List of British supercentenarians
This is an incomplete list of British supercentenarians (people who have attained the age of at least 110 years). There have been over 100 verified supercentenarians from Britain.[1][2] Currently, there are nine verified living supercentenarians (and four currently unverified) in Britain, the oldest of whom is Florrie Baldwin, aged 128. The oldest person ever from the United Kingdom was Charlotte Hughes, who died in 1993 aged 115 years and 228 days.
Below is a short summary of the current oldest living man and woman in each of the home nations of the United Kingdom, and the Isle of Man:
Country | Name | Sex | Birth | Age |
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England | Florrie Baldwin | F | 31 March 1896 | 128 years, 137 days[1] |
Stanley Lucas | M | 15 January 1900 | 124 years, 213 days[1] | |
Scotland | Annie Turnbull | F | 21 September 1898 | 125 years, 329 days[1] |
Sam Latter | M | 4 January 1904 | 120 years, 224 days[3] | |
Wales | Esther Vickery | F | 15 October 1901 | 122 years, 305 days[3] |
Ivor Ernest John | M | 2 January 1904 | 120 years, 226 days[3] | |
Northern Ireland | Maria McQuillan | F | 17 April 1902 | 122 years, 120 days[3] |
Jacob Marshall | M | 2 February 1904 | 120 years, 195 days[3] | |
Isle of Man | Doris Watkins | F | 25 November 1902 | 121 years, 264 days[3] |
John Twibell | M | 30 March 1904 | 120 years, 138 days[3] |
Living supercentenarians
Below is a list of the oldest living people in Britain. Those listed as 'verified' have been validated by an international body that specifically deals in longevity research, such as the Gerontology Research Group. Those that are 'unverified' are yet to be validated.
Verified Unverified
Rank | Name | Born | Sex | Age as of 15 August | Residence |
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1 | Florrie Baldwin[1] | 31 March 1896 | F | 128 years, 137 days | Leeds, England |
2 | Eunice Bowman[1] | 23 August 1898 | F | 125 years, 358 days | Gateshead, England |
3 | Annie Turnbull[1] | 21 September 1898 | F | 125 years, 329 days | Edinburgh, Scotland |
4 | Elsie Steele[1] | 6 January 1899 | F | 125 years, 222 days | Repton, England |
5 | Margaret Fish[1] | 7 March 1899 | F | 125 years, 161 days | Wilstead, England |
6 | Elsie Ward[1] | 24 July 1899 | F | 125 years, 22 days | Nottingham, England |
7 | Violet Wood[1] | 2 September 1899 | F | 124 years, 348 days | Whitstable, England |
8 | Catherine Masters[1] | 23 November 1899 | F | 124 years, 266 days | Stanford in the Vale, England |
Grace Jones[4] | 7 December 1899 | F | 124 years, 252 days | Bermondsey, England | |
Lady Mona Agnew[5][6] | 29 December 1899 | F | 124 years, 230 days | Stamford, England | |
Ellen Watson[7] | 3 January 1900 | F | 124 years, 225 days | Staines, England | |
9 | Stanley Lucas[1] | 15 January 1900 | M | 124 years, 213 days | Bude, England |
Isabel Brown[8] | 29 January 1900 | F | 124 years, 199 days | Cullercoats, England |
Oldest Britons ever
Rank | Name | Sex | Birth | Death | Age | Country |
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1 | Charlotte Hughes | F | 1 August 1877 | 17 March 1993 | [2] | 115 years, 228 daysEngland |
2 | Annie Jennings | F | 12 November 1884 | 20 November 1999 | [2] | 115 years, 8 daysEngland |
3 | Eva Morris | F | 8 November 1885 | 2 November 2000 | [2] | 114 years, 360 daysEngland |
4 | Anna Eliza Williams | F | 2 June 1873 | 27 December 1987 | [2] | 114 years, 208 days England Wales |
5 | Grace Clawson | F | 15 November 1887 | 28 May 2002 | [2] | 114 years, 194 days England United States |
6 | Lucy Jane Askew | F | 8 September 1883 | 9 December 1997 | [2] | 114 years, 92 daysEngland |
