List of British supercentenarians
This is a list of British supercentenarians (people from the United Kingdom who have attained the age of at least 110 years). The Gerontology Research Group (GRG), an organization that tracks supercentenarians and validates their age claims, has asserted that there have been 139 verified supercentenarians from the United Kingdom.[1][2] As of 5 December 2016, there are 2 verified living supercentenarians in the United Kingdom, the oldest of whom is Bessie Camm from Rotherham, England, born 20 June 1904, aged 112 years, 168 days.[3]
100 oldest British people ever
Deceased
Living
†^ denotes age at death, or, if living, age as of 5 December 2016
Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age [†] | Country of birth | Country of death |
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1 | Charlotte Hughes[2] | F | 1 August 1877 | 17 March 1993 | 115 years, 228 days | England | England |
2 | Annie Jennings[2] | F | 12 November 1884 | 20 November 1999 | 115 years, 8 days | England | England |
3 | Eva Morris[2] | F | 8 November 1885 | 2 November 2000 | 114 years, 360 days | England | England |
4 | Ethel Lang[1] | F | 27 May 1900 | 15 January 2015 | 114 years, 233 days | England | England |
5 | Anna Eliza Williams[2] | F | 2 June 1873 | 27 December 1987 | 114 years, 208 days | England | Wales |
6 | Lucy Jane Askew[2] | F | 8 September 1883 | 9 December 1997 | 114 years, 92 days | England | England |
7 | Florrie Baldwin[4] | F | 31 March 1896 | 8 May 2010 | 114 years, 38 days | England | England |
8 | Amy Hulmes[2] | F | 5 October 1887 | 27 October 2001 | 114 years, 22 days | England | England |
9 | Grace Jones[2] | F | 7 December 1899 | 14 November 2013 | 113 years, 342 days | England | England |
10 | Rosa Ann Comfort[2] | F | 21 January 1879 | 6 November 1992 | 113 years, 290 days | England | England |
11 | Lucy d'Abreu[2] | F | 24 May 1892 | 7 December 2005 | 113 years, 197 days | India[lower-alpha 1] | Scotland |
12 | Gladys Hooper[2] | F | 18 January 1903 | 9 July 2016 | 113 years, 173 days | England | England |
13 | Daisy Adams[2] | F | 30 June 1880 | 8 December 1993 | 113 years, 161 days | England | England |
14 | Henry Allingham[5] | M | 6 June 1896 | 18 July 2009 | 113 years, 42 days | England | England |
15 | Annie Scott[2] | F | 15 March 1883 | 21 April 1996 | 113 years, 37 days | Northern Ireland (Ireland)[lower-alpha 2] |
Scotland |
16 | Ruby Gilliam[2] | F | 21 September 1885 | 22 October 1998 | 113 years, 31 days | England | England |
17 | Rebecca Hewison[2] | F | 19 October 1881 | 22 September 1994 | 112 years, 338 days | England | England |
18 | John Evans[2] | M | 19 August 1877 | 10 June 1990 | 112 years, 295 days | Wales | Wales |
19 | Nellie Bradley[2] | F | 12 September 1889 | 11 March 2002 | 112 years, 180 days | England | England |
Violet Wood[6] | F | 2 September 1899 | 29 February 2012 | 112 years, 180 days | England | England | |
21 | Bessie Camm[3] | F | 20 June 1904 | Living | 112 years, 168 days | England | Living in England |
22 | Gladys Ivy Hawley[2] | F | 18 December 1891 | 28 April 2004 | 112 years, 132 days | England | England |
23 | Annie Butler[3] | F | 4 June 1897 | 28 September 2009 | 112 years, 116 days | England | England |
24 | Kathleen McManners[1] | F | 6 July 1901 | 20 September 2013 | 112 years, 76 days | England | England |
25 | Florence Pittaway[3] | F | 15 October 1902 | 21 December 2014 | 112 years, 67 days | England | England |
Olive Boar[3] | F | 29 September 1904 | Living | 112 years, 67 days | England | Living in England | |
27 | Mary Ann Hebden[2] | F | 4 October 1893 | 30 November 2005 | 112 years, 57 days | England | England |
