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This is an incomplete list of British supercentenarians (people who have attained the age of at least 110 years and 0 days), ordered by date of birth. Currently there are five verified living supercentenarians in Britain, the oldest of whom is Florrie Baldwin, aged 128. The others are Henry Allingham, Annie Butler, Harry Patch and Eunice Bowman. There are a further two unverified living supercentenarians in Britain; Louisa Shephard and Annie Turnbull.

Below is a short summary of the current oldest living people in England, Scotland, and Wales:

Country	Name	Sex	Birth	Age
England	Florrie Baldwin	F	31 March 1896	128 years, 57 days^[1]
England	Henry Allingham	M	6 June 1896	127 years, 356 days^[1]
Scotland	Annie Turnbull	F	21 September 1898	125 years, 249 days^[2]^[3]
Scotland	Bob Taggart	M	28 June 1900	123 years, 334 days^[4]
Wales	Louisa Shephard	F	14 September 1898	125 years, 256 days^[5]

Twenty oldest Britons ever

Rank	Name	Sex	Birth	Death	Age	Country
1	Charlotte Hughes	F	1877-08-011 August 1877	1993-03-1717 March 1993	01 115 years, 228 days^[6]	England England
2	Annie Jennings	F	1884-11-1212 November 1884	1999-11-2020 November 1999	02 115 years, 8 days^[6]	England England
3	Eva Morris	F	1885-11-088 November 1885	2000-11-022 November 2000	03 114 years, 360 days^[6]	England England
4	Anna Eliza Williams	F	1873-06-022 June 1873	1987-12-2727 December 1987	04 114 years, 208 days^[6]	EnglandWales England Wales
5	Grace Clawson	F	1887-11-1515 November 1887	2002-05-2828 May 2002	05 114 years, 194 days^[6]	EnglandUnitedStates England United States
6	Lucy Jane Askew	F	1883-09-088 September 1883	1997-12-099 December 1997	06 114 years, 92 days^[6]	England England
7	Amy Isabel Hulmes	F	1887-10-055 October 1887	2001-10-2727 October 2001	07 114 years, 22 days^[6]	England England
8	Rosa Ann Comfort	F	1879-01-2121 January 1879	1992-11-066 November 1992	08 113 years, 290 days^[6]	England England
9	Lucy d'Abreu	F	1892-05-2424 May 1892	2005-12-077 December 2005	09 113 years, 197 days^[6]	BritishRajScotland British Raj (now India) Scotland
10	Daisy Adams	F	1880-06-3030 June 1880	1993-12-088 December 1993	10 113 years, 161 days^[6]	England England
11	Florence Finch	F	1893-12-2222 December 1893	2007-04-1010 April 2007	11 113 years, 109 days^[6]	EnglandNewZealand England New Zealand
12	Betsy Baker	F	1842-08-2020 August 1842	1955-10-2424 October 1955	12 113 years, 65 days^[6]	EnglandUnitedStates England United States
13	Annie Scott	F	1883-03-1515 March 1883	1996-04-2121 April 1996	13 113 years, 37 days^[6]	NorthernIrelandScotland Northern Ireland Scotland
14	Ruby Gilliam	F	1885-09-2121 September 1885	1998-10-2222 October 1998	14 113 years, 31 days^[6]	England England
15	Rebecca Hewison	F	1881-10-1919 October 1881	1994-09-2222 September 1994	15 112 years, 338 days^[6]	England England
16	John Evans	M	1887-08-1919 August 1877	1990-06-1010 June 1990	16 112 years, 295 days^[6]	Wales Wales
17 17	Florrie Baldwin Florrie Baldwin	F F	1896-03-31 31 March 1896	Living	17 128 years, 57 days ^[1]	England England
18	Nellie Bradley	F	1889-09-1212 September 1889	2002-03-1111 March 2002	18 112 years, 180 days^[6]	England England
19	Gladys Ivy Hawley	F	1891-12-1818 December 1891	2004-04-2828 April 2004	19 112 years, 132 days^[6]	England England
20 20	Henry Allingham Henry Allingham	M M	1896-06-06 6 June 1896	Living	20 127 years, 356 days ^[1]	England England

