List of British supercentenarians
People from the U.K. who have attained or surpassed the age of 110 years
Henry Allingham (1896–2009) was a First World War veteran and is the longest-lived British man ever, at 113 years and 42 days. Pictured in 2006, aged 110.
As of January 2015[update] , the Gerontology Research Group had validated the longevity claims of 154 British citizens who have become "supercentenarians ", attaining or surpassing 110 years of age. This number includes 23 emigrants who died in other nations.[1] The oldest known British person is Charlotte Hughes , who died in 1993 at the age of 115 years and 228 days.[1] The oldest man from the United Kingdom is Henry Allingham , who died in 2009 at the age of 113 years and 42 days.[1] As of 1 July 2024, the oldest person living in the United Kingdom is Ethel Caterham , born 21 August 1909, aged 114 years, 315 days.[2]
100 oldest British people ever
Deceased
Living
Rank
Name
Sex
Birth date
Death date
Age
Birthplace
Place of death or residence
0 1
Charlotte Hughes [3]
F
1 August 1877
17 March 1993
115 years, 228 days
England
England
0 2
Annie Jennings[3]
F
12 November 1884
20 November 1999
115 years, 8 days
England
England
0 3
Eva Morris [3]
F
8 November 1885
2 November 2000
114 years, 360 days
England
England
0 4
Ethel Caterham [2]
F
21 August 1909
Living
114 years, 315 days
England
England
0 5
Ethel Lang [4]
F
27 May 1900
15 January 2015
114 years, 233 days
England
England
0 6
Anna Eliza Williams[3]
F
2 June 1873
27 December 1987
114 years, 208 days
England
Wales
0 7
Grace Clawson[3]
F
15 November 1887
28 May 2002
114 years, 194 days
England
United States
0 8
Lucy Jane Askew[3]
F
8 September 1883
9 December 1997
114 years, 92 days
England
England
0 9
Phyllis Ridgway[4]
F
10 March 1907
4 June 2021
114 years, 86 days
England
Canada
10
Florrie Baldwin[3]
F
31 March 1896
8 May 2010
114 years, 38 days
England
England
11
Amy Hulmes[3]
F
5 October 1887
27 October 2001
114 years, 22 days
England
England
12
Miriam Carpelan[3]
F
8 July 1882
22 June 1996
113 years, 350 days
England
United States
13
Grace Adelaide Jones[3]
F
7 December 1899
14 November 2013
113 years, 342 days
England
England
14
Olive Boar[4]
F
29 September 1904
28 August 2018
113 years, 333 days
England
England
15
Bessie Camm[4]
F
20 June 1904
11 May 2018
113 years, 325 days
England
England
16
Rosa Ann Comfort[3]
F
21 January 1879
6 November 1992
113 years, 290 days
England
England
17
Lucy d'Abreu[3]
F
24 May 1892
7 December 2005
113 years, 197 days
British Raj [a]
Scotland
18
Gladys Hooper[3]
F
18 January 1903
9 July 2016
113 years, 173 days
England
England
19
Daisy Adams[3]
F
30 June 1880
8 December 1993
113 years, 161 days
England
England
20
Florence Finch[3]
F
22 December 1893
10 April 2007
113 years, 109 days
England
New Zealand
21
Betsy Baker[3]
F
20 August 1842
24 October 1955
113 years, 65 days
England
United States
22
Rose Eaton[5]
F
23 August 1909
7 October 2022
113 years, 45 days
England
England
23
Henry Allingham [3]
M
6 June 1896
18 July 2009
113 years, 42 days
England
England
24
Annie Scott[3]
F
15 March 1883
21 April 1996
113 years, 37 days
Ireland[b]
Scotland
25
Ruby Gilliam[3]
F
21 September 1885
22 October 1998
113 years, 31 days
England
England
26
Alice Sjöquist[3]
F
25 October 1878
7 November 1991
113 years, 13 days
England
Canada
27
Fanny Martland[6]
F
19 November 1888
1 December 2001
113 years, 12 days
England
Canada
28
Mary "Mollie" Walker, MBE [7] [8]
F
5 February 1909
22 January 2022
112 years, 351 days
Wales
England
29
Rachel Wieselberg[9]
F
23 June 1883
6 June 1996
112 years, 349 days
Russian Empire [c]
England
30
Rebecca Hewison[3]
F
19 October 1881
22 September 1994
112 years, 338 days
England
England
31
Edna Strickland[10]
F
6 March 1911
16 January 2024
112 years, 316 days
England
England
32
Mary Florence Walker[2]
F
28 August 1911
Living
112 years, 308 days
England
England
33
John Evans[3]
M
19 August 1877
10 June 1990
112 years, 295 days
Wales
Wales
34
Grace Catherine Jones[4] [11]
F
16 September 1906
7 June 2019
112 years, 264 days
England
England
35
Henrietta Irwin[4]
F
27 May 1906
15 January 2019
112 years, 233 days
Ireland[b]
Canada
36
Alice Ducat[4]
F
8 May 1905
22 December 2017
112 years, 228 days
Scotland
England
37
Lilian Priest[12]
F
7 November 1908
6 June 2021[13]
112 years, 211 days
Wales
England
38