28 | Edith Ingamells[2] | F | 12 January 1894 | 1 March 2006 | 112 years, 48 days | England | England |
29 | Alice Stevenson[2] | F | 10 July 1861 | 18 August 1973 | 112 years, 39 days | England | England |
30 | Jeanetta Thomas[2] | F | 2 December 1869 | 5 January 1982 | 112 years, 34 days | Wales | Wales |
31 | Margaret Fish[7] | F | 7 March 1899 | 12 March 2011 | 112 years, 5 days | England | England |
32 | Annie Price[2] | F | 12 January 1886 | 26 December 1997 | 111 years, 348 days | Wales | England |
33 | Annie Turnbull[3] | F | 21 September 1898 | 3 September 2010 | 111 years, 347 days | Scotland | Scotland |
Ellen Watson[7] | F | 3 January 1900 | 16 December 2011 | 111 years, 347 days | England | England | |
35 | Ellaline Redmond[1] | F | 20 March 1901 | 27 February 2013 | 111 years, 344 days | England | England |
36 | Ada Roe[2] | F | 6 February 1858 | 11 January 1970 | 111 years, 339 days | England | England |
37 | Eunice Bowman[3] | F | 23 August 1898 | 26 July 2010 | 111 years, 337 days | England | England |
38 | Helen Haward[2] | F | 24 November 1884 | 23 October 1996 | 111 years, 334 days | England | England |
39 | Dorothy Baldwin[3] | F | 8 February 1902 | 1 January 2014 | 111 years, 327 days | England | England |
40 | Mary Ann Fewster[2] | F | 6 February 1878 | 26 December 1989 | 111 years, 323 days | England | England |
41 | Florence Pannell[2] | F | 26 December 1868 | 20 October 1980 | 111 years, 299 days | England | England |
Edith Kaufmann[3] | F | 12 December 1903 | 7 October 2015 | 111 years, 299 days | Czech Republic[lower-alpha 3] | England | |
43 | Rose Hart[2] | F | 20 March 1878 | 5 January 1990 | 111 years, 291 days | England | England |
44 | Ivy Frampton[3] | F | 22 November 1903 | 5 September 2015 | 111 years, 287 days | England | England |
45 | Elsie Steele[4] | F | 6 January 1899 | 18 October 2010 | 111 years, 285 days | England | England |
46 | John Mosely Turner[2] | M | 15 June 1856 | 21 March 1968 | 111 years, 280 days | England | England |
47 | Dorothy Peel[3] | F | 28 September 1902 | 24 June 2014 | 111 years, 269 days | England | England |
48 | Irene Pearce[6] | F | 5 January 1901 | 6 September 2012 | 111 years, 245 days | England | England |
49 | Kate Begbie[2] | F | 9 January 1877 | 5 September 1988 | 111 years, 240 days | England | Scotland |
50 | Hermione Cock[3] | F | 1 March 1904 | 24 October 2015 | 111 years, 237 days | England | England |
51 | Louisa Aspland[2] | F | 5 March 1888 | 21 October 1999 | 111 years, 230 days | England | England |
52 | Gladys Good[7] | F | 12 March 1900 | 24 October 2011 | 111 years, 226 days | England | Wales |
53 | Annie Bannell[2] | F | 12 February 1882 | 10 September 1993 | 111 years, 210 days | England | England |
54 | Elizabeth Jones[2] | F | 20 August 1888 | 10 March 2000 | 111 years, 203 days | England | England |
55 | Florence Reeves[2] | F | 17 February 1894 | 28 August 2005 | 111 years, 192 days | England | England |
56 | Margaret Cooke[6] | F | 15 September 1900 | 18 March 2012 | 111 years, 185 days | England | England |
57 | Victoria Southan[7] | F | 24 May 1900 | 22 November 2011 | 111 years, 182 days | England | England |
58 | Florence Deuchar[2] | F | 18 February 1882 | 16 August 1993 | 111 years, 179 days | England | England |
Mabel Frary[2] | F | 16 September 1892 | 13 March 2004 | 111 years, 179 days | England | England | |
60 | Annie Knight[2] | F | 6 June 1895 | 27 November 2006 | 111 years, 174 days | Scotland | Scotland |
61 | Emmeline Brice[2] | F | 9 March 1895 | 26 July 2006 | 111 years, 139 days | England | England |
62 | Aida Mason[2] | F | 24 September 1895 | 9 February 2007 | 111 years, 138 days | England | England |