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
England	Charlotte Hughes	F	1 August 1877	17 March 1993	115 years, 228 days^[6]
England	Henry Allingham	M	6 June 1896	Living	127 years, 356 days^[1]
Northern Ireland	Annie Scott	F	15 March 1883	21 April 1996	113 years, 37 days^[6]
Scotland	Kate Begbie	F	9 January 1877	5 September 1988	111 years, 240 days^[6]
Wales	John Evans	M	19 August 1877	10 June 1990	112 years, 295 days^[6]
Wales	Janetta Jane Thomas	F	2 December 1869	5 January 1982	112 years, 34 days^[6]
Guernsey	Margaret Ann Neve	F	18 May 1792	4 April 1903	110 years, 321 days^[6]
British Raj (now India)	Lucy d'Abreu	F	24 May 1892	7 December 2005	113 years, 197 days^[6]

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	F	Paignton, England
8 October 1963	6 March 1965	Elizabeth Kensley	108-109	12 May 1855 – 6 March 1965	F	St Pancras, England
6 March 1965	10 January 1966	Hannah Smith	109-110	7 January 1856 – 10 January 1966	F	Sheffield, England
10 January 1966	21 March 1968	John Mosely Turner	109-111	15 June 1856 – 21 March 1968	M	Tottenham, England
21 March 1968	11 January 1970	Ada Roe	110-111	6 February 1858 – 11 January 1970	F	Lowestoft, England
11 January 1970	18 August 1973	Alice Stevenson	108-112	10 July 1861 – 18 August 1973	F	Sutton, England
18 August 1973	31 October 1973	Elizabeth Watkins	110	10 March 1863 – 31 October 1973	F	Northern Ireland
31 October 1973	9 March 1974	Frederick Butterfield	109-110	28 February 1864 – 9 March 1974	M	Harrogate, England
9 March 1974	24 December 1975	Rose Heeley	109-111	25 August 1864 – 24 December 1975	F	Droitwich, England
24 December 1975	12 February 1978	Sarah Morgan	108-111	23 January 1867 – 12 February 1978	F	Tonbridge, England
12 February 1978	12 February 1979	Lilias Williams	109-110	30 November 1868 – 12 February 1979	F	Launceston, England
12 February 1979	20 October 1980	Florence Pannell	110-111	26 December 1868 – 20 October 1980	F	West London, England
20 October 1980	5 January 1982	Janetta Jane Thomas	110-112	2 December 1869 – 5 January 1982	F	Cowbridge, Wales
5 January 1982	9 October 1982	Alice Brewster	110-111	16 September 1871 – 9 October 1982	F	Bath, England
9 October 1982	27 December 1987	Anna Eliza Williams	109-114	2 June 1873 – 27 December 1987	F	Swansea, Wales
27 December 1987	5 September 1988	Kate Begbie	110-111	9 January 1877 – 5 September 1988	F	Scotland
5 September 1988	17 March 1993	Charlotte Hughes	111-115	1 August 1877 – 17 March 1993	F	Redcar, England
17 March 1993	8 December 1993	Daisy Adams	112-113	30 June 1880 – 8 December 1993	F	Church Gresley, England
8 December 1993	22 September 1994	Rebecca Hewison	112	19 October 1881 – 22 September 1994	F	Grimsby, England
22 September 1994	21 April 1996	Annie Scott	111-113	15 October 1883 – 21 April 1996	F	Scotland
21 April 1996	9 December 1997	Lucy Jane Askew	112-114	8 September 1883 – 9 December 1997	F	Loughton, England
9 December 1997	20 November 1999	Annie Jennings	113-115	12 November 1884 – 20 November 1999	F	Chesterfield, England
20 November 1999	2 November 2000	Eva Morris	114	8 November 1885 – 2 November 2000	F	Stone, England
2 November 2000	27 October 2001	Amy Isabel Hulmes	113-114	5 October 1887 – 27 October 2001	F	Bury, England
27 October 2001	11 March 2002	Nellie Bradley	112	12 September 1889 – 11 March 2002	F	Keighley, England
11 March 2002	28 April 2004	Gladys Ivy Hawley	110-112	18 December 1891 – 28 April 2004	F	Chesterfield, England
28 April 2004	7 December 2005	Lucy d'Abreu	111-113	24 May 1892 – 7 December 2005	F	Stirling, Scotland
7 December 2005	1 March 2006	Judy Ingamells	111-112	12 January 1894 – 1 March 2006	F	Enfield, England
1 March 2006	26 July 2006	Emmeline Brice	110-111	9 March 1895 – 26 July 2006	F	Leighton Buzzard, England
26 July 2006	27 November 2006	Annie Knight	111	6 June 1895 – 27 November 2006	F	Aberdeen, Scotland
27 November 2006	9 February 2007	Aida Mason	111	24 September 1895 – 9 February 2007	F	Upton, England
9 February 2007	Present	Florrie Baldwin	110-128*	31 March 1896 –	F	Leeds, England

