| Lefroy Brownlow Place | |
 Brownlow Place on his 104th birthday in 2020 | |
| Birth: | 24 July 1916 Bermuda |
| Death: | 23 July 2024 Bermuda |
| Age: | 107 years, 365 days |
| Country: |  BER
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| Centenarian | |
Lefroy Brownlow "Brownie" Sinclair Place (24 July 1916 - 23 July 2024) was a Bermudian centenarian who was the oldest known living person in Bermuda.
Biography[]
Lefroy Brownlow Place was born in Bermuda on 24 July 1916, the oldest of six siblings. His parents were Alfred Brownlow Place and Julia Place.
He worked during 40 years with his father run the now defunct Bermuda Recorder. He married Sadie Marguerite Bassett in 1940. The couple had three children: Brownlow Tucker-Smith Place (now deceased), Glenda Walker (now deceased) and Charlene Tyrrell. Marguerite died in 1999, after 59 years of marriage.
Once he left the Bermuda Recorder, he worked for the Corporation of Hamilton for 30 years as the mail courier and custodian of the theatre. He retired when he was 85.
As of August 2016, at the age of 100, he was still able to drive.
In July 2017, he met with Myrtle Edness (aged 103) and Mary Williams (aged 101).
Longevity runs in his family: his grandmother Agnes Place lived to be 102 and his father Alfred Brownlow Place lived into his 90s. In addition, two of his siblings whom are still living in 2018, Hilda Place (aged 93) and Rhoda Burrows (aged 91).
As of July 2020, at the age of 104, he was still able to walk without help.
He became the oldest known living person in Bermuda, following the death of Myrtle Edness on 26 January 2023.
Brownlow Place died in Bermuda at the age of 107 years, 365 days. He is currently the oldest known man ever from Bermuda.
Gallery[]
References[]
- Lefroy Place still on road at 100 The Royal Gazette, 19 July 2016
- 100-Year-Old Driver Recognised By Colonial Bernews, 3 August 2016
- Taking it all in her stride ... Myrtle, 103 The Royal Gazette, 18 July 2017
- LeFroy Brownlow Place Celebrates 102nd Birthday Bernews, 25 July 2018
- The true value of Christmas The Royal Gazette, 24 December 2019
- Brownlow Place Celebrates 104th Birthday Bernews, 25 July 2020
- Witness to history The Royal Gazette, 23 July 2022
- Lefroy Brownlow Place's 107th birthday celebrated by City The Royal Gazette, 29 July 2023
- Brownlow Place (1916-2024): eyewitness to Bermuda history The Royal Gazette, 25 July 2024
| Bermuda's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E) |
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Hilda Smith • A'Lona Lambert-Simons • Winnie Childs • Louise Franks • Myrtle Edness • Lefroy Brownlow Place |