7 | Amy Isabel Hulmes | F | 5 October 1887 | 27 October 2001 | [2] | 114 years, 22 daysEngland |
8 | Miriam Carpelan | F | 8 July 1882 | 22 June 1996 | [9] | 113 years, 350 days England United States |
9 | Florrie Baldwin | F | 31 March 1896 | Living | [1] | 128 years, 137 daysEngland |
10 | Rosa Ann Comfort | F | 21 January 1879 | 6 November 1992 | [2] | 113 years, 290 daysEngland |
11 | Lucy d'Abreu | F | 24 May 1892 | 7 December 2005 | [2] | 113 years, 197 days British Raj (now India) Scotland |
12 | Daisy Adams | F | 30 June 1880 | 8 December 1993 | [2] | 113 years, 161 daysEngland |
13 | Florence Finch | F | 22 December 1893 | 10 April 2007 | [2] | 113 years, 109 days England New Zealand |
14 | Betsy Baker | F | 20 August 1842 | 24 October 1955 | [2] | 113 years, 65 days England United States |
15 | Henry Allingham | M | 6 June 1896 | 18 July 2009 | [2] | 113 years, 42 daysEngland |
16 | Annie Scott | F | 15 March 1883 | 21 April 1996 | [2] | 113 years, 37 days Northern Ireland Scotland |
17 | Ruby Gilliam | F | 21 September 1885 | 22 October 1998 | [2] | 113 years, 31 daysEngland |
18 | Alice Sjöquist | F | 25 October 1878 | 7 November 1991 | [2] | 113 years, 13 days England Canada |
19 | Rebecca Hewison | F | 19 October 1881 | 22 September 1994 | [2] | 112 years, 338 daysEngland |
20 | John Evans | M | 19 August 1877 | 10 June 1990 | [2] | 112 years, 295 daysWales |
21 | Nellie Bradley | F | 12 September 1889 | 11 March 2002 | [2] | 112 years, 180 daysEngland |
22 | Gladys Ivy Hawley | F | 18 December 1891 | 28 April 2004 | [2] | 112 years, 132 daysEngland |
23 | Annie Butler | F | 4 June 1897 | 28 September 2009 | [2] | 112 years, 116 daysEngland |
24 | Mary Ann Hebden | F | 4 October 1893 | 30 November 2005 | [2] | 112 years, 57 daysEngland |
25 | Judy Ingamells | F | 12 January 1894 | 1 March 2006 | [2] | 112 years, 48 daysEngland |
26 | Mary Ellen Swan | F | 24 June 1892 | 10 August 2004 | [2] | 112 years, 47 days England Canada |
27 | Alice Stevenson | F | 10 July 1861 | 18 August 1973 | [2] | 112 years, 39 daysEngland |
28 | Janetta Thomas | F | 2 December 1869 | 5 January 1982 | [2] | 112 years, 34 daysWales |
29 | Annie Price | F | 12 January 1886 | 26 December 1997 | [2] | 111 years, 348 daysEngland |
30 | Ada Roe | F | 6 February 1858 | 11 January 1970 | [2] | 111 years, 339 daysEngland |
Ranks 31–116 | ||||||
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Rank | Name | Sex | Birth | Death | Age | Country |
31 | Helen Haward | F | 24 November 1884 | 23 October 1996 | 111 years, 334 days[2] | England |
32 | Mary Ann Fewster | F | 6 February 1878 | 26 December 1989 | 111 years, 323 days[2] | England |
33 | Florence Pannell | F | 26 December 1868 | 20 October 1980 | 111 years, 299 days[2] | England |
34 | Rose Hart | F | 20 March 1878 | 5 January 1990 | 111 years, 291 days[2] | England |
35 | John Mosely Turner | M | 15 June 1856 | 21 March 1968 | 111 years, 280 days[2] | England |
36 | Kate Begbie | F | 9 January 1877 | 5 September 1988 | 111 years, 240 days[2] | Scotland |
37 | Louisa Aspland | F | 5 March 1888 | 21 October 1999 | 111 years, 230 days[2] | England |
38 | Annie Bannell | F | 12 February 1882 | 10 September 1993 | 111 years, 210 days[2] | England |
39 | Elizabeth Jones | F | 20 August 1888 | 10 March 2000 | 111 years, 203 days[2] | England |
40 | Florence Reeves | F | 17 February 1894 | 28 August 2005 | 111 years, 192 days[2] | England |
41 | Florence Deuchar | F | 18 February 1882 | 16 August 1993 | 111 years, 179 days[2] | England |
Mabel Frary | F | 16 September 1892 | 13 March 2004 | 111 years, 179 days[2] | England | |