People

Margaret Ann Neve

Margaret Ann Neve, née Harvey (18 May 1792 – 4 April 1903) of St. Peter Port, Guernsey was the first recorded female supercentenarian, and the first of either gender in the 20th century. As a child, Neve survived a fall down the stairs, which left her concussed for three days.^[7] Neve could remember the turmoil that the French Revolution brought to Guernsey. In 1807, Neve set sail for Weymouth with her father, but a storm caused the ship to land at Chesil Beach. She was educated in Bristol, England, gaining an interest in literature and poetry. Neve met with Charles François Dumouriez, a French general of the French Revolutionary Wars, who dubbed her 'la spirituelle'.^[8] She married John Neve in 1823 in England, but returned to Guernsey in 1849 after his death.^[9] Neve travelled abroad to various countries with her sister, who died aged 98. Their last trip was in 1872 where they visited Cracow, Poland (then in Austria-Hungary).^[9] Her mother lived to the age of 99.^[7] She was the oldest person in the world at the time of her death at age 110 years and 321 days and also the oldest person ever at that point in time, if the disputed case of Thomas Peters is discounted. Either way, she was surpassed by Louisa Thiers in 1925, but she is still the only ever supercentenarian from the Channel Islands and one of the few recorded persons who lived in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.

Preceded by Geert Adriaans Boomgaard	Undisputed Oldest Recorded Person Ever 1 October 1902 – 19 August 1925	Succeeded by Louisa Thiers

Hannah Smith

Hannah Smith (Salford, England, 7 January 1856 – Sheffield, England, 10 January 1966) was a British supercentenarian and the oldest recognized living person in the world when she died at 110 years and 3 days after collapsing on her 110th birthday.^[10] She was listed in the 1967 Guinness Book of Records, and was the last remaining woman documented as born in 1856.

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John Mosely Turner

John Mosely Turner (15 June 1856 – 21 March 1968) was a British supercentenarian and the world's oldest person for more than two years. He was born in Mitcham, England, and died in Tottenham, also in England, at age 111 years 280 days. He had been blind since the age of 73.^[11] Turner was first listed in the 1964 edition of the Guinness Book of Records as Britain's oldest man, and was in fact the oldest man in the world. He surpassed the age of Geert Adriaans Boomgaard and Demetrius Philipovitch in 1966, and the now disputed case of James Henry Brett, Jr. in 1968, to become the then oldest man ever, unless Thomas Peters is considered validated. Turner's record was allegedly broken by Shigechiyo Izumi in 1977 and Mathew Beard in 1982, but these cases are also disputed, so it may have been Alphaeus Philemon Cole who surpassed him, as late as 1988.

Preceded by Geert Adriaans Boomgaard	Undisputed Oldest Recorded Man Ever 29 October 1966 – 17 April 1988	Succeeded by Alphaeus Philemon Cole
Preceded by Hannah Smith	Oldest Recognized Living Person 10 January 1966 – 21 March 1968	Succeeded by Johanna Booyson
Preceded by Title began in 1964	Oldest Recognized Living Man ? – 21 March 1968	Succeeded by Khasako Dzugayev

Ada Roe

Ada Roe, née Giddings (Islington, England, 6 February 1858 – Lowestoft, England, 11 January 1970) was a British supercentenarian and the oldest recognized living person in the world between around October 1968 and her death aged 111 years 339 days. She ran a dairy shop in Lowestoft for over 75 years, continuing to help at the age of 110.^[12] She was the last documented person born in the 1850s.

Preceded by Marie Bernátková	Oldest Recognized Living Person October? 1968 – 11 January 1970	Succeeded by Josefa Salas Mateo

Alice Stevenson

Alice Stevenson (Piccadilly, England, 10 July 1861 – Sutton, England, 18 August 1973) was a British supercentenarian. She was the oldest recognized living person in the world between the death of 112-year-old Josefa Salas Mateo on 27 February 1973 and Stevenson's death, aged 112 years 39 days. She was succeeded in title by then 110-year-old Elizabeth Watkins. Stevenson was the last remaining documented person born before 1863.

