Died 26 July 1833 Criminal penalty Hanging | Name Thomas Knapton | |
Thomas Knapton (c. 1816 - 26 July 1833) was an English teenager who was convicted of raping 19-year-old Frances Elstone. He was sentenced to death and hanged at Lincoln Castle on 26 July 1833, at the age of 17.
Knapton was the last juvenile to be hanged in the United Kingdom.
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