Ethel Lang (supercentenarian)

For the Australian actress, see Ethel Lang (actress).
Ethel Lang

Lang in 2008
Born Ethel Lancaster
27 May 1900
Worsbrough, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died 15 January 2015
(aged 114 years, 233 days)
Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England
Known for Oldest living person in the UK between 14 November 2013 and 15 January 2015

Ethel Lang (née Lancaster;[1] 27 May 1900[2] – 15 January 2015)[3] was a British supercentenarian and, at the time of her death, the oldest living person in the United Kingdom,[3] the second-oldest living person in Europe after Emma Morano of Italy, and the eighth oldest living person in the world.

Lang was born at Worsbrough, near Barnsley, to miner Charles Lancaster and his wife Sarah. She left school at the age of 13 to work in a shirt factory. She married William Lang, the son of an alderman and councillor in 1922 and their daughter Margaret was born in 1923. Her husband died in 1988 at age 92.[4] Lang's mother lived to the age of 91, and her great-grandmother until 92.[5][6]

Lang was the last living British person to have been born during the reign of Queen Victoria.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ Harston, Katia (1 June 2013). "Ethel turns 113 with cake and cuppa". Barnsley Chronicle.
  2. ↑ "Validated Living Supercentenarians". Gerontology Research Group.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Ethel Lang: Oldest British person who was born during reign of Queen Victoria dies aged 114", The Independent, 16 January 2015
  4. ↑ "Britain's oldest person Ethel Lang dies aged 114". The Telegraph. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "Ethel in fine form at 108". The Star. 2 June 2008. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
  6. ↑ "Ethel turns 110". Barnsley Town Talk. 28 May 2010. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
Records
Preceded by
Grace Jones		 United Kingdom's oldest living person
14 November 2013 – 15 January 2015 		Succeeded by
Gladys Hooper