioner James Billington, carried out his first hanging in July 1899. He...

include: Adeline Billington (1826–1917), English actress and teacher James Billington (1847 – 1901), English executioner Thomas Billington (1872 – 1902)...

grandfather Thomas Billington was a bare-knuckle boxer. He was a member of the Billington family. One of his ancestors James Billington was also a wrestler...

Newcastle in December 1901, as assistant to William Billington. Ellis served as Chief Executioner from 1907 and was involved in a total of 203 executions...

have acted as official executioners. In 1870 the Republic of France abolished all local executioners and named the executioner of Algiers, Antoine Rasseneux...

as an assistant to James Billington. Over the next few years, he worked primarily as an assistant to William and John Billington before becoming the...