| 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: |  UK
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| Validated | |
Florence Ada Bethia Pannell nee Neate (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
Florence 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. She married Robert H. Pannell in 1898 and they had one children. Her husband died in 1905 at the age of 38.
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 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
- Chronological Listing Of All Supercentenarians Gerontology Research Group
- 1860s Gallery Gerontology Research Group
- All Validated British Supercentenarians Oldest in Britain
- Victorian women | Life in Victorian times | 108 year old woman | Money Go Round | 1977 YouTube
- Robert H. Pannell FamilySearch