What is Michael Barrett?
{{unreferenced|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Michael Barrett | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = 1841 | birth_place = Ederney, County Fermanagh, Ireland, UK | death_date = {{Death date and age|1868|05|26|1841}} | death_place = Newgate Prison, London | death_cause = Executed by hanging | resting_place = [[City of London Cemetery]] | nationality = Irish | criminal_penalty = Death | occupation = | years_active = | known_for = Involvement in the [[Clerkenwell explosion]] and being the last person publicly executed in England }} '''Michael Barrett''' was the last public hanging in the [[United Kingdom]]. He was convicted of the murder of Sarah Ann Hodgkinson, one of 12 victims of bombing in Clerkenwell, [[London]]. Barrett was publicly hanged May 26, 1868.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Staff|first=Ireland's Eye|date=2022-02-24|title=The Execution of Michael Barrett|url=https://irelandseye.ie/the-execution-of-michael-barrett|access-date=2024-02-23|website=Ireland's Eye Magazine|language=en-GB}}</ref> ==Related pages== * [[Frances Kidder]], the last woman to be publicly hanged in the United Kingdom * [[Robert Smith (murderer)]], the last public hanging in Scotland and second-to-last public hanging in the United Kingdom ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Barrett, Michael}} [[Category:1841 births]] [[Category:1868 deaths]] [[Category:People executed by hanging]]