Henry was responsible for the execution of the notorious babyfarmers, Sach and Walters, as well as the Stratton brothers and the martyr Madar Lal Dhingra. He retired in 1910 and later published his memoirs in 'The Thomson's Weekly News'.

Like his son, Albert, Henry diligently kept an Execution Diary. He, too, scribed the usual details of the victim (name, age, height and weight) but, in addition, gave a brief description of the condition of the condemned prisoner's neck. When Albert started keeping a diary, he dispensed with this detail as he thought it distasteful.

Henry Pierrepoint died in 1922, ten years before Albert embarked upon the same career path. Little did he know that his son would become the most prolific hangman in British history.

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