Thomas William Pierrepoint (1870–1954) was a British executioner from 1906 until 1946. He was the brother of Henry and uncle of Albert.He was born in Sutton Bonington, Nottinghamshire, the second child and eldest son of Thomas and Mary Pierrepoint. He worked as a hangman for 39 years until his mid-seventies in 1946. He is thought to have carried out 294 hangings in his career, although no precise figure has been verified, as some of these were in Ireland.