63 | Emily Calvert[2] | F | 30 August 1893 | 13 January 2005 | 111 years, 136 days | England | England |
64 | Annie Meston[3] | F | 12 November 1903 | 22 March 2015 | 111 years, 130 days | England | England |
65 | Louisa Shephard[3] | F | 14 September 1898 | 19 January 2010 | 111 years, 127 days | Wales | Wales |
66 | Constance Shepherd[2] | F | 16 February 1893 | 19 June 2004 | 111 years, 124 days | England | England |
67 | Rose Heeley[2] | F | 25 August 1864 | 24 December 1975 | 111 years, 121 days | England | England |
68 | Annie Townsend[2] | F | 20 May 1883 | 11 September 1994 | 111 years, 114 days | England | England |
69 | Jane Redpath[2] | F | 3 March 1889 | 16 June 2000 | 111 years, 105 days | Scotland | Scotland |
70 | Alma Rayward[3] | F | 3 October 1903 | 15 January 2015 | 111 years, 104 days | England | England |
71 | Doris Prater[2] | F | 26 October 1893 | 21 January 2005 | 111 years, 87 days | England | England |
72 | Catherine Masters[7] | F | 23 November 1899 | 14 February 2011 | 111 years, 83 days | Scotland | England |
73 | Maud Ellis[6] | F | 28 September 1901 | 14 December 2012 | 111 years, 77 days | England | England |
74 | Elsie Ward[4] | F | 24 July 1899 | 21 September 2010 | 111 years, 59 days | England | England |
75 | Harry Patch[5] | M | 17 June 1898 | 25 July 2009 | 111 years, 38 days | England | England |
76 | Maria Pettigrew[8] | F | 27 October 1893 | 26 November 2004 | 111 years, 30 days | Scotland | Scotland |
77 | Doris Punchard[9][10] | F | 19 July 1904 | 12 August 2015 | 111 years, 24 days | England | England |
78 | Alice Brewster[2] | F | 16 September 1871 | 9 October 1982 | 111 years, 23 days | England | England |
79 | Sarah Morgan[2] | F | 23 January 1867 | 12 February 1978 | 111 years, 20 days | England | England |
80 | Isabella Brown[7] | F | 29 January 1900 | 24 January 2011 | 110 years, 360 days | England | England |
81 | Florence Green[6] | F | 19 February 1901 | 4 February 2012 | 110 years, 350 days | England | England |
82 | Margaret Ann Neve[2] | F | 18 May 1792 | 4 April 1903 | 110 years, 321 days | Guernsey | Guernsey |
83 | Winifred Pettit[2] | F | 1 November 1887 | 10 September 1998 | 110 years, 313 days | England | England |
84 | Charlotte Gibson[2] | F | 2 April 1896 | 5 February 2007 | 110 years, 309 days | England | England |
85 | Vera Kift[2] | F | 8 April 1894 | 26 January 2005 | 110 years, 293 days | England | England |
86 | Elsie Day[2] | F | 16 December 1885 | 26 September 1996 | 110 years, 285 days | England | England |
87 | Jessamine Nicholls[2] | F | 25 January 1892 | 30 October 2002 | 110 years, 278 days | England | England |
88 | Christina Morrison[2] | F | 22 October 1895 | 25 July 2006 | 110 years, 276 days | Scotland | Scotland |
89 | Ethel Gale[2] | F | 26 April 1888 | 26 January 1999 | 110 years, 275 days | England | England |
90 | Ethel Tuck[2] | F | 16 August 1881 | 15 May 1992 | 110 years, 273 days | England | England |
91 | Constance Young[11] | F | 1 November 1869 | 27 July 1980 | 110 years, 269 days | England | England |
92 | Sarah Ann Raw[2] | F | 20 December 1873 | 10 September 1984 | 110 years, 265 days | England | England |
93 | Kate Jones[2] | F | 3 April 1880 | 22 December 1990 | 110 years, 263 days | England | England |
94 | Florence Cox[2] | F | 24 October 1895 | 7 July 2006 | 110 years, 256 days | England | England |
95 | Mary Ann Poole[2] | F | 31 May 1887 | 2 February 1998 | 110 years, 247 days | England | England |
96 | Jean Einstein[2] | F | 11 April 1896 | 8 December 2006 | 110 years, 241 days | Wales | England |
97 | Janet Roberts[6] | F | 13 August 1901 | 6 April 2012 | 110 years, 237 days | Scotland | Scotland |
