Jerry Abershawe | |
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Born | Louis Jeremiah Abershawe c. 1773 Kingston-upon-Thames, England |
Died | 3 August 1795 (aged 21–22) Kennington Common, Borough of Lambeth, England |
Occupation(s) | Highwayman, murderer |
Known for | The last hanged highwayman to have his body put on public display after execution in England. |
Louis Jeremiah Abershawe (c. 1773 – 3 August 1795), better known as Jerry Abershawe, or Abershaw, was an English highwayman who terrorised travellers, mostly along the road between Kingston upon Thames and London, in the late eighteenth century.