, 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 , 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.

100 oldest British people ever

Rank Name Sex Birth date Death date Age Birthplace Place of deathor residence 1 Ethel Caterham F 21 August 1909 Living England England 2 Charlotte Hughes F 1 August 1877 17 March 1993 England England 3 Annie Jennings F 12 November 1884 20 November 1999 England England 4 Eva Morris F 8 November 1885 2 November 2000 England England 5 Ethel Lang F 27 May 1900 15 January 2015 England England 6 Anna Eliza Williams F 2 June 1873 27 December 1987 England Wales 7 Grace Clawson F 15 November 1887 28 May 2002 England United States 8 Lucy Askew F 8 September 1883 9 December 1997 England England 9 Phyllis Ridgway F 10 March 1907 4 June 2021 England Canada 10 Florrie Baldwin F 31 March 1896 8 May 2010 England England 11 Amy Hulmes F 5 October 1887 27 October 2001 England England 12 Miriam Carpelan F 8 July 1882 22 June 1996 England United States 13 Grace Adelaide Jones F 7 December 1899 14 November 2013 England England 14 Olive Boar F 29 September 1904 28 August 2018 England England 15 Merah Smith F 9 November 1912 Living Jamaica England 16 Bessie Camm F 20 June 1904 11 May 2018 England England 17 Rosa Comfort F 21 January 1879 6 November 1992 England England 18 Lucy d'Abreu F 24 May 1892 7 December 2005 British Raj Scotland 19 Gladys Hooper F 18 January 1903 9 July 2016 England England 20 Daisy Adams F 30 June 1880 8 December 1993 England England 21 Florence Finch F 22 December 1893 10 April 2007 England New Zealand 22 Betsy Baker F 20 August 1842 24 October 1955 England United States 23 Rose Eaton F 23 August 1909 7 October 2022 England England 24 Henry Allingham M 6 June 1896 18 July 2009 England England 25 Annie Scott F 15 March 1883 21 April 1996 Ireland Scotland 26 Ruby Gilliam F 21 September 1885 22 October 1998 England England 27 Mary Florence Walker F 28 August 1911 12 September 2024 England England 28 Alice Sjöquist F 25 October 1878 7 November 1991 England Canada 29 Fanny Martland F 19 November 1888 1 December 2001 England Canada 30 Mollie Walker F 5 February 1909 22 January 2022 Wales England 31 Rachel Wieselberg F 23 June 1883 6 June 1996 Russian Empire England 32 Rebecca Hewison F 19 October 1881 22 September 1994 England England 33 Edna Strickland F 6 March 1911 16 January 2024 England England 34 John Evans M 19 August 1877 10 June 1990 Wales Wales 35 Mary Keir F 3 March 1912 17 December 2024 Wales Wales 36 Grace Catherine Jones F 16 September 1906 7 June 2019 England England 37 Henrietta Irwin F 27 May 1906 15 January 2019 Ireland Canada 38 Hilda Luck F 19 February 1914 Living England England 39 Alice Ducat F 8 May 1905 22 December 2017 Scotland England 40 Lilian Priest F 7 November 1908 6 June 2021 Wales England 41 Margaret Cryer F 25 November 1913 23 June 2026 England England 42 Joan Hocquard F 29 March 1908 24 October 2020 England England 43 Margaret Vivian F 25 February 1906 20 September 2018 Scotland Australia 44 Amelia England F 15 May 1900 30 November 2012 England United States 45 Marjorie Hodnett F 1 April 1914 Living England England 46 Jane Gray F 1 December 1901 7 June 2014 Scotland Australia 47 Nellie Bradley F 12 September 1889 11 March 2002 England England Violet Wood F 2 September 1899 29 February 2012 England England 49 Gertrude Kingston F 1 February 1909 28 July 2021 England England 50 Mary Roberts F 5 October 1906 11 March 2019 Wales Canada 51 Gladys Hawley F 18 December 1891 28 April 2004 England England 52 Esther Dalton F 5 June 1914 Living England England 53 Annie Butler F 4 June 1897 28 September 2009 England England 54 Ada Thompson F 28 November 1910 13 March 2023 England England 55 Leonora Cox F 30 December 1907 6 April 2020 England United States 56 John Tinniswood M 26 August 1912 25 November 2024 England England 57 Q. M. L. F 31 October 1909 22 January 2022 England England 58 Kathleen McManners F 6 July 1901 20 September 2013 England England 59 Gwen Payne F 5 August 1907 15 October 2019 England England 60 Florence Pittaway F 15 October 1902 21 December 2014 England England 61 Adela Harrison F 2 January 1913 6 March 2025 England England 62 Bob Weighton M 29 March 1908 28 May 2020 England England 63 Mary Ann Hebden F 4 October 1893 30 November 2005 England England 64 Edith Ingamells F 12 January 1894 1 March 2006 England England 65 Mary Ellen Swan F 24 June 1892 10 August 2004 England Canada 66 Alice Stevenson F 10 July 1861 18 August 1973 England England 67 Violet Davies-Evans F 30 March 1908 5 May 2020 England England 68 Jeanetta Thomas F 2 December 1869 5 January 1982 Wales Wales 69 Dora Caverson F 10 September 1914 Living Scotland Australia 70 Margaret Fish F 7 March 1899 12 March 2011 England England 71 Annie Price F 12 January 1886 26 December 1997 Wales England 72 Annie Turnbull F 21 September 1898 3 September 2010 Scotland Scotland 73 Ellen Watson F 3 January 1900 15 December 2011 England England 74 Ellaline Redmond F 20 March 1901 27 February 2013 England England 75 Margaret Taylor F 21 April 1875 30 March 1987 Scotland United States 76 Ada Roe F 6 February 1858 11 January 1970 England England 77 Helen Haward F 24 November 1884 23 October 1996 England England 78 Eunice Bowman F 23 August 1898 16 July 2010 England England Dorothy Baldwin F 8 February 1902 1 January 2014 England England 80 R. H. F 16 February 1909 6 January 2021 England England 81 Mary Fewster F 6 February 1878 26 December 1989 England England 82 Jennie Howell F 11 February 1845 16 December 1956 England United States 83 Arthur Nash M 7 January 1885 4 November 1996 England Canada Nellie Brown F 2 August 1913 31 May 2025 Jamaica England 85 Florence Pannell F 26 December 1868 20 October 1980 England England Edith Kaufmann F 12 December 1903 7 October 2015 Austria-Hungary England 87 Matilde Coulter F 30 March 1909 19 January 2021 Italy England Zenda Wilcoxon F 8 August 1914 30 May 2026 England England 89 Rose Hart F 20 March 1878 5 January 1990 England England 90 Ivy Frampton F 22 November 1903 5 September 2015 England England 91 Elsie Steele F 6 January 1899 18 October 2010 England England 92 Hilda Clulow F 15 March 1908 24 December 2019 England England 93 John Mosley Turner M 15 June 1856 21 March 1968 England England 94 Lizzie Beevers F 7 November 1884 4 August 1996 England England 95 Dorothy Peel F 28 September 1902 24 June 2014 England England 96 Anna Tocher F 24 November 1873 1 August 1985 Scotland United States 97 Avice Clarke F 17 May 1900 17 January 2012 England United States Irene Pearce F 5 January 1901 6 September 2012 England England 99 Daisy Bastin F 3 May 1908 2 January 2020 England England 100 Kate Begbie F 9 January 1877 5 September 1988 England Scotland

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

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

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.

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. She was born in Tonbridge, Kent, and resided in Gorleston-on-Sea. She never married, or had children.

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