Preceded by Josefa Salas Mateo	Oldest Recognized Living Person 27 February 1973 – 18 August 1973	Succeeded by Elizabeth Watkins

Frederick Butterfield

Frederick Victor Butterfield (28 February 1864 – 9 March 1974) of Harrogate, England became the world's oldest man on 5 May 1973 after the death of Friedrich Wedeking.^{[citation needed]} He was followed by Shigechiyo Izumi, but unlike Izumi, Butterfield's age is not open to doubt.^{[original research?]} Born at Thirsk, he qualified as a chemist in 1885 after training for five years, and owned a pharmacy until 1970.^[13] He retired from pharmacy at the age of 99, according to the 1974 Guinness Book of Records.

Preceded by Friedrich Wedeking	Oldest Recognized Living Man 5 May 1973 – 9 March 1974	Succeeded by Shigechiyo Izumi (disputed)

Janetta Jane Thomas

Janetta Jane Thomas (2 December 1869 – 5 January 1982) of Llantrisant, Wales was a British supercentenarian and was mentioned in the Guinness Book of Records in the 1980s. Thomas was the last surviving person in the UK to have been born in the 1860s and from 20 October 1980 to her death in an old people's home at Cowbridge, Wales, aged 112 years and 34 days, was the oldest living person within the United Kingdom. A photograph of her, which was taken the day before her 112th birthday, appeared in The Times. Had Janetta Thomas lived another six days, she would have broken the UK longevity record which at that time was held by Alice Stevenson.

Anna Eliza Williams

Anna Eliza Williams, née Davies (2 June 1873 – 27 December 1987) was a British supercentenarian. She was born in Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom,^{[citation needed]} and died in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom, aged 114 years 208 days, where she moved after her marriage. She broke the UK longevity record on 12 July 1985. On her 113th birthday Norris McWhirter paid her a visit at the Tuxedo Old Persons home, where she was living at the time. She was listed in the Guinness Book of Records in the 1980s and early 1990s. Her record as the undisputed oldest recorded person ever was broken by Jeanne Calment in 1989. Her United Kingdom record of 114 years 208 days was broken by Charlotte Hughes in 1992, who still holds that record to this day.

Preceded by Fannie Thomas	Undisputed Oldest Recorded Person Ever 13 March 1987 – 17 September 1989	Succeeded by Jeanne Calment
Preceded by Mary McKinney	Oldest Recognized Living Person 2 February 1987 – 27 December 1987	Succeeded by Florence Knapp

John Evans

John Evans (19 August 1877 – 10 June 1990) is the longest-lived man ever authenticated in the United Kingdom.

He had been a Welsh coal miner, and became the oldest man in the United Kingdom ever when he broke the record of England's John Mosely Turner (1856—1968). In March 1986, at 108, Evans was fitted with a pacemaker, to which he made a remarkably quick recovery. When asked by interviewers for the secret of his long life, he replied, "No smoking, no drinking and no cursing". On his 110th birthday, he visited London for the first time in his life.

The United Kingdom male longevity record set by John Evans, who died at 112 years and 295 days old, still stands. He is recognized as the world's oldest man from 25 November 1988, from the death of Alphaeus Philemon Cole, until Evans' death. Guinness had recognized Evans as the "world's oldest man" in 1989, but let the title lapse after his death, only to bring it back in 2000.

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Daisy Adams

Daisy 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 her five children.

Rebecca Hewison

Rebecca Hewison (née Ramsdale, 19 October 1881 – 22 September 1994) was born in Grimsby. In 1990 she met the Queen Mother. She also was a supporter of Grimsby Town football club. She died at age 112 years 338 days.

Lucy Jane Askew

Lucy Jane Askew (8 September 1883 – 9 December 1997) was an English supercentenarian and the oldest in her country at the time of her death at the age of 114 years and 92 days. Askew was born and died in Loughton. She had five other siblings, all of whom she outlived, though three of them also lived past 100. Askew was always in good health, and only moved into a nursing home when she was 106. She even survived a leg operation at 108, and was the last person documented to have been born in 1883.^[14]

Annie Jennings

Annie Jennings, née Thomas^{[citation needed]} (12 November 1884 – 20 November 1999) was an English supercentenarian and the world's second-oldest person, after American Sarah Knauss, at her death aged 115 years 8 days. She became the oldest person in the UK following the death of Lucy Jane Askew in 1997. Jennings held the title for about two years and was succeeded as the oldest person in the UK by Eva Morris. A teacher who never married,^{[citation needed]} she is second only to Charlotte Hughes on the UK's all-time list, and the 25th oldest person on record. She apparently disliked being listed in the Guinness Book of Records.

