Edith Thompson and Frederick Bywaters

Edith Jessie Thompson (25 December 1893 – 9 January 1923) and Frederick Edward Francis Bywaters (27 June 1902 – 9 January 1923) were a British couple executed for the murder of Thompson's husband Percy. Their case became a cause célèbre.

Edith Thompson
Frederick Bywaters (left), Edith Thompson and Percy Thompson in July 1921
BornEdith Jessie Graydon
(1893-12-25)25 December 1893
Dalston, London
Died9 January 1923(1923-01-09) (aged 29)
HMP Holloway, London
CauseExecution by hanging
MotiveCrime passionel
Charge(s)Murder
Conviction(s)Murder
(11 December 1922)
PenaltyDeath
StatusExecuted
Spouse
Percy Thompson
(m. 1916; died 1922)
Frederick Bywaters
Born(1902-06-27)27 June 1902
Died9 January 1923(1923-01-09) (aged 20)
HMP Pentonville, London
CauseExecution by hanging
MotiveCrime passionel
Charge(s)Murder
Conviction(s)Murder
(11 December 1922)
PenaltyDeath
StatusExecuted
OccupationMerchant seaman


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