98 | Elizabeth Watkins[2] | F | 10 March 1863 | 31 October 1973 | 110 years, 235 days | Ireland[lower-alpha 4] | Northern Ireland |
99 | Mary Brown[12] | F | 5 September 1897 | 24 April 2008 | 110 years, 232 days | Scotland | England |
100 | Ethel Wood[7] | F | 16 January 1901 | 19 August 2011 | 110 years, 215 days | Guernsey | England |
British emigrant supercentenarians
Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age [†] | Country of birth | Country of death |
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1 | Grace Clawson[2] | F | 15 November 1887 | 28 May 2002 | 114 years, 194 days | England | United States |
2 | Miriam Carpelan[13] | F | 8 July 1882 | 22 June 1996 | 113 years, 350 days | England | United States |
3 | Florence Finch[2] | F | 22 December 1893 | 10 April 2007 | 113 years, 109 days | England | New Zealand |
4 | Betsy Baker[2] | F | 20 August 1842 | 24 October 1955 | 113 years, 65 days | England | United States |
5 | Alice Sjöquist[13] | F | 25 October 1878 | 7 November 1991 | 113 years, 13 days | England | Canada |
6 | Amelia England[6] | F | 15 May 1900 | 30 November 2012 | 112 years, 199 days | England | United States |
7 | Jane Gray[1] | F | 1 December 1901 | 7 June 2014 | 112 years, 188 days | Scotland | Australia |
8 | Mary Ellen Swan[2] | F | 24 June 1892 | 10 August 2004 | 112 years, 47 days | England | Canada |
9 | Avice Clarke[6] | F | 17 May 1900 | 17 January 2012 | 111 years, 245 days | England | United States |
10 | Marion Sawyer[1] | F | 5 July 1901 | 26 February 2013 | 111 years, 236 days | England | United States |
11 | George Frederick Ives[2] | M | 17 November 1881 | 12 April 1993 | 111 years, 146 days | England | Canada |
12 | Doris Lilian Cornell[14] | F | 21 August 1904 | 11 January 2016 | 111 years, 143 days | England | Canada |
13 | Bessie Roffey[12] | F | 2 March 1897 | 17 June 2008 | 111 years, 107 days | England | Canada |
14 | Harriet Trudgen[2] | F | 22 May 1889 | 2 August 2000 | 111 years, 72 days | England | United States |
15 | Miriam Bannister[2] | F | 19 March 1817 | 9 April 1928 | 111 years, 21 days | England | United States |
16 | Florence Van Stockum[2] | F | 5 October 1894 | 2 May 2005 | 110 years, 209 days | England | United States |
17 | Dorothy Hodgson[15] | F | 23 July 1897 | 7 December 2007 | 110 years, 137 days | England | Canada |
18 | Mary D'All-Parsons[2] | F | 8 November 1895 | 15 March 2006 | 110 years, 127 days | Scotland | Canada |
19 | Evelyn Norris[2] | F | 8 October 1882 | 8 February 1993 | 110 years, 123 days | England | United States |
20 | Ann Pouder[2] | F | 8 April 1807 | 10 July 1917 | 110 years, 93 days | England | United States |
21 | Blanche Coward[1] | F | 17 December 1901 | 27 February 2012 | 110 years, 72 days | England | Australia |
22 | Claude Choules[7] | M | 3 March 1901 | 5 May 2011 | 110 years, 63 days | England | Australia |
23 | Zoe Hiehle[2] | F | 19 August 1879 | 25 August 1989 | 110 years, 6 days | England | United States |
Oldest British people by region
Country | Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age [†] |
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British Raj[lower-alpha 5] | Lucy d'Abreu | F | 24 May 1892 | 7 December 2005 | 113 years, 197 days[16] |
Channel Islands | Margaret Ann Neve | F | 18 May 1792 | 4 April 1903 | 110 years, 321 days[17] |
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[lower-alpha 4] | Annie Scott | F | 15 March 1883 | 21 April 1996 | 113 years, 37 days[2] |
Scotland | |||||
Jane Gray | F | 1 December 1901 | 7 June 2014 | 112 years, 188 days[1] | |
David Henderson | M | 14 June 1889 | 14 November 1998 | 109 years, 153 days[18] | |
Wales | John Evans | M | 19 August 1877 | 10 June 1990 | 112 years, 295 days[2] |
