List of British supercentenarians

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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.

since January 2015Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., the Gerontology Research Group had validated the longevity claims of 154 British persons who have become "supercentenarians", attaining or surpassing 110 years of age. This number includes emigrants who died in other nations. The oldest known British person ever is Ethel Caterham, who is currently living at the age of Template:Ayd, and is additionally the oldest living person in the world.[1][2] The oldest man from the United Kingdom is Henry Allingham, who died in 2009 at the age of 113 years and 42 days.[2]

100 oldest British people ever

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Rank Name Sex Birth date Death date Age Birthplace Place of death or
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1 Ethel Caterham[1] F 21 August 1909 Living Template:Ayd England England
2 Charlotte Hughes[2] F 1 August 1877 17 March 1993 Template:Ayd England England
3 Annie Jennings[2] F 12 November 1884 20 November 1999 Template:Ayd England England
4 Eva Morris[2] F 8 November 1885 2 November 2000 Template:Ayd England England
5 Ethel Lang[2] F 27 May 1900 15 January 2015 Template:Ayd England England
6 Anna Eliza Williams[2] F 2 June 1873 27 December 1987 Template:Ayd England Wales
7 Grace Clawson[3] F 15 November 1887 28 May 2002 Template:Ayd England United States
8 Lucy Askew[2] F 8 September 1883 9 December 1997 Template:Ayd England England
9 Phyllis Ridgway[4] F 10 March 1907 4 June 2021 Template:Ayd England Canada
10 Florrie Baldwin[2] F 31 March 1896 8 May 2010 Template:Ayd England England
11 Amy Hulmes[2] F 5 October 1887 27 October 2001 Template:Ayd England England
12 Miriam Carpelan[3] F 8 July 1882 22 June 1996 Template:Ayd England United States
13 Grace Adelaide Jones[2] F 7 December 1899 14 November 2013 Template:Ayd England England
14 Olive Boar[2] F 29 September 1904 28 August 2018 Template:Ayd England England
15 Bessie Camm[2] F 20 June 1904 11 May 2018 Template:Ayd England England
16 Rosa Comfort[2] F 21 January 1879 6 November 1992 Template:Ayd England England
17 Lucy d'Abreu[2] F 24 May 1892 7 December 2005 Template:Ayd British RajTemplate:Efn Scotland
18 Gladys Hooper[2] F 18 January 1903 9 July 2016 Template:Ayd England England
19 Daisy Adams[2] F 30 June 1880 8 December 1993 Template:Ayd England England
20 Florence Finch[5] F 22 December 1893 10 April 2007 Template:Ayd England New Zealand
21 Betsy Baker[3] F 20 August 1842 24 October 1955 Template:Ayd England United States
22 Rose Eaton[2] F 23 August 1909 7 October 2022 Template:Ayd England England
23 Henry Allingham[2] M 6 June 1896 18 July 2009 Template:Ayd England England
24 Annie Scott[2] F 15 March 1883 21 April 1996 Template:Ayd IrelandTemplate:Efn Scotland
25 Ruby Gilliam[2] F 21 September 1885 22 October 1998 Template:Ayd England England
26 Mary Florence Walker[2] F 28 August 1911 12 September 2024 Template:Ayd England England
27 Alice Sjöquist[4] F 25 October 1878 7 November 1991 Template:Ayd England Canada
28 Fanny Martland[4] F 19 November 1888 1 December 2001 Template:Ayd England Canada
29 Mollie Walker[2] F 5 February 1909 22 January 2022 Template:Ayd Wales England
30 Rachel Wieselberg[2] F 23 June 1883 6 June 1996 Template:Ayd Russian EmpireTemplate:Efn England
31 Rebecca Hewison[2] F 19 October 1881 22 September 1994 Template:Ayd England England
32 Edna Strickland[2] F 6 March 1911 16 January 2024 Template:Ayd England England
33 John Evans[2] M 19 August 1877 10 June 1990 Template:Ayd Wales Wales
34 Mary Keir[2] F 3 March 1912 17 December 2024[6] Template:Ayd Wales Wales
35 Grace Catherine Jones[2] F 16 September 1906 7 June 2019 Template:Ayd England England
36 Merah Smith[1] F 9 November 1912 Living Template:Ayd JamaicaTemplate:Efn England
37 Henrietta Irwin[4] F 27 May 1906 15 January 2019 Template:Ayd IrelandTemplate:Efn Canada
38 Alice Ducat[2] F 8 May 1905 22 December 2017 Template:Ayd Scotland England
39 Lilian Priest[2] F 7 November 1908 6 June 2021[7] Template:Ayd Wales England
40 Joan Hocquard[2] F 29 March 1908 24 October 2020[8] Template:Ayd England England
41 Margaret Vivian[9] F 25 February 1906 20 September 2018 Template:Ayd Scotland Australia
42 Amelia England[3] F 15 May 1900 30 November 2012 Template:Ayd England United States
43 Jane Gray[9] F 1 December 1901 7 June 2014 Template:Ayd Scotland Australia
44 Nellie Bradley[2] F 12 September 1889 11 March 2002 Template:Ayd England England
Violet Wood[2] F 2 September 1899 29 February 2012 England England
46 Gertrude Kingston[2] F 1 February 1909 28 July 2021 Template:Ayd England England
47 Mary Roberts[4] F 5 October 1906 11 March 2019 Template:Ayd Wales Canada
48 Gladys Hawley[2] F 18 December 1891 28 April 2004 Template:Ayd England England
49 Annie Butler[2] F 4 June 1897 28 September 2009 Template:Ayd England England