She was the last surviving person documented as born in 1884.

Eva Morris

Eva Morris, née Sharpe (8 November 1885 – 2 November 2000) was the oldest recognized person in the world from 30 December 1999 until her death. She was a native of Stone, Staffordshire, England.

Eva became the oldest person in the UK following the death of Annie Jennings (12 November 1884 – 20 November 1999), who died only eight days after turning 115. Morris, for her part, died just six days short of her 115th birthday.

She was the last surviving person documented as born in 1885.

Preceded by Sarah Knauss	Oldest Recognized Living Person 30 December 1999 – 2 November 2000	Succeeded by Marie Brémont

Florrie Baldwin

Florence Emily 'Florrie' Baldwin, née Davies (born 31 March 1896) is a supercentenarian and, at 128 years, 57 days, is recognized as the oldest living person in the United Kingdom following the death on 9 February 2007 of Aida Mason, who was 111.^[15] Born in Hunslet, she married engineer Clifford Baldwin in 1920.^[16] After his death in 1973, she lived alone until she was 105, when she moved to Radcliffe Gardens in Leeds.^[15] She credits her longevity to eating an egg sandwich every day.^[17]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Validated living supercentenarians The Gerontology Research Group lists persons as 'living' whose age has been validated and confirmed to be alive within the past year.
^ News Report on Annie Turnbull's 110th birthday
^ http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/1.247226
^ News Report on Bob Taggart's 108th birthday
^ News Report on Louisa Shephard's 110th birthday
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y Validated supercentenarians who lived and/or died in the UK The Gerontology Research Group
^ ^a ^b Priaulx Library
^ "Obituary". The Times. 1903-04-06. p. 10. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ ^a ^b "Her Hundred-and-eighth Birthday". The Pall Mall Gazette. 1900-05-18. p. 3. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ "Woman aged 110 dies". The Times. 1966-01-11. p. 8. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ "Grapes at 111". The Times. 1967-04-03. p. 10. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ "Shopkeeper 110 years old today". The Times. 1968-02-06. p. 2. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ "Mr Frederick Butterfield". The Times. 1974-03-11. p. 14. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ "Britain's oldest woman dies at 114". BBC News. 10 December 1997. Retrieved 2007-11-19.
^ ^a ^b Katie Baldwin (1 April 2006). "110 years old – and still going strong". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 2007-11-19. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ Yorkshire Births Marriages & Deaths
^ Good egg Florrie aged 110 | The Sun |HomePage|News

[GRG-1] Validated living supercentenarians The Gerontology Research Group lists persons as 'living' whose age has been validated and confirmed to be alive within the past year.

[FSco1-2] News Report on Annie Turnbull's 110th birthday

[FSco2-3] ttp://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/1.247226

[MSco-4] News Report on Bob Taggart's 108th birthday

[FWal-5] News Report on Louisa Shephard's 110th birthday

[GRGUK-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y Validated supercentenarians who lived and/or died in the UK The Gerontology Research Group

[Priaulx-7] Priaulx Library

[neve1-8] "Obituary". The Times. 1903-04-06. p. 10. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)

[neve2-9] "Her Hundred-and-eighth Birthday". The Pall Mall Gazette. 1900-05-18. p. 3. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)

[smith-10] "Woman aged 110 dies". The Times. 1966-01-11. p. 8. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)

[turner-11] "Grapes at 111". The Times. 1967-04-03. p. 10. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)

[roe-12] "Shopkeeper 110 years old today". The Times. 1968-02-06. p. 2. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)

[butterfield-13] "Mr Frederick Butterfield". The Times. 1974-03-11. p. 14. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)

[14] "Britain's oldest woman dies at 114". BBC News. 10 December 1997. Retrieved 2007-11-19.

[yep-baldwin-15] Katie Baldwin (1 April 2006). "110 years old – and still going strong". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 2007-11-19. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[16] Yorkshire Births Marriages & Deaths

[17] Good egg Florrie aged 110 | The Sun |HomePage|News

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