Jeanetta Thomas | F | 2 December 1869 | 5 January 1982 | 112 years, 34 days[2] |
Chronological list of the oldest living person in the United Kingdom since 1963
From | To | Name | Sex | Age(s) when oldest | Lifespan | Place of death |
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? | 8 October 1963 | Ellen Dart[19] | F | ? – 108 | 1 November 1854 – 8 October 1963 108 years, 341 days |
Paignton, England |
8 October 1963 | 6 March 1965 (1 year, 149 days) |
Elizabeth Kensley[2] | F | 108 – 109 | 12 May 1855 – 6 March 1965 109 years, 298 days |
St Pancras, England |
6 March 1965 | 10 January 1966 (310 days) |
Hannah Smith[2] | F | 109 – 110 | 7 January 1856 – 10 January 1966 110 years, 3 days |
Sheffield, England |
10 January 1966 | 21 March 1968 (2 years, 71 days) |
John Mosely Turner[2] | M | 109 – 111 | 15 June 1856 – 21 March 1968 111 years, 280 days |
Tottenham, England |
21 March 1968 | 11 January 1970 (1 year, 296 days) |
Ada Roe[2] | F | 110 – 111 | 6 February 1858 – 11 January 1970 111 years, 339 days |
Lowestoft, England |
11 January 1970 | 18 August 1973 (3 years, 219 days) |
Alice Stevenson[2] | F | 108 – 112 | 10 July 1861 – 18 August 1973 112 years, 39 days |
Sutton, England |
18 August 1973 | 31 October 1973 (74 days) |
Elizabeth Watkins[2] | F | 110 | 10 March 1863 – 31 October 1973 110 years, 235 days |
Belfast, Northern Ireland |
31 October 1973 | 9 March 1974 (129 days) |
Frederick Butterfield[2] | M | 109 – 110 | 28 February 1864 – 9 March 1974 110 years, 9 days |
Harrogate, England |
9 March 1974 | 24 December 1975 (1 year, 290 days) |
Rose Heeley[2] | F | 109 – 111 | 25 August 1864 – 24 December 1975 111 years, 121 days |
Droitwich, England |
24 December 1975 | 12 March 1976 (79 days) |
Agnes Helyar[2] | F | 109 | 19 September 1866 – 12 March 1976 109 years, 175 days |
Abbots Langley, England |
12 March 1976 | 12 February 1978 (1 year, 337 days) |
Sarah Morgan[2] | F | 109 – 111 | 23 January 1867 – 12 February 1978 111 years, 20 days |
Tonbridge, England |
12 February 1978 | 12 February 1979 (1 year, 0 days) |
Lilias Williams[2] | F | 109 – 110 | 30 November 1868 – 12 February 1979 110 years, 74 days |
Launceston, England |
12 February 1979 | 20 October 1980 (1 year, 251 days) |
Florence Pannell[2] | F | 110 – 111 | 26 December 1868 – 20 October 1980 111 years, 299 days |
Kensington, England |
20 October 1980 | 5 January 1982 (1 year, 77 days) |
Jeanetta Thomas[2] | F | 110 – 112 | 2 December 1869 – 5 January 1982 112 years, 34 days |
Cowbridge, Wales |
5 January 1982 | 9 October 1982 (277 days) |
Alice Brewster[2] | F | 110 – 111 | 16 September 1871 – 9 October 1982 111 years, 23 days |
Bath, England |
9 October 1982 | 27 December 1987 (5 years, 79 days) |
Anna Eliza Williams[2] | F | 109 – 114 | 2 June 1873 – 27 December 1987 114 years, 208 days |
Swansea, Wales |
27 December 1987 | 5 September 1988 (253 days) |
Kate Begbie[2] | F | 110 – 111 | 9 January 1877 – 5 September 1988 111 years, 240 days |
Dundee, Scotland |
5 September 1988 | 17 March 1993 (4 years, 193 days) |
Charlotte Hughes[2] | F | 111 – 115 | 1 August 1877 – 17 March 1993 115 years, 228 days |
Redcar, England |
17 March 1993 | 8 December 1993 (266 days) |
Daisy Adams[2] | F | 112 – 113 | 30 June 1880 – 8 December 1993 113 years, 161 days |
Church Gresley, England |
8 December 1993 | 22 September 1994 (288 days) |
Rebecca Hewison[2] | F | 112 | 19 October 1881 – 22 September 1994 112 years, 338 days |
Grimsby, England |
22 September 1994 | 21 April 1996 (1 year, 212 days) |
Annie Scott[2] | F | 111 – 113 | 15 March 1883 – 21 April 1996 113 years, 37 days |
Reay, Scotland |
21 April 1996 | 9 December 1997 (1 year, 232 days) |
