| Frances Smith | |
| Birth: | 21 May 1820 Devonport, England, UK |
| Death: | 20 January 1927 Oxford, England, UK |
| Age: | 106 years, 244 days |
| Country: |  UK
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| Centenarian | |
Biography
Frances Smith was born in Devonport, England, United Kingdom on 21 May 1820 to John Smith, a solicitor, and his wife Charlotte. She had a younger brother, Frederick Henry Smith (1824–1903), who was a Major General in the Bengal Infantry and raised the 18th Bengal Lancers during the Indian Mutiny of 1858. She never married nor had children, and lived in St John's Home, Oxford, from 1896 until her death.
Smith became the oldest person in the country on 11 June 1926, after the death of 106-year-old Jane Raby, and held the title until her own death on 20 January 1927 at the age of 106 years, 244 days. Her successor as the oldest person in the United Kingdom was William Walker (1822–1929). It is unknown who succeeded her as the oldest woman in the country.
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