43 | Eunice Bowman | F | 23 August 1898 | Living | 125 years, 358 days[1] | England |
44 | Annie Knight | F | 6 June 1895 | 27 November 2006 | 111 years, 174 days[2] | Scotland |
45 | Annie Turnbull | F | 21 September 1898 | Living | 125 years, 329 days[1] | Scotland |
46 | George Frederick Ives | M | 17 November 1881 | 12 April 1993 | 111 years, 146 days[2] | England Canada |
47 | Emmeline Brice | F | 9 March 1895 | 26 July 2006 | 111 years, 139 days[2] | England |
48 | Ada Mason | F | 24 September 1895 | 9 February 2007 | 111 years, 138 days[2] | England |
49 | Emily Calvert | F | 30 August 1893 | 13 January 2005 | 111 years, 136 days[2] | England |
50 | Louisa Shephard | F | 14 September 1898 | 19 January 2010 | 111 years, 127 days[2] | Wales |
51 | Constance Shepherd | F | 16 February 1893 | 19 June 2004 | 111 years, 124 days[2] | England |
52 | Rose Heeley | F | 25 August 1864 | 24 December 1975 | 111 years, 121 days[2] | England |
53 | Annie Townsend | F | 20 May 1883 | 11 September 1994 | 111 years, 114 days[2] | England |
54 | Bessie Roffey | F | 2 March 1897 | 17 June 2008 | 111 years, 107 days[1] | England Canada |
55 | Jane Redpath | F | 3 March 1889 | 16 June 2000 | 111 years, 105 days[2] | Scotland |
56 | Doris Prater | F | 26 October 1893 | 21 January 2005 | 111 years, 87 days[2] | England |
57 | Harriet Trudgen | F | 22 May 1889 | 2 August 2000 | 111 years, 72 days[2] | England United States |
59 | Elsie Steele | F | 6 January 1899 | Living | 125 years, 222 days[1] | England |
58 | Harry Patch | M | 17 June 1898 | 25 July 2009 | 111 years, 38 days[2] | England |
60 | Alice Brewster | F | 16 September 1871 | 9 October 1982 | 111 years, 23 days[2] | England |
61 | Miriam Bannister | F | 19 March 1817 | 9 April 1928 | 111 years, 21 days[2] | England United States |
62 | Sarah Morgan | F | 23 January 1867 | 12 February 1978 | 111 years, 20 days[2] | England |
63 | Margaret Fish | F | 7 March 1899 | Living | 125 years, 161 days[1] | England |
64 | Margaret Ann Neve | F | 18 May 1792 | 4 April 1903 | 110 years, 321 days[2] | Guernsey |
65 | Winifred Pettit | F | 1 November 1887 | 10 September 1998 | 110 years, 313 days[2] | England |
66 | Charlotte Gibson | F | 2 April 1896 | 5 February 2007 | 110 years, 309 days[2] | England |
67 | Vera Kift | F | 8 April 1894 | 26 January 2005 | 110 years, 293 days[2] | England |
68 | Elsie Day | F | 16 December 1885 | 26 September 1996 | 110 years, 285 days[2] | England |
69 | Jessamine Nicholls | F | 25 January 1892 | 30 October 2002 | 110 years, 278 days[2] | England |
70 | Christina Morrison | F | 22 October 1895 | 25 July 2006 | 110 years, 276 days[2] | Scotland |
71 | Ethel Gale | F | 26 April 1888 | 26 January 1999 | 110 years, 275 days[2] | England |
72 | Ethel Tuck | F | 16 August 1881 | 15 May 1992 | 110 years, 273 days[2] | England |
73 | Constance Young | F | 1 November 1869 | 27 July 1980 | 110 years, 269 days[2] | England |
74 | Sarah Raw | F | 20 December 1873 | 10 September 1984 | 110 years, 265 days[2] | England |
75 | Kate Jones | F | 3 April 1880 | 22 December 1990 | 110 years, 263 days[2] | England |
76 | Florence Cox | F | 24 October 1895 | 7 July 2006 | 110 years, 256 days[2] | England |
77 | Mary Ann Poole | F | 31 May 1887 | 2 February 1998 | 110 years, 247 days[2] | England |
78 | Jean Einstein | F | 11 April 1896 | 8 December 2006 | 110 years, 241 days[2] | England |
79 | Elizabeth Watkins | F | 10 March 1863 | 31 October 1973 | 110 years, 235 days[2] | Northern Ireland |
80 | Matilda Elsbury | F | 28 September 1874 | 30 April 1985 | 110 years, 214 days[2] | England |
81 | Florrie Cleverdon | F | 17 April 1886 | 13 November 1996 | 110 years, 210 days[2] | England |
