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Oldest British person dies aged 114

Xinhua, January 17, 2015 Adjust font size:

The last person born during the reign of Queen Victoria died at the age of 114, local media reported Friday.

A spokesman of the Water Royd House, a nursing home where Britain's oldest women, Ethel Lang, lived in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, confirmed that she passed away on Thursday morning.

Local reports said Ethel Lang, born in Barnsley on May 27, 1900, had lived through six monarchs, 22 prime ministers and two world wars. She also witnessed the invention of the radio, television, computer and the internet.

Mrs Lang married William Lang in 1922, and has survived her husband since 1988. They had a daughter who is now 91 years old.

According to statistics released by the Office for National Statistics, Britain had about 13,780 centenarians in 2013, among those, 710 were estimated to be aged 105 or older.

Now, the oldest person in Britain is an 111-year-old woman, Gladys Hooper, of the Isle of Wight in southern England. She will be 112 years old on Sunday. Enditem