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List of British supercentenarians

As of January 2015, 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 116 years, 334 days, and is additionally the oldest living person in the world. The oldest man from the United Kingdom is Henry Allingham, who died in 2009 at the age of 113 years and 42 days.

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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. source ↗

As of January 2015, 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 116 years, 281 days, and is additionally the oldest living person in the world.12 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

  Deceased   Living

Rank Name Sex Birth date Death date Age Birthplace Place of death
or residence
1 Ethel Caterham1 F 21 August 1909 Living 116 years, 281 days England England
2 Charlotte Hughes2 F 1 August 1877 17 March 1993 115 years, 228 days England England
3 Annie Jennings2 F 12 November 1884 20 November 1999 115 years, 8 days England England
4 Eva Morris2 F 8 November 1885 2 November 2000 114 years, 360 days England England
5 Ethel Lang2 F 27 May 1900 15 January 2015 114 years, 233 days England England
6 Anna Eliza Williams2 F 2 June 1873 27 December 1987 114 years, 208 days England Wales
7 Grace Clawson3 F 15 November 1887 28 May 2002 114 years, 194 days England United States
8 Lucy Askew2 F 8 September 1883 9 December 1997 114 years, 92 days England England
9 Phyllis Ridgway4 F 10 March 1907 4 June 2021 114 years, 86 days England Canada
10 Florrie Baldwin2 F 31 March 1896 8 May 2010 114 years, 38 days England England
11 Amy Hulmes2 F 5 October 1887 27 October 2001 114 years, 22 days England England
12 Miriam Carpelan3 F 8 July 1882 22 June 1996 113 years, 350 days England United States
13 Grace Adelaide Jones2 F 7 December 1899 14 November 2013 113 years, 342 days England England
14 Olive Boar2 F 29 September 1904 28 August 2018 113 years, 333 days England England
15 Bessie Camm2 F 20 June 1904 11 May 2018 113 years, 325 days England England
16 Rosa Comfort2 F 21 January 1879 6 November 1992 113 years, 290 days England England
17 Merah Smith1 F 9 November 1912 Living 113 years, 201 days Jamaicaa England
18 Lucy d'Abreu2 F 24 May 1892 7 December 2005 113 years, 197 days British Rajb Scotland
19 Gladys Hooper2 F 18 January 1903 9 July 2016 113 years, 173 days England England
20 Daisy Adams2 F 30 June 1880 8 December 1993 113 years, 161 days England England
21 Florence Finch5 F 22 December 1893 10 April 2007 113 years, 109 days England New Zealand
22 Betsy Baker3 F 20 August 1842 24 October 1955 113 years, 65 days England United States
23 Rose Eaton2 F 23 August 1909 7 October 2022 113 years, 45 days England England
24 Henry Allingham2 M 6 June 1896 18 July 2009 113 years, 42 days England England
25 Annie Scott2 F 15 March 1883 21 April 1996 113 years, 37 days Irelandc Scotland
26 Ruby Gilliam2 F 21 September 1885 22 October 1998 113 years, 31 days England England
27 Mary Florence Walker2 F 28 August 1911 12 September 2024 113 years, 15 days England England
28 Alice Sjöquist4 F 25 October 1878 7 November 1991 113 years, 13 days England Canada
29 Fanny Martland4 F 19 November 1888 1 December 2001 113 years, 12 days England Canada
30 Mollie Walker2 F 5 February 1909 22 January 2022 112 years, 351 days Wales England
31 Rachel Wieselberg2 F 23 June 1883 6 June 1996 112 years, 349 days Russian Empired England
32 Rebecca Hewison2 F 19 October 1881 22 September 1994 112 years, 338 days England England
33 Edna Strickland2 F 6 March 1911 16 January 2024 112 years, 316 days England England
34 John Evans2 M 19 August 1877 10 June 1990 112 years, 295 days Wales Wales
35 Mary Keir2 F 3 March 1912 17 December 20246 112 years, 289 days Wales Wales
36 Grace Catherine Jones2 F 16 September 1906 7 June 2019 112 years, 264 days England England
37 Henrietta Irwin4 F 27 May 1906 15 January 2019 112 years, 233 days Irelandc Canada
38 Alice Ducat2 F 8 May 1905 22 December 2017 112 years, 228 days Scotland England
39 Lilian Priest2 F 7 November 1908 6 June 20217 112 years, 211 days Wales England
40 Joan Hocquard2 F 29 March 1908 24 October 20208 112 years, 209 days England England
41 Margaret Vivian9 F 25 February 1906 20 September 2018 112 years, 207 days Scotland Australia
42 Amelia England3 F 15 May 1900 30 November 2012 112 years, 199 days England United States
43 Jane Gray9 F 1 December 1901 7 June 2014 112 years, 188 days Scotland Australia
44 Margaret Cryer1 F 25 November 1913 Living 112 years, 185 days England England
45 Nellie Bradley2 F 12 September 1889 11 March 2002 112 years, 180 days England England