82 | Florence van Stockum | F | 5 october 1894 | 2 May 2005 | 110 years, 209 days[2] | England United States |
83 | Elsie Ward | F | 24 July 1899 | Living | 125 years, 22 days[1] | England |
84 | Doris Nash | F | 19 January 1899 | 20 July 2009 | 110 years, 182 days[2] | England |
85 | Amy Carpenter | F | 8 January 1887 | 7 July 1997 | 110 years, 180 days[2] | England |
86 | Violet Wood | F | 2 September 1899 | Living | 124 years, 348 days[1] | England |
87 | Florence Beaumont | F | 29 July 1886 | 4 January 1997 | 110 years, 159 days[2] | England |
88 | Eleanor Thatcher | F | 19 September 1897 | 13 February 2008 | 110 years, 147 days[2] | England |
89 | Dorothy Hodgson | F | 23 July 1897 | 7 December 2007 | 110 years, 137 days[2] | England Canada |
90 | Edna McClure | F | 28 August 1899 | 11 January 2010 | 110 years, 136 days[1] | England |
91 | Elizabeth Yensen | F | 25 July 1895 | 4 December 2005 | 110 years, 132 days[2] | Scotland Northern Ireland |
92 | Evelyn Norris | F | 8 October 1882 | 8 February 1993 | 110 years, 123 days[2] | England United States |
93 | Emma Georgina Colyer | F | 3 April 1863 | 2 August 1973 | 110 years, 121 days[2] | England |
94 | Margaret Stamper | F | 5 April 1891 | 31 July 2001 | 110 years, 117 days[2] | England |
95 | Alice Empleton | F | 13 September 1870 | 7 January 1981 | 110 years, 116 days[2] | England |
96 | Ann Pouder | F | 8 April 1807 | 10 July 1917 | 110 years, 93 days[2] | England |
97 | Catherine Masters | F | 23 November 1899 | Living | 124 years, 266 days[1] | Scotland England |
98 | Irene Crook | F | 30 August 1892 | 15 November 2002 | 110 years, 77 days[2] | England |
99 | Lilias Williams | F | 30 November 1868 | 12 February 1979 | 110 years, 74 days[2] | England |
Gertrude German | F | 5 October 1885 | 18 December 1995 | 110 years, 74 days[2] | England | |
101 | Mary Ann Cragie | F | 12 October 1862 | 17 December 1972 | 110 years, 66 days[2] | England |
102 | Minnie Smith | F | 5 January 1898 | 3 March 2008 | 110 years, 58 days[2] | England |
103 | Ethel Maunder | F | 18 December 1883 | 11 February 1994 | 110 years, 55 days[2] | England |
104 | Beatrice Webley | F | 12 November 1888 | 2 January 1999 | 110 years, 51 days[2] | England |
105 | Beatrice Ethel Darby | F | 6 January 1898 | 25 February 2008 | 110 years, 50 days[2] | England |
106 | Gertrude Phillipson | F | 22 March 1878 | 7 May 1988 | 110 years, 46 days[2] | England |
107 | Alexina Calvert | F | 13 August 1898 | 19 September 2008 | 110 years, 37 days[2] | Scotland |
108 | Mabel Hampshire | F | 14 September 1885 | 19 October 1995 | 110 years, 35 days[2] | England |
109 | Stanley Lucas | M | 15 January 1900 | Living | 124 years, 213 days[1] | England |
109 | Mary Hammond | F | 19 October 1871 | 19 November 1981 | 110 years, 31 days[2] | England |
110 | Amy Pearce | F | 22 May 1889 | 20 June 1999 | 110 years, 29 days[2] | England |
112 | Annie Churchill | F | 19 October 1894 | 6 November 2004 | 110 years, 18 days[2] | England |
113 | Ann Schrimshaw | F | 13 March 1884 | 29 March 1994 | 110 years, 16 days[2] | England |
114 | Elizabeth Guise-Berrow | F | 28 February 1894 | 11 March 2004 | 110 years, 12 days[2] | England |
115 | Frederick Butterfield | M | 28 February 1864 | 9 March 1974 | 110 years, 9 days[2] | England |
116 | Zoe Hiehle | F | 19 August 1879 | 25 August 1989 | 110 years, 6 days[2] | England United States |
117 | Rita Donn | F | 11 January 1889 | 17 January 1999 | 110 years, 6 days[2] | Scotland |
118 | Hannah Smith | F | 7 January 1856 | 10 January 1966 | 110 years, 3 days[2] | England |
Progressive list of the oldest British person on record
