Charlotte Marion
Hughes, née Milburn, was the oldest documented person ever to have lived in the
UK . When she died on 17th March 1993 , she was 115 years 228 days old.
And she lived all but the last couple of years of her long life in
Marske-by-the-Sea.
On her 110th
birthday she flew to New York aboard Concorde, and enjoyed a plush, all-expenses paid stay in America . She claimed the national longevity record in
1992, by which time she had moved to St.David’s Nursing Home in nearby Redcar . Though she resorted to a wheelchair in her
latter years, she remained mentally sharp until the end.
She was the
third person in world history to officially reach 115, though she has since
slipped outside the top ten of all-time oldies worldwide and currently lies in
12th place.
But she is still
the British No.1.
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