Joan Hocquard[14]
F
29 March 1908
24 October 2020[15]
112 years, 209 days
England
England
39
Margaret Vivian[4]
F
25 February 1906
20 September 2018
112 years, 207 days
Scotland
Australia
40
Amelia England[3]
F
15 May 1900
30 November 2012
112 years, 199 days
England
United States
41
Jane Gray[4]
F
1 December 1901
7 June 2014
112 years, 188 days
Scotland
Australia
42
Nellie Bradley[3]
F
12 September 1889
11 March 2002
112 years, 180 days
England
England
Violet Wood[3]
F
2 September 1899
29 February 2012
England
England
44
Gertrude Kingston[16]
F
1 February 1909
28 July 2021
112 years, 177 days
England
England
45
Mary Roberts[17]
F
5 October 1906
11 March 2019
112 years, 157 days
Wales
Canada
46
Gladys Ivy Hawley[3]
F
18 December 1891
28 April 2004
112 years, 132 days
England
England
47
Mary Keir[2]
F
3 March 1912
Living
112 years, 120 days
Wales
Wales
48
Annie Butler[4]
F
4 June 1897
28 September 2009
112 years, 116 days
England
England
49
Ada Thompson[18]
F
28 November 1910
13 March 2023
112 years, 105 days
England
England
50
Leonora Cox[4]
F
30 December 1907
6 April 2020
112 years, 98 days
England
United States
51
Kathleen McManners[3]
F
6 July 1901
20 September 2013
112 years, 76 days
England
England
52
Dorothy Gwendoline Payne[19]
F
5 August 1907
15 October 2019
112 years, 71 days
England
England
53
Florence Pittaway[4]
F
15 October 1902
21 December 2014
112 years, 67 days
England
England
54
Robert Weighton[4] [20]
M
29 March 1908
28 May 2020
112 years, 60 days
England
England
55
Mary Ann Hebden[3]
F
4 October 1893
30 November 2005
112 years, 57 days
England
England
56
Edith Ingamells[3]
F
12 January 1894
1 March 2006
112 years, 48 days
England
England
57
Mary Ellen Swan[3]
F
24 June 1892
10 August 2004
112 years, 47 days
England
Canada
58
Alice Stevenson[3]
F
10 July 1861
18 August 1973
112 years, 39 days
England
England
59
Violet Davies-Evans[21]
F
30 March 1908
5 May 2020
112 years, 36 days
England
England
60
Jeanetta Thomas[3]
F
2 December 1869
5 January 1982
112 years, 34 days
Wales
Wales
61
Margaret Fish[3]
F
7 March 1899
12 March 2011
112 years, 5 days
England
England
62
Annie Price[3]
F
12 January 1886
26 December 1997
111 years, 348 days
Wales
England
63
Annie Turnbull[4]
F
21 September 1898
3 September 2010
111 years, 347 days
Scotland
Scotland
64
Ellen Watson[3]
F
3 January 1900
15 December 2011
111 years, 346 days
England
England
65
Ellaline Redmond[3]
F
20 March 1901
27 February 2013
111 years, 344 days
England
England
66
Margaret Taylor[22]
F
21 April 1875
30 March 1987
111 years, 343 days
Scotland
United States
67
Ada Roe[3]
F
6 February 1858
11 January 1970
111 years, 339 days
England
England
68
Helen Haward[3]
F
24 November 1884
23 October 1996
111 years, 334 days
England
England
69
Eunice Bowman[4]
F
23 August 1898
16 July 2010
111 years, 327 days
England
England
Dorothy Baldwin[4]
F
8 February 1902
1 January 2014
England
England
71
Mary Ann Fewster[3]
F
6 February 1878
26 December 1989
111 years, 323 days
England
England
72
John Tinniswood [2]
M
26 August 1912
Living
111 years, 310 days
England
England
73
Jennie Howell[3]
F
11 February 1845
16 December 1956
111 years, 309 days
England
United States
74
Arthur Nash[23]
M
7 January 1885
4 November 1996
111 years, 302 days
England
Canada
75
Florence Pannell[3]
F
26 December 1868
20 October 1980
111 years, 299 days
England
England
Edith Kaufmann[4]
F
12 December 1903
7 October 2015
Austria-Hungary [d]
England
77
Matilde Coulter[24]
F
30 March 1909
19 January 2021
111 years, 295 days
Italy
England
78
Rose Hart[3]
F
20 March 1878
5 January 1990
111 years, 291 days
England
England
79
Ivy Frampton[4]
F
22 November 1903
5 September 2015
111 years, 287 days
England
England
80
Elsie Steele[3]
F
6 January 1899
18 October 2010
111 years, 285 days
England
England
81
Hilda May Clulow[25]
F
15 March 1908
24 December 2019[26]
111 years, 284 days
England
England
82
John Mosley Turner[3]
M
15 June 1856
21 March 1968
111 years, 280 days
England
England
83
Lizzie Beevers[27]
F
7 November 1884
4 August 1996
111 years, 271 days
England
England
84
Dorothy Peel[4]
F
28 September 1902
24 June 2014
111 years, 269 days
England
England
85
Anna Tocher[28]
F
24 November 1873
1 August 1985
111 years, 250 days
Scotland
United States
86
Irene Pearce[3]
F
17 May 1900
17 January 2012
111 years, 245 days
England
England
Avice Clarke[3]