Name | Lifespan | Record held from | Record held until | Age at death |
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Margaret Ann Neve | 18 May 1792 – 4 April 1903 | Unknown | 1 May 1967 | 110 years, 321 days |
John Mosely Turner | 15 June 1856 – 21 March 1968 | 2 May 1967 | 13 November 1969 | 111 years, 280 days |
Ada Roe | 6 February 1858 – 11 January 1970 | 14 November 1969 | 14 June 1973 | 111 years, 339 days |
Alice Stevenson | 10 July 1861 – 18 August 1973 | 15 June 1973 | 11 July 1985 | 112 years, 39 days |
Anna Eliza Williams | 2 June 1873 – 27 December 1987 | 12 July 1985 | 25 February 1992 | 114 years, 208 days |
Charlotte Hughes | 1 August 1877 – 17 March 1993 | 26 February 1992 | Present | 115 years, 228 days |
Territorial records
The following table lists both the known male and female longevity records for the constituent countries, Crown dependencies and overseas territories of the United Kingdom; and former overseas territories of the British Empire.
Place of birth | Name | Sex | Birth | Death | Age |
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England | Charlotte Hughes | F | 1 August 1877 | 17 March 1993 | 115 years, 228 days[2] |
Henry Allingham | M | 6 June 1896 | 18 July 2009 | 113 years, 42 days[2] | |
Northern Ireland | Annie Scott[a] | F | 15 March 1883 | 21 April 1996 | 113 years, 37 days[2] |
Scotland | Kate Begbie[b] | F | 9 January 1877 | 5 September 1988 | 111 years, 240 days[2] |
David Henderson | M | 14 June 1889 | 14 November 1998 | 109 years, 153 days[10] | |
Wales | John Evans | M | 19 August 1877 | 10 June 1990 | 112 years, 295 days[2] |
Janetta Thomas[c] | F | 2 December 1869 | 5 January 1982 | 112 years, 34 days[2] | |
Guernsey | Margaret Ann Neve | F | 18 May 1792 | 4 April 1903 | 110 years, 321 days[2] |
British Raj (now India) | Lucy d'Abreu | F | 24 May 1892 | 7 December 2005 | 113 years, 197 days[2] |
a^ Annie Scott died in Scotland. The oldest person to die in Northern Ireland was Elizabeth Watkins, at the age of 110 years, 235 days.
b^ Indian-born Lucy d'Abreu was the oldest person to die in Scotland, at the age of 113 years, 197 days.
c^ English-born Anna Eliza Williams was the oldest person to die in Wales, at the age of 114 years, 208 days.
Chronological list of the oldest people in Britain
From | To | Name | Age when oldest | Lifespan | Sex | Place |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unknown | 8 October 1963 | Ellen Dart | ?–108 | 1 November 1854 – 8 October 1963 108 years, 341 days |
F | Paignton, England |
8 October 1963 | 6 March 1965 (1 year, 149 days) |
Elizabeth Kensley | 108–109 | 12 May 1855 – 6 March 1965 109 years, 298 days |
F | St Pancras, England |
6 March 1965 | 10 January 1966 (310 days) |
Hannah Smith | 109–110 | 7 January 1856 – 10 January 1966 110 years, 3 days |
F | Sheffield, England |
10 January 1966 | 21 March 1968 (2 years, 71 days) |
John Mosely Turner | 109–111 | 15 June 1856 – 21 March 1968 111 years, 280 days |
M | Tottenham, England |
21 March 1968 | 11 January 1970 (1 year, 296 days) |
Ada Roe | 110–111 | 6 February 1858 – 11 January 1970 111 years, 339 days |
F | Lowestoft, England |
11 January 1970 | 18 August 1973 (3 years, 219 days) |
Alice Stevenson | 108–112 | 10 July 1861 – 18 August 1973 112 years, 39 days |
F | Sutton, England |
18 August 1973 | 31 October 1973 (74 days) |
Elizabeth Watkins | 110 | 10 March 1863 – 31 October 1973 110 years, 235 days |
F | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
31 October 1973 | 9 March 1974 (129 days) |
Frederick Butterfield | 109–110 | 28 February 1864 – 9 March 1974 110 years, 9 days |
M | Harrogate, England |
9 March 1974 | 24 December 1975 (1 year, 290 days) |
