British Executions

George Henry Lamson

Age: 29

Sex: male

Crime: murder

Date Of Execution: 28 Apr 1882

Crime Location:

Execution Place: Wandsworth Prison

Method: hanging

Executioner: William Marwood

Source: http://web.archive.org/web/20070624062456/http://www.fred.net/jefalvey/execute.h

George Lamson, a doctor, murdered his crippled bother-in-law Percy Malcom John 19 by administering aconitine.

In 1879 his other brother-in-law Herbert John died and left him £700. He was not suspected in the death and set up a doctors practice which soon failed due to his morphine addiction.