Violet Wood2 F 2 September 1899 29 February 2012 England England
47 Gertrude Kingston2 F 1 February 1909 28 July 2021 112 years, 177 days England England
48 Mary Roberts4 F 5 October 1906 11 March 2019 112 years, 157 days Wales Canada
49 Gladys Hawley2 F 18 December 1891 28 April 2004 112 years, 132 days England England
50 Annie Butler2 F 4 June 1897 28 September 2009 112 years, 116 days England England
51 Ada Thompson2 F 28 November 1910 13 March 2023 112 years, 105 days England England
52 Hilda Luck1 F 19 February 1914 Living 112 years, 99 days England England
53 Leonora Cox3 F 30 December 1907 6 April 2020 112 years, 98 days England United States
54 John Tinniswood2 M 26 August 1912 25 November 202410 112 years, 91 days England England
55 Q. M. L.2 F 31 October 1909 22 January 2022 112 years, 83 days England England
56 Kathleen McManners2 F 6 July 1901 20 September 2013 112 years, 76 days England England
57 Gwen Payne2 F 5 August 1907 15 October 2019 112 years, 71 days England England
58 Florence Pittaway2 F 15 October 1902 21 December 2014 112 years, 67 days England England
59 Adela Harrison2 F 2 January 1913 6 March 2025 112 years, 63 days England England
60 Bob Weighton2 M 29 March 1908 28 May 2020 112 years, 60 days England England
61 Marjorie Hodnett1 F 1 April 1914 Living 112 years, 58 days England England
62 Mary Ann Hebden2 F 4 October 1893 30 November 2005 112 years, 57 days England England
63 Edith Ingamells2 F 12 January 1894 1 March 2006 112 years, 48 days England England
64 Mary Ellen Swan4 F 24 June 1892 10 August 2004 112 years, 47 days England Canada
65 Alice Stevenson2 F 10 July 1861 18 August 1973 112 years, 39 days England England
66 Violet Davies-Evans2 F 30 March 1908 5 May 2020 112 years, 36 days England England
67 Jeanetta Thomas2 F 2 December 1869 5 January 1982 112 years, 34 days Wales Wales
68 Margaret Fish2 F 7 March 1899 12 March 2011 112 years, 5 days England England
69 Esther Dalton1 F 5 June 1914 Living 111 years, 358 days England England
70 Annie Price2 F 12 January 1886 26 December 1997 111 years, 348 days Wales England
71 Annie Turnbull2 F 21 September 1898 3 September 2010 111 years, 347 days Scotland Scotland
72 Ellen Watson2 F 3 January 1900 15 December 2011 111 years, 346 days England England
73 Ellaline Redmond2 F 20 March 1901 27 February 2013 111 years, 344 days England England
74 Margaret Taylor3 F 21 April 1875 30 March 1987 111 years, 343 days Scotland United States
75 Ada Roe2 F 6 February 1858 11 January 1970 111 years, 339 days England England
76 Helen Haward2 F 24 November 1884 23 October 1996 111 years, 334 days England England
77 Eunice Bowman2 F 23 August 1898 16 July 2010 111 years, 327 days England England
Dorothy Baldwin2 F 8 February 1902 1 January 2014 England England
79 R. H.2 F 16 February 1909 6 January 2021 111 years, 325 days England England
80 Mary Fewster2 F 6 February 1878 26 December 1989 111 years, 323 days England England
81 Jennie Howell3 F 11 February 1845 16 December 1956 111 years, 309 days England United States
82 Arthur Nash4 M 7 January 1885 4 November 1996 111 years, 302 days England Canada
Nellie Brown2 F 2 August 1913 31 May 2025 Jamaicae England
84 Florence Pannell2 F 26 December 1868 20 October 1980 111 years, 299 days England England
Edith Kaufmann2 F 12 December 1903 7 October 2015 Austria-Hungaryf England
86 Matilde Coulter2 F 30 March 1909 19 January 2021 111 years, 295 days Italy England
87 Zenda Wilcoxon1 F 8 August 1914 Living 111 years, 294 days England England
88 Rose Hart2 F 20 March 1878 5 January 1990 111 years, 291 days England England
89 Ivy Frampton2 F 22 November 1903 5 September 2015 111 years, 287 days England England
90 Elsie Steele2 F 6 January 1899 18 October 2010 111 years, 285 days England England
91 Hilda Clulow2 F 15 March 1908 24 December 2019 111 years, 284 days England England
92 John Mosley Turner2 M 15 June 1856 21 March 1968 111 years, 280 days England England
93 Lizzie Beevers2 F 7 November 1884 4 August 1996 111 years, 271 days England England
94 Dorothy Peel2 F 28 September 1902 24 June 2014 111 years, 269 days England England
95 Anna Tocher3 F 24 November 1873 1 August 1985 111 years, 250 days Scotland United States
96 Avice Clarke3 F 17 May 1900 17 January 2012 111 years, 245 days England United States
Irene Pearce2 F 5 January 1901 6 September 2012 England England
98 Daisy Bastin2 F 3 May 1908 2 January 202011 111 years, 244 days England England
99 Kate Begbie2 F 9 January 1877 5 September 1988 111 years, 240 days England Scotland
100 Hermione Cock2 F 1 March 1904 24 October 2015 111 years, 237 days England England
Notes