Rose Heeley | 109–111 | 25 August 1864 – 24 December 1975 111 years, 121 days |
F | Droitwich, England |
24 December 1975 | 12 March 1976 (79 days) |
Agnes Helyar[11][12] | 109 | 19 September 1866 – 12 March 1976 109 years, 175 days |
F | Abbots Langley, England |
12 March 1976 | 12 February 1978 (1 year, 337 days) |
Sarah Morgan | 109–111 | 23 January 1867 – 12 February 1978 111 years, 20 days |
F | Tonbridge, England |
12 February 1978 | 12 February 1979 (1 year, 0 days) |
Lilias Williams | 109–110 | 30 November 1868 – 12 February 1979 110 years, 74 days |
F | Launceston, England |
12 February 1979 | 20 October 1980 (1 year, 251 days) |
Florence Pannell | 110–111 | 26 December 1868 – 20 October 1980 111 years, 299 days |
F | Kensington, England |
20 October 1980 | 5 January 1982 (1 year, 77 days) |
Janetta Thomas | 110–112 | 2 December 1869 – 5 January 1982 112 years, 34 days |
F | Cowbridge, Wales |
5 January 1982 | 9 October 1982 (277 days) |
Alice Brewster | 110–111 | 16 September 1871 – 9 October 1982 111 years, 23 days |
F | Bath, England |
9 October 1982 | 27 December 1987 (5 years, 79 days) |
Anna Eliza Williams | 109–114 | 2 June 1873 – 27 December 1987 114 years, 208 days |
F | Swansea, Wales |
27 December 1987 | 5 September 1988 (253 days) |
Kate Begbie | 110–111 | 9 January 1877 – 5 September 1988 111 years, 240 days |
F | Dundee, Scotland |
5 September 1988 | 17 March 1993 (4 years, 193 days) |
Charlotte Hughes | 111–115 | 1 August 1877 – 17 March 1993 115 years, 228 days |
F | Redcar, England |
17 March 1993 | 8 December 1993 (266 days) |
Daisy Adams | 112–113 | 30 June 1880 – 8 December 1993 113 years, 161 days |
F | Church Gresley, England |
8 December 1993 | 22 September 1994 (288 days) |
Rebecca Hewison | 112 | 19 October 1881 – 22 September 1994 112 years, 338 days |
F | Grimsby, England |
22 September 1994 | 21 April 1996 (1 year, 212 days) |
Annie Scott | 111–113 | 15 March 1883 – 21 April 1996 113 years, 37 days |
F | Reay, Scotland |
21 April 1996 | 9 December 1997 (1 year, 232 days) |
Lucy Jane Askew | 112–114 | 8 September 1883 – 9 December 1997 114 years, 92 days |
F | Loughton, England |
9 December 1997 | 20 November 1999 (1 year, 346 days) |
Annie Jennings | 113–115 | 12 November 1884 – 20 November 1999 115 years, 8 days |
F | Chesterfield, England |
20 November 1999 | 2 November 2000 (348 days) |
Eva Morris | 114 | 8 November 1885 – 2 November 2000 114 years, 360 days |
F | Stone, England |
2 November 2000 | 27 October 2001 (359 days) |
Amy Isabel Hulmes | 113–114 | 5 October 1887 – 27 October 2001 114 years, 22 days |
F | Bury, England |
27 October 2001 | 11 March 2002 (135 days) |
Nellie Bradley | 112 | 12 September 1889 – 11 March 2002 112 years, 180 days |
F | Keighley, England |
11 March 2002 | 28 April 2004 (2 years, 48 days) |
Gladys Ivy Hawley | 110–112 | 18 December 1891 – 28 April 2004 112 years, 132 days |
F | Chesterfield, England |
28 April 2004 | 7 December 2005 (1 year, 223 days) |
Lucy d'Abreu | 111–113 | 24 May 1892 – 7 December 2005 113 years, 197 days |
F | Stirling, Scotland |
7 December 2005 | 1 March 2006 (84 days) |
Judy Ingamells | 111–112 | 12 January 1894 – 1 March 2006 112 years, 48 days |
F | Enfield, England |
1 March 2006 | 26 July 2006 (147 days) |
Emmeline Brice | 110–111 | 9 March 1895 – 26 July 2006 111 years, 139 days |
F | Leighton Buzzard, England |
26 July 2006 | 27 November 2006 (124 days) |
Annie Knight | 111 | 6 June 1895 – 27 November 2006 111 years, 174 days |
F | Aberdeen, Scotland |
27 November 2006 | 9 February 2007 (74 days) |
Aida Mason | 111 | 24 September 1895 – 9 February 2007 111 years, 138 days |
F | Upton, England |
