George Pigott

Murder of FLORENCE GALLOWAY;

There is also reference to him here.

In 1876 George Piggott, a married man with two of small children, left his wife after seducing Florence Galloway, a young domestic servant, and set up home with his lover in Birmingham. After living together for eighteen months Florence became pregnant but left Piggott because of his brutality and returned to her family. He moved back in with his wife, who forgave him for the affair, and took a job as a tram driver. On 24 November 1877, Florence Galloway's mother saw Piggott near her house and told him to stay away. On 5 December he forged a letter to Florence arranging a meeting to discuss a job. Only days after she had given birth to his child, she arrived for the meeting whereupon he shot her dead. He was tried and convicted of her murder and hanged in Manchester on the 4 Februrary 1878 by William Marwood. He was twenty nine when the sentence was carried out.