50 Ada Thompson[2] F 28 November 1910 13 March 2023 Template:Ayd England England
51 Leonora Cox[3] F 30 December 1907 6 April 2020 Template:Ayd England United States
52 John Tinniswood[2] M 26 August 1912 25 November 2024[10] Template:Ayd England England
53 Q. M. L.[2] F 31 October 1909 22 January 2022 Template:Ayd England England
54 Kathleen McManners[2] F 6 July 1901 20 September 2013 Template:Ayd England England
55 Gwen Payne[2] F 5 August 1907 15 October 2019 Template:Ayd England England
56 Florence Pittaway[2] F 15 October 1902 21 December 2014 Template:Ayd England England
57 Adela Harrison[2] F 2 January 1913 6 March 2025 Template:Ayd England England
58 Bob Weighton[2] M 29 March 1908 28 May 2020 Template:Ayd England England
59 Mary Ann Hebden[2] F 4 October 1893 30 November 2005 Template:Ayd England England
60 Edith Ingamells[2] F 12 January 1894 1 March 2006 Template:Ayd England England
61 Mary Ellen Swan[4] F 24 June 1892 10 August 2004 Template:Ayd England Canada
62 Alice Stevenson[2] F 10 July 1861 18 August 1973 Template:Ayd England England
63 Violet Davies-Evans[2] F 30 March 1908 5 May 2020 Template:Ayd England England
64 Jeanetta Thomas[2] F 2 December 1869 5 January 1982 Template:Ayd Wales Wales
65 Margaret Fish[2] F 7 March 1899 12 March 2011 Template:Ayd England England
66 Annie Price[2] F 12 January 1886 26 December 1997 Template:Ayd Wales England
67 Annie Turnbull[2] F 21 September 1898 3 September 2010 Template:Ayd Scotland Scotland
68 Ellen Watson[2] F 3 January 1900 15 December 2011 Template:Ayd England England
69 Ellaline Redmond[2] F 20 March 1901 27 February 2013 Template:Ayd England England
70 Margaret Taylor[3] F 21 April 1875 30 March 1987 Template:Ayd Scotland United States
71 Ada Roe[2] F 6 February 1858 11 January 1970 Template:Ayd England England
72 Helen Haward[2] F 24 November 1884 23 October 1996 Template:Ayd England England
73 Eunice Bowman[2] F 23 August 1898 16 July 2010 Template:Ayd England England
Dorothy Baldwin[2] F 8 February 1902 1 January 2014 England England
75 R. H.[2] F 16 February 1909 6 January 2021 Template:Ayd England England
76 Mary Fewster[2] F 6 February 1878 26 December 1989 Template:Ayd England England
77 Jennie Howell[3] F 11 February 1845 16 December 1956 Template:Ayd England United States
78 Arthur Nash[4] M 7 January 1885 4 November 1996 Template:Ayd England Canada
Nellie Brown[2] F 2 August 1913 31 May 2025 JamaicaTemplate:Efn England
80 Florence Pannell[2] F 26 December 1868 20 October 1980 Template:Ayd England England
Edith Kaufmann[2] F 12 December 1903 7 October 2015 Austria-HungaryTemplate:Efn England
82 Matilde Coulter[2] F 30 March 1909 19 January 2021 Template:Ayd Italy England
83 Rose Hart[2] F 20 March 1878 5 January 1990 Template:Ayd England England
84 Ivy Frampton[2] F 22 November 1903 5 September 2015 Template:Ayd England England
85 Elsie Steele[2] F 6 January 1899 18 October 2010 Template:Ayd England England
86 Hilda Clulow[2] F 15 March 1908 24 December 2019[11] Template:Ayd England England
87 John Mosley Turner[2] M 15 June 1856 21 March 1968 Template:Ayd England England
88 Lizzie Beevers[2] F 7 November 1884 4 August 1996 Template:Ayd England England
89 Dorothy Peel[2] F 28 September 1902 24 June 2014 Template:Ayd England England
90 Anna Tocher[3] F 24 November 1873 1 August 1985 Template:Ayd Scotland United States
91 Avice Clarke[3] F 17 May 1900 17 January 2012 Template:Ayd England United States
Irene Pearce[2] F 5 January 1901 6 September 2012 England England
93 Daisy Bastin[2] F 3 May 1908 2 January 2020[12] Template:Ayd England England
94 Kate Begbie[2] F 9 January 1877 5 September 1988 Template:Ayd England Scotland
95 Hermione Cock[2] F 1 March 1904 24 October 2015 Template:Ayd England England
96 Marion Sawyer[3] F 5 July 1901 26 February 2013 Template:Ayd England United States
97 Louisa Aspland[2] F 5 March 1888 21 October 1999 Template:Ayd England England
98 Gladys Good[2] F 12 March 1900 24 October 2011 Template:Ayd England Wales
99 Margaret Cryer[1] F 25 November 1913 Living Template:Ayd England England
100 Annie Bannell[2] F 12 February 1882 10 September 1993 Template:Ayd England England

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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.[13] 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.[13] She died in Tecumseh, aged 113 years and 65 days.[13]

Baker was the first supercentenarian listed by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest person.[13] In 2002, researchers confirmed that she had been the world's oldest living person by modern verification standards.[13][14] Baker would hold the title of world's oldest living person from Nancy Merriman's death on 14 January 1954[15] 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.[14]

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.[16][17]

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