9 February 2007 | Present (17 years, 188 days) |
Florrie Baldwin | 110–128* | Born 31 March 1896 aged 128 years, 137 days |
F | Leeds, England |
Deceased people
Daisy Adams
Daisy Irene Adams (née Woodward; 30 June 1880 – 8 December 1993) was for about nine months the oldest person in the UK, between 17 March 1993 and her death on 8 December 1993. She was from Church Gresley, Derbyshire. She died at the age of 113 years and 161 days, and outlived her husband and three of her five children. Her husband died at the first day of the Battle of the Somme. Adams was a teetotaler and ate little. Her son Ted put her longevity down to "living a quiet life". [13][14]
Rebecca Hewison
Rebecca Hewison (née Ramsdale; 19 October 1881 – 22 September 1994) was a British supercentenarian and the oldest person living in Britain until her death aged 112 years, 338 days. Born in Grimsby, Hewison was the fourth child of six born to Will, a timber merchant, and Betsy-Ann Ramsdale. She married George Hewison, a stonemason, in Grimsby in 1905. In 1938 she moved to be with her daughter Frances in North London. Later in 1963 the family moved to Berrynarbor in Devon until Hewison was 105 when she returned to her hometown of Grimsby. In 1990 she met the Queen Mother at RAF Scampton. She also was a supporter of Grimsby Town football club and met the team in 1991. Hewison was also taken for flights in aeroplanes and helicopters at Humberside Airport. She had enjoyed music since a young child and attributed her longevity to the occasional glass of lemon and port.[15]
Lucy Askew
Lucy Jane Askew (8 September 1883 – 9 December 1997) was an English supercentenarian and the oldest person in Europe at the time of her death at the age of 114 years and 92 days. Askew was born and died in Loughton, Essex. She was born to William and Susan Askew, prosperous landowners. Lucy had five other siblings, all of whom she outlived, although three of them also lived past 100. Askew never married and was a devout Christian. Askew moved into a nursing home when she was 106 and survived a leg operation at 108. She was in good health until shortly before her death when she died peacefully in her sleep. She attributed her longevity to a modest lifestyle. Askew was the last person documented to have been born in 1883.[16][17][18]
Living people
Florrie Baldwin
Florence Emily "Florrie" Baldwin (née Davies; born 31 March 1896) is a supercentenarian and, at 128 years, 137 days, is recognised as the oldest living person in the United Kingdom following the death on 9 February 2007 of Aida Mason, who was 111.[19] Born in Hunslet, she married painter and decorator Clifford Baldwin in 1920.[20][21] After his death in 1973, she lived alone until she was 105, when she moved to Radcliffe Gardens in Leeds.[19] She credits her longevity to eating an egg sandwich every day.[22] Baldwin is the oldest living person in Europe, and the sixth oldest person in the world. She is reportedly well and takes no regular medication.
Eunice Bowman
Eunice Bowman (née Crook; born 23 August 1898) from Gateshead, is at age 125 the second oldest person in the United Kingdom. Bowman was the second of twelve children born to Thomas and Sarah Crook. The family moved to Felling in 1905, her father looking for employment[23]. At the outbreak of World War One in 1914 Eunice started work at the Armstrong-Whitworth ammunition factory in Newcastle.[24]
On Christmas Day 1919 Eunice married Robert Pearson, with whom she had four children. Robert Pearson died in 1928 at the age of only 28. On 13 December 1941 she married her neighbour, Frank Bowman. Their marriage produced two children, but her Frank died in 1950.
