Edith Grellier | |
Birth: | 17 March 1853 Brixton, London, England, UK |
Death: | 10 November 1959 Hastings, Sussex, England, UK |
Age: | 106 years, 238 days |
Country: | UK |
Centenarian |
Edith Louisa Grellier (née Taylor; 17 March 1853 – 10 November 1959) was a British centenarian who was the oldest known living person in the United Kingdom at the time of her death.
Biography[]
Edith Louisa Taylor was born on 17 March 1853 in Brixton, England to George Taylor and Marianne Leonard. In 1881, she married Harley Grellier. They had seven children: Alice, Gordon, Norman, Bernard, Florence, Cecil and Eva.
Grellier became the oldest living person in the UK following the death of Emma Weeks on 6 February 1959. She died nine months later at the age of 106. Her successor as the oldest British person was Mary Worthington.
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