Lucy Jane Askew[2] | F | 112 – 114 | 8 September 1883 – 9 December 1997 114 years, 92 days |
Loughton, England |
9 December 1997 | 20 November 1999 (1 year, 346 days) |
Annie Jennings[2] | F | 113 – 115 | 12 November 1884 – 20 November 1999 115 years, 8 days |
Chesterfield, England |
20 November 1999 | 2 November 2000 (348 days) |
Eva Morris[2] | F | 114 | 8 November 1885 – 2 November 2000 114 years, 360 days |
Stone, England |
2 November 2000 | 27 October 2001 (359 days) |
Amy Hulmes[2] | F | 113 – 114 | 5 October 1887 – 27 October 2001 114 years, 22 days |
Bury, England |
27 October 2001 | 11 March 2002 (135 days) |
Nellie Bradley[2] | F | 112 | 12 September 1889 – 11 March 2002 112 years, 180 days |
Keighley, England |
11 March 2002 | 28 April 2004 (2 years, 48 days) |
Gladys Ivy Hawley[2] | F | 110 – 112 | 18 December 1891 – 28 April 2004 112 years, 132 days |
Chesterfield, England |
28 April 2004 | 7 December 2005 (1 year, 223 days) |
Lucy d'Abreu[2] | F | 111 – 113 | 24 May 1892 – 7 December 2005 113 years, 197 days |
Stirling, Scotland |
7 December 2005 | 1 March 2006 (84 days) |
Edith Ingamells[2] | F | 111 – 112 | 12 January 1894 – 1 March 2006 112 years, 48 days |
Enfield, England |
1 March 2006 | 26 July 2006 (147 days) |
Emmeline Brice[2] | F | 110 – 111 | 9 March 1895 – 26 July 2006 111 years, 139 days |
Leighton Buzzard, England |
26 July 2006 | 27 November 2006 (124 days) |
Annie Knight[2] | F | 111 | 6 June 1895 – 27 November 2006 111 years, 174 days |
Aberdeen, Scotland |
27 November 2006 | 9 February 2007 (74 days) |
Aida Mason[2] | F | 111 | 24 September 1895 – 9 February 2007 111 years, 138 days |
Upton, England |
9 February 2007 | 8 May 2010 (3 years, 88 days) |
Florrie Baldwin[2] | F | 110 – 114 | 31 March 1896 – 8 May 2010 114 years, 38 days |
Leeds, England |
8 May 2010 | 16 July 2010 (69 days) |
Eunice Bowman[20] | F | 111 | 23 August 1898 – 16 July 2010 111 years, 327 days |
Gateshead, England |
16 July 2010 | 3 September 2010 (49 days) |
Annie Turnbull[21] | F | 111 | 21 September 1898 – 3 September 2010 111 years, 347 days |
Edinburgh, Scotland |
3 September 2010 | 18 October 2010 (45 days) |
Elsie Steele[22] | F | 111 | 6 January 1899 – 18 October 2010 111 years, 285 days |
Repton, England |
18 October 2010 | 12 March 2011 (145 days) |
Margaret Fish[23] | F | 111 – 112 | 7 March 1899 – 12 March 2011 112 years, 5 days |
Wilstead, England |
12 March 2011 | 29 February 2012 (354 days) |
Violet Wood[24] | F | 111 – 112 | 2 September 1899 – 29 February 2012 112 years, 180 days |
Whitstable, England |
29 February 2012 | 14 November 2013 (1 year, 258 days) |
Grace Jones[24] | F | 112 – 113 | 7 December 1899 – 14 November 2013 113 years, 342 days |
Bermondsey, England |
14 November 2013 | 15 January 2015 (1 year, 62 days) |
Ethel Lang[25] | F | 113 – 114 | 27 May 1900 – 15 January 2015 114 years, 233 days |
Barnsley, England |
15 January 2015 | 9 July 2016 (1 year, 176 days) |
Gladys Hooper[26] | F | 111 – 113 | 18 January 1903 – 9 July 2016 113 years, 173 days |
Ryde, England |
9 July 2016 | Present (149 days) |
Bessie Camm[27] | F | 112* | born 20 June 1904 age 112 years, 168 days |
Living in Rotherham, England |
Biographies
Jeanetta Thomas
Jeanetta Jane Thomas (2 December 1869 – 5 January 1982)[2] of Llantrisant, Wales was a British supercentenarian and was mentioned in the Guinness Book of Records in the 1980s. Thomas spent her youth in London working as a seamstress. At the age of around 40, she returned to Wales to open a drapery shop, which she ran until the age of 98.[28] She was also the oldest living person in the United Kingdom from 20 October 1980 until her death, at the age of 112 years and 34 days.
