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Events on Monday 5 May 1760 2
1720 – 1760Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers (1720-1760)Died 5 May 1760, aged 39Earl Ferrers was tried by the House of Lords for murdering his steward, John Johnson, and was hanged at Tyburn. He was the last peer of the realm to be executed as a felon in England.
1720 – 1760Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers (1720-1760)Died 5 May 1760, aged 39Earl Ferrers was tried by the House of Lords for murdering his steward, John Johnson, and was hanged at Tyburn. He was the last peer of the realm to be executed as a felon in England.