François Benjamin Courvoisier
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| Gender | Male |
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| Born | Mont-la-Ville |
| Switzerland | |
| Died | Newgate Prison |
| Crimin status | Dead |
| Penalti | Executed by hanging |
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| ID | 3581149 |
François Benjamin Courvoisier Life story
François Benjamin Courvoisier was a Swiss-born valet who was convicted of murdering his employer Lord William Russell in London, England, and hanged outside Newgate Prison on 6 July 1840. A crowd of around 40,000 witnessed his death, including Charles Dickens and William Makepeace Thackeray.