From the age of 107, Thomas resided at a nursing home at Cowbridge, Wales.[28] A photograph of her, which was taken the day before her 112th birthday, appeared in The Times. Had Thomas lived another six days, she would have broken the British longevity record which at that time was held by Alice Stevenson. Thomas still holds the record for the oldest Welsh-born woman ever, although Welshman John Evans and English-born Anna Eliza Williams (who died in Wales) both lived longer.
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, meaning that she was widowed in her thirties. Adams was a teetotaler and ate little. Her son Ted put her longevity down to "living a quiet life".[29]
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.[30] 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, the year she turned 110 and also the year that the team completed a second successive promotion. Hewison was also taken for flights in aeroplanes and helicopters at Humberside Airport.
Lucy Jane 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 Arthur George Askew and Susan Elizabeth Askew née Ellis, 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.[31][32]
Edith Ingamells
Edith 'Judy' Ingamells (née Gude; 12 January 1894 – 1 March 2006)[33] was the oldest living person in the United Kingdom, following the death of 113-year-old Lucy d'Abreu on 7 December 2005, until her death aged 112 years 48 days. Judy's successor as the UK's oldest living person was Emmeline Brice.[34]
Born in Maidenhead, Berkshire, Ingamells, nicknamed "Judy", moved to Enfield, London at the beginning of the Second World War, where she married a florist, Percy, who worked for a family firm based in Covent Garden. She lived in other areas around England, and worked as a milliner before coming back to settle in Enfield in 1990. Ingamells had three daughters, five grandchildren, four great-grand children and two great-great-grandchildren. When serenaded with wartime songs on her 112th birthday, Ingamells responded "I don't like war songs. Who wants to remember something as horrible as the war?".[33] The secret to Ingamells' longevity, said daughter Pat Bull at the time of her 111th birthday, was to "never look back, always look forward, which she is certainly doing".[35]
Bessie Camm
Bessie Camm[36] or Bessie Kemm[37] (born 20 June 1904), age 112 years, 168 days, is a British supercentenarian and the oldest living resident of the UK, after the death of Gladys Hooper on July 9, 2016.[27][36][37]
She was born in Swaledale, North Yorkshire on 20 June 1904 and currently lives in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. She worked as a nurse from 1926 until 1972. She married her husband John shortly before the outbreak of World War II. The couple had no children. When asked what the secret to long life was, she said “hard work, knowing lovely people and good food”.[27]
Notes
- ↑ d'Abreu was born in Dharwar, which was then part of the British Raj. It is now in India.
- ↑ Partition of Ireland, Northern Ireland did not exist before 1921.
- ↑ Kaufmann was born in Austria-Hungary. It is now the Czech Republic.
- 1 2 Northern Ireland did not exist before 1921, hence all births before that date had their records centralised in Dublin.
- ↑ The British Raj had ended in 1947. It is now India.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 GRG Validated Living Supercentenarians The Gerontology Research Group (GRG) lists persons as living whose age has been validated and confirmed to be alive within the past year. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
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