Notes

  1. Jamaica was then a British colony.
  2. d'Abreu was born in Dharwar, which was then part of the British Raj. It is now in India.
  3. Government of Ireland Act 1920: The whole of the island of Ireland was part of the United Kingdom before 1921.
  4. Wieselberg was born in Riga, which was then part of the Russian Empire. It is now the capital of Latvia.
  5. Jamaica was then a British colony.
  6. Kaufmann was born in Děčín, then part of Austria-Hungary, now in the Czech Republic.

Biographies

Betsy Baker

Betsy Ann Baker (née Russell; born 20 August 1842 – 24 October 1955) was born in Great Brington, Northamptonshire in England, immigrated to the United States, settled in Nebraska, and became the world's oldest person.12 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.12 She died in Tecumseh, aged 113 years and 65 days.12

Baker was the first supercentenarian listed by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest person.12 In 2002, researchers confirmed that she had been the world's oldest living person by modern verification standards.1213 Baker would hold the title of world's oldest living person from Nancy Merriman's death on 14 January 195414 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.13

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 knee operation at 108. She remained in good health and died peacefully in her sleep. She attributed her longevity to a modest lifestyle.1516

Rita Farmer

Rita Farmer (24 June 1914 – 30 November 2025) was the oldest person in Norfolk at the time of her death, aged 111 years and 159 days.17 She was born in Tonbridge, Kent, and resided in Gorleston-on-Sea.18 She never married, or had children.19

References

References

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  12. Kral, E.A. "Nebraska's centenarians age 107 or above — 1867 to 2001" (PDF). Nebraska Health Care Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 January 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  13. Kral, E.A. (7 May 2010). "NEHCA list of Nebraska supercentenarians" (PDF). Nebraska Health Care Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2012.
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  15. "Britain's oldest woman dies at 114". BBC News. 10 December 1997. Retrieved 19 November 2007.
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  17. Maglov, Stefan (6 December 2025). "British Woman Rita Farmer Dies at 111". LongeviQuest. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  18. "'A glass of sherry at lunchtime' - Secret of long life for Norfolk woman, 109". Great Yarmouth Mercury. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2025.
  19. "Gorleston writer makes her own headlines after turning 100". Great Yarmouth Mercury. 28 June 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2025.