Rebecca Smith (infanticide), Date of Birth, Date of Death

Rebecca Smith (infanticide)

Date of Birth: 17-May-1807

Date of Death: 23-Aug-1849

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Rebecca Smith (née Prior; chr.
17 May 1807 – 23 August 1849) was the last British woman to be executed for the infanticide of her own child.
She was convicted of killing her infant son Richard, and was publicly hanged at Devizes, Wiltshire.
After her trial she confessed to having poisoned seven of her other children.