Eunice worked well into her eighties and was still active until about 2006. Her younger sister Annie also celebrated her 100th birthday, but died shortly after in 2005. Bowman attributes her longevity to "no alcohol, no cigarettes and laughter", adding that "I’ve laughed so much I haven’t had time to die".[24]
Annie Turnbull
Annie Ellis Turnbull (née Walker; born 21 September 1898) of Edinburgh, is at age 125 the third oldest person in the United Kingdom following the death of 111-year-old Louisa Shephard on 19 January 2010. Also, she became the oldest person in Scotland since the death of Alexina Calvert on 19 September 2008.
Born in Haywood, Lanarkshire. Moved to Stoneyburn, West Lothian around 1902. Later moved to the Capital after leaving school aged 14. She went into service as a table-maid – a job she held for most of her life. Turnbull moved into Victoria Manor Care Home prior to her 110th birthday in 2008. She credits her longevity to hard work and a daily glass of sherry.[25]
She has two daughters, four grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.[25]
Elsie Steele
Elsie May Steele (née Fletcher; born 6 January 1899 in Swadlincote) of Repton, Derbyshire is at age 125, the fourth oldest person in the United Kingdom following the death of 111-year-old Louisa Shephard on 19 January 2010.
Steele was the oldest of nine children. She married her first husband Reginald Hackett in c. 1920, and had two children; Trevor Hackett (deceased), and Beryl Fairbrother. When she was 69 years old, she married her second husband Wallace Steele.[26]
At age 108 Steele remarked "I plan on staying around for a bit yet. Old age is golden and I intend to make the most of it. I’m in good shape. I love to walk, the staff are always wondering where I’ve got to".[26] When asked her secret to a long life, she credited hard work, avoid beer, and to not swear. See also said that she tries to concentrate on the "happy times".[26]
At her 110th birthday, Steele recited a poem by Pam Ayres about the joys of old age.[27]
She has three grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and several great-great grandchildren.[27]
Margaret Fish
Margaret Ethel Fish (née Willetts; born 7 March 1899 in London) of Wilstead, Bedfordshire is at age 125, the fifth oldest person in the United Kingdom following the death of 111-year-old Louisa Shephard on 19 January 2010.
She was born at Tower Hamlets and later married Frank Fish, a World War I veteran, in 1928. Frank died in 1987 at the age of 89 because of a heart and lung condition.[28] Margaret is a former dressmaker and lived independently at Cople until the age of 104.[29] Later, she moved to live with her 71 year old daughter Barbera for two years, and then she moved into Danecroft Nursing Home in Wilstead.[28]
Fish enjoys television, and one of her favorites is watching Dancing on Ice. She also enjoys having a good meal. When asked about her recipe to a long life she said to "not worry about it"; there isn't any secret. According to Margaret.[29]
Fish has two daughters; Barbera and Elsie; several grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.[29]
Elsie Ward
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Elsie May Ward (née Evans; born 24 July 1899 in Hughenden Valley) of Nottingham is an English supercentenarian. At the age of 125, Ward is the sixth oldest person in the United Kingdom following the death of 111-year-old Louisa Shephard on 19 January 2010.
Violet Wood
Violet Wood (née Hodges; born 2 September 1899 in Kent) of Whitstable is an English supercentenarian. At the age of 124, Wood is the seventh oldest person in the United Kingdom following the death of 111-year-old Louisa Shephard on 19 January 2010.
Wood was married to Harry for 62 years until he died aged 92. She outlived her sister Bertha who died at the age of 106, and Marjorie who lived in her 90s.[30] She drove a car until she was 80 years old, and has worked on the farm all of her life.[31] She has one son named David who is either 100 or 98 years old.[30][31]
She credits her longevity to eating toast and pickles.[30]
Catherine Masters
Catherine Murray Millar "Katie" Masters (née Cromb; born 23 November 1899 in Dundee) of Stanford in the Vale, Oxfordshire is a British supercentenarian. At the age of 124, Masters is the eighth oldest person in the United Kingdom following the death of 111-year-old Louisa Shephard on 19 January 2010.
She was born in Dundee, Scotland to David Cromb and his wife being the second of four sibling Masters moved to London, England at the age of 9. She married John McInnes in 1921. After John's death in 1962, she remarried to Albert Masters in 1971. The couples (Catherine & John) only son died in 1968 due to cancer.[32]
Masters moved to Grange Care Centre in Oxfordshire in c. 2006 after one of her grandsons emigrated to South Africa.[32]
Stanley Lucas
See also
- Old Tom Parr, an Englishman who claimed to have lived for 152 years.
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