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Margaret Lunn
Margaret Lunn
Birth: 14 March 1846
Kingston-upon-Hull, England, UK
Death: 2 June 1953
Cheltenham, England, UK
Age: 107 years, 80 days
Country: United Kingdom UK
Centenarian

Margaret Bebb Lunn (14 March 1846 – 2 June 1953) was a British centenarian and the oldest living person in the United Kingdom at the time of her death.

Biography

Margaret Bebb Lunn was born in Kingston-upon-Hull, England, on 14 March 1846. She never married nor had any children, but was reported to have had over 50 great-nephews and great-nieces in addition to over 40 great-great-nephews and great-great-nieces at the time of her death.

On her 107th birthday, she was sent greetings from around the world but could not read them since she was blind but otherwise in good health. She became the oldest living person in the UK on 7 May 1953 (upon the death of Emma Rooke).

Margaret Lunn died on 2 June 1953 (Coronation Day) in Cheltenham, aged 107 years, 80 days. She was succeeded as the oldest living person in the UK by Sarah Humphrey.

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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

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