Charlotte Marion Hughes (née Milburn; 1 August 1877 – 17 March 1993) was a British supercentenarian who, at 115 years, 228 days, is the longest-lived person ever documented from the United Kingdom.
[2] Born in Hartlepool in the fortieth year of Queen Victoria's reign, she lived under the rule of five more monarchs and 24 UK Prime Ministers.
She remained in robust health into extreme old age and achieved public recognition for her longevity, including tea with then-UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, in 1985, whom she jokingly admonished against cuddling up to her, as Hughes was a Labour Party supporter.
[5][6][7] Hughes became the oldest living person in the United Kingdom when Kate Begbie of Scotland died in 1988, and she broke the national longevity record, held until then by Anna Eliza Williams, in early 1992.
"[1] Hughes was never interviewed by demographers or other longevity researchers, though the historian Peter Laslett went through the documentation pertaining to her case.