Annie Jennings

Annie Jennings
Birth:	12 November 1884 Chesterfield, England, UK
Death:	20 November 1999 Chesterfield, England, UK
Age:	115 years, 8 days
Country:	UK
Validated

Annie Jennings (née Thomas; 12 November 1884 – 20 November 1999) was a British supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group. At the time of her death, she was the United Kingdom's oldest living person and the world's second-oldest living person, after American Sarah Knauss. At the age of 115 years, 8 days, she remains the second-oldest person ever from the UK.

Biography

Jennings was born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, and lived there all her life. She worked as a teacher and never had children.

Jennings became the oldest living person in the UK following the death of Lucy Jane Askew on 9 December 1997, a title she held for nearly two years until her death on 20 November 1999, aged 115 years, 8 days. Following her death, Eva Morris became the UK's oldest person.

Jennings reportedly disliked being in the Guinness World Records.

References

• Chronological Listing Of All Supercentenarians Gerontology Research Group
• All Validated British Supercentenarians Oldest in Britain
• "How to stop the clock" Sunday Mirror, 22 March 1998
• "Quiet 114th for UK's oldest" Daily Record, 13 November 1998
• "Happy 114th" Daily Mirror, 13 November 1998
• World Digest Irish Independent, 13 November 1998

United Kingdom's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E)

Frederick Stabbins • Jane Lister • Martha Truelove • Ann Sharp • Jane Raby • Frances Smith • William Walker • Ann Russell • Eliza Roff • Ellen Palmer • Rachel MacArthur • Rachel Swain • Mary Davey • Thomas Pope • John Francklow • Rebecca Lees • Sarah Fitt • Elizabeth Sellwood • Matilda Coppins • Elizabeth Whitehead • Emma Rooke • Margaret Lunn • Sarah Humphrey • Caroline Beale • Fanny Hopkins • Elizabeth Etheridge • Sophia Wellstead • Rhoda Harris • Emma Weeks • Edith Grellier • Mary Worthington • Jane Stoneman • Ellen Dart • Elizabeth Kensley • Hannah Smith • John Mosley Turner • Ada Roe • Alice Stevenson • Elizabeth Watkins • Frederick Butterfield • Rose Heeley • Agnes Helyar • James Harrow • Sarah Morgan • Lilias Williams • Florence Pannell • Jeanetta Thomas • Alice Brewster • Anna Eliza Williams • Kate Begbie • Charlotte Hughes • Daisy Adams • Rebecca Hewison • Annie Scott • Rachel Wieselberg • Lucy Askew • Annie Jennings • Eva Morris • Amy Hulmes • Nellie Bradley • Gladys Hawley • Lucy d'Abreu • Judy Ingamells • Emmeline Brice • Annie Knight • Ada Mason • Florrie Baldwin • Eunice Bowman • Annie Turnbull • Elsie Steele • Margaret Fish • Violet Wood • Grace A Jones • Ethel Lang • Gladys Hooper • Bessie Camm • Olive Boar • Grace C Jones • Gwen Payne • Hilda Clulow • Bob Weighton • Joan Hocquard • Lilian Priest • Gertrude Kingston • Mollie Walker • Ethel Caterham