F
5 January 1901
6 September 2012
England
United States
88
Daisy Bastin[29]
F
3 May 1908
2 January 2020[30]
111 years, 244 days
England
England
89
Kate Begbie[3]
F
9 January 1877
5 September 1988
111 years, 240 days
England
Scotland
90
Hermione Cock[4]
F
1 March 1904
24 October 2015
111 years, 237 days
England
England
91
Marion Sawyer[3]
F
5 July 1901
26 February 2013
111 years, 236 days
England
United States
92
Merah Smith[2]
F
9 November 1912
Living
111 years, 235 days
Jamaica [e]
England
93
Louisa Aspland[3]
F
5 March 1888
21 October 1999
111 years, 230 days
England
England
94
Gladys Good[3]
F
12 March 1900
24 October 2011
111 years, 226 days
England
Wales
95
Annie Bannell[3]
F
12 February 1882
10 September 1993
111 years, 210 days
England
England
96
Elizabeth Jones[3]
F
20 August 1888
10 March 2000
111 years, 203 days
England
England
97
Jeanie Oliver[31]
F
17 August 1880
1 March 1992
111 years, 197 days
Wales
United States
Jane Webster[32]
F
17 April 1906
31 October 2017
Ireland[b]
England
99
Florence Reeves[3]
F
17 February 1894
28 August 2005
111 years, 192 days
England
England
100
Margaret Cooke[3]
F
15 September 1900
18 March 2012
111 years, 185 days
England
England
Notes
^ d'Abreu was born in Dharwar , which was then part of the British Raj . It is now in India.
^ a b c Government of Ireland Act 1920 : The whole of the island of Ireland was part of the United Kingdom before 1921.
^ Wieselberg was born in Riga , which was then part of the Russian Empire. It is now the capital of Latvia .
^ Kaufmann was born in Děčín , then part of Austria-Hungary, now in the Czech Republic .
^ Jamaica was then a British colony.
Biographies
Betsy Baker
Betsy Ann Baker (née Russell ; born August 20, 1842 – October 24, 1955) was born in Great Brington , Northamptonshire in England , immigrated to the United States, settled in Nebraska , and became the world's oldest person.[33] She lived for 65 years in Johnson County , where she was called "the Queen mother of the Johnson County Fair" in 1953. At age 107, she received a congratulatory letter from president Harry S. Truman . On her 112th birthday, she was featured in the US Army magazine Stars and Stripes .[33] She died in Tecumseh , aged 113 years and 65 days.[33]
Baker was the first supercentenarian listed by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest person.[33] In 2002, researchers confirmed that she had been the world's oldest living person by modern verification standards.[33] [34] Baker would hold the title of world's oldest living person from Nancy Merriman's death on 14 January 1954[35] until her own death in 1955. She was the second well-documented person in the world to have reached the age of 113, after Delina Filkins .[34]
Lucy Jane Askew
Lucy Jane Askew (8 September 1883 – 9 December 1997) was the oldest person in Europe at the time of her death, aged 114 years and 92 days. She was born in Loughton , Essex , to Arthur George Askew and Susan Elizabeth Askew née Ellis. Her parents were prosperous cartage contractors, cab proprietors, and landowners. She had five siblings, of whom three also lived past 100 . Askew lived all her life in Loughton, and never married. She was a devout Christian , attending the Loughton Union Church. She moved into a nursing home at 106 and survived a leg operation at 108. She remained in good health and died peacefully in her sleep. She attributed her longevity to a modest lifestyle.[36] [37]
Edith Ingamells
Edith 'Judy' Ingamells (née Gude ; 12 January 1894 – 1 March 2006)[38] was the oldest person in the United Kingdom from December 2005 to March 2006.[39] She was born in Maidenhead , Berkshire , to George and Harriet Gude. According to census documents, George worked as a photographer in 1901 and a public caterer in 1911. She moved to Enfield , Middlesex , at the beginning of the First World War in 1914, and married Percy Ingamells, a wholesale florist.[40] They had three daughters, born between 1915 and 1925. Ingamells lived in other areas around England, and worked as a milliner before settling back in Enfield in 1990.
Her daughter, Patricia Bull, said, at the time of Ingemells' 111th birthday, that the secret of her longevity was to "never look back, always look forward, which she is certainly doing".[41]
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