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}}'''Florence Pannell''' (26 December 1868 – 20 October 1980) was a British supercentenarian whose age is currently validated by the [[Gerontology Research Group]] (GRG). She was the oldest living person in the UK when she died.
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}}'''Florence Ada Bethia Pannell''' (26 December 1868 – 20 October 1980) was a British [[supercentenarian]] who was the oldest documented person living in Europe at the time of her death. Her age is validated by the [[Gerontology Research Group]] (GRG).
   
 
==Biography==
 
==Biography==
Florence Pannell was born in England, UK, on 26 December 1868. As an adult, she set up a beauty care business and worked for many years in Paris and London.
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Pannell was born in Kensington, England, on 26 December 1868. As an adult, she set up a beauty care business and worked for many years in Paris and London.
   
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In May 1971, at the age of 102, Pannell was reported as the oldest voter in that year's Kensington and Chelsea borough council elections. In 1977, Pannell was interviewed by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Shenton Joan Shenton] for the consumer programme ''Money-Go-Round'', in which said that the biggest change she's seen was "everything".
In a 1977 interview, Florence said that the biggest change she's seen was "everything".
 
   
 
'''[[File:Florence Pannell102.JPG|thumb|309x309px|Florence Pannell, 102, voting in the 1971 Kensington and Chelsea borough council election]]'''
Following the death of 110-year old [[Lilias Williams]] on 12 February 1979, Pannell, then 110, became the UK's oldest living person.
 
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Pannell died on 20 October 1980 at the age of 111 years, 299 days.
   
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==Longevity Records==
Florence Pannell died in Kensington, England, UK, on 20 October 1980 at the age of 111 years, 299 days. 110-year old [[Jeanetta Thomas]] became the oldest living person in the UK.
 
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==='''British Records'''===
 
Following the death of 110-year old [[Lilias Williams]] on 12 February 1979, Pannell became the oldest living person in the United Kingdom, as well as the UK's last surviving person born in 1868. Following her death on 20 October 1980, [[Jeanetta Thomas]] became the UK's oldest living person.
   
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At the time of her death, Pannell was the second-oldest person ever documented from the UK, after [[Alice Stevenson]] who died in 1973 at 112 years, 39 days.
==Gallery==
 
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'''[[File:Florence Pannell102.JPG|centre|thumb|309x309px|Florence Pannell (left) at the age of 102 and Sir Malby Crofton (right).]]'''
 
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==='''International Records'''===
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Pannell became the oldest documented person living in Europe following the death of 110 year-old Frenchwoman [[Frederique Noel]] on 14 April 1979. After her own death on 20 October 1980, Frenchwoman [[Augustine Tessier]] became the oldest known person living in Europe.
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At the time of her death, Pannell was the second-oldest living person in the world whose age has since been validated by the [[Gerontology Research Group]], after American woman [[Fannie Thomas]].
   
 
==References==
 
==References==
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*[http://www.grg.org/Adams/A.HTM Chronological Listing Of All Supercentenarians] Gerontology Research Group
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*[https://grg.org/Gallery/1860sGallery.html 1860s Gallery] Gerontology Research Group
 
*[http://oldestinbritain.nfshost.com/supercent.php All Validated British Supercentenarians] Oldest in Britain
 
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4FZkXvAY94 Victorian women | Life in Victorian times | 108 year old woman | Money Go Round | 1977] YouTube
 
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4FZkXvAY94 Victorian women | Life in Victorian times | 108 year old woman | Money Go Round | 1977] YouTube
*[http://oldestinbritain.nfshost.com/supercent.php] Oldest in Britain
 
 
 
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[[Category:English supercentenarians]]
 
[[Category:English supercentenarians]]

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Florence Pannell
Florence Pannell
Pannell, aged 108, being interviewed for the TV programme Money-Go-Round in 1977
Birth: 26 December 1868
Kensington, England, UK
Death: 20 October 1980
Kensington, England, UK
Age: 111 years, 299 days
Country: United Kingdom UK
Validated

Florence Ada Bethia Pannell (26 December 1868 – 20 October 1980) was a British supercentenarian who was the oldest documented person living in Europe at the time of her death. Her age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).

Biography

Pannell was born in Kensington, England, on 26 December 1868. As an adult, she set up a beauty care business and worked for many years in Paris and London.

In May 1971, at the age of 102, Pannell was reported as the oldest voter in that year's Kensington and Chelsea borough council elections. In 1977, Pannell was interviewed by Joan Shenton for the consumer programme Money-Go-Round, in which said that the biggest change she's seen was "everything".

Florence Pannell102

Florence Pannell, 102, voting in the 1971 Kensington and Chelsea borough council election

Pannell died on 20 October 1980 at the age of 111 years, 299 days.

Longevity Records

British Records

Following the death of 110-year old Lilias Williams on 12 February 1979, Pannell became the oldest living person in the United Kingdom, as well as the UK's last surviving person born in 1868. Following her death on 20 October 1980, Jeanetta Thomas became the UK's oldest living person.

At the time of her death, Pannell was the second-oldest person ever documented from the UK, after Alice Stevenson who died in 1973 at 112 years, 39 days.

International Records

Pannell became the oldest documented person living in Europe following the death of 110 year-old Frenchwoman Frederique Noel on 14 April 1979. After her own death on 20 October 1980, Frenchwoman Augustine Tessier became the oldest known person living in Europe.

At the time of her death, Pannell was the second-oldest living person in the world whose age has since been validated by the Gerontology Research Group, after American woman Fannie Thomas.

References


United Kingdom's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (VE)

Frederick Stabbins • Jane ListerMartha Truelove • Ann Sharp • Jane Raby • Frances Smith • William Walker • Ann Russell • Eliza Roff • Ellen Palmer • Rachel MacArthur • Rachel SwainMary Davey • Thomas Pope • John Francklow • Rebecca Lees • Sarah Fitt • Elizabeth Sellwood • Matilda Coppins • Elizabeth Whitehead • Emma Rooke • Margaret Lunn • Sarah Humphrey • Caroline BealeFanny Hopkins • Elizabeth Etheridge • Sophia Wellstead • Rhoda Harris • Emma Weeks • Edith Grellier • Mary WorthingtonJane Stoneman • Ellen Dart • Elizabeth Kensley • Hannah SmithJohn Mosley TurnerAda Roe • Alice StevensonElizabeth WatkinsFrederick Butterfield • Rose Heeley • Agnes Helyar • James Harrow • Sarah Morgan • Lilias WilliamsFlorence PannellJeanetta ThomasAlice 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 BriceAnnie Knight • Ada Mason • Florrie Baldwin • Eunice BowmanAnnie Turnbull • Elsie SteeleMargaret Fish • Violet Wood • Grace A Jones • Ethel Lang • Gladys Hooper • Bessie CammOlive BoarGrace C JonesGwen PayneHilda ClulowBob WeightonJoan HocquardLilian PriestGertrude KingstonMollie WalkerEthel Caterham