Centenarians in Debrett's Part 5 (2026)

[colinp]

This follows on from  Centenarians in Debretts (Part 4) (2025)

Possible centenarians for 2026:

Sir Dallas Bernard, 2nd Baronet b 14 Dec 1926 – of Wroughton, Wilts

 

BARRETT-LENNARD Bt (1801) – Godfrey Trevor Barrett-Lennard, psychologist/author, b 1926 – of Wembley Downs, Western Australia

 

BEAUFORT D – Arthur Henry Somerset b 30 May 1926 – of Dalveen, Queensland

 

BRADFORD E – Victoria Mary Bridgeman b 24 Feb 1926 – of London NW8

 

BYASS Bt (ext) – Pamela Julia Veall nee Byass, dau of 2nd Bt, b 11 Dec 1926 – of Newbridge-on-Wye, Powys

 

CARBERY B – Trevor Wallace D’Arcy-Evans b 1926 – of Jennapullin, Western Australia

 

CAYLEY Bt (1661) – (Katherine) Sonia, Baroness ffrench nee Cayley b 2 Dec 1926 – of Kelso, Roxburghshire

 

COURTOWN E – John Walter Stopford b 7 Mar 1926 – of North Canterbury, NZ

 

DACRE B/HAMPDEN V – Patricia Helen Winifred Micheletto formerly Lubbock nee Brand b 11 Dec 1926 – of Lausanne, Switzerland (her h Pierre Micheletto may be b 1925)

 

EBRAHIM Bt (1910) – Ariff Ebrahim b 17 Nov 1926

-          Munira Ebrahim b 1926

 

FFRENCH B – see Cayley Bt above

 

FORBES ADAM Bt (1917) – Penelope, Lady Forbes Adam nee Munday, widow of the 4th baronet b 9 Oct 1926 (Companies House) – of Escrick, York

 

GARDNER B (dormant) – Hazel Mendes nee Gardner b 1926

-          Florence Hoffland nee Gardner b 1926 - of Naini Tal, India

 

GIBSON Bt (1931) – Diana Madeleine Gibson b 17 Feb 1926 -  of Buenos Aires, Argentina

 

HAMPDEN V – see Dacre B above

 

MALET Bt (1791) – Wendy Malet b 21 Mar 1926 – of Gillingam, Dorset

 

SIMEON Bt (1815) – Cdr Hugh Michael Simeon b 1 Nov 1926.  I have a note stating he died in 2011 citing http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Hugh-Michael-Simeon-91635971 (link not working) and which I may have reported on.  I wonder whether this was correct as Companies House shows him as an active director of ZZCM Investments Holdings Ltd (incorporated in Zambia) with a correspondence address West View Lane, South Norwalk, Connecticut 06854, United States (last address in DPB 2019 Rowayton, Connecticut)

 

SOUTHWELL V – Hon Susan Mary Macrae nee Southwell b 19 Dec 1926 – of Slacks Creek, Queensland, Australia

 

SPEARMAN Bt (1840) – Richard Ian Campbell Spearman b 14 Aug 1926 – of Winchester, Hants

 

STARKEY Bt (1935) - Phoebe Olivia Shone nee Long (dau of Sylvia Augusta LONG dau of 1st Bt) b 25 Oct 1926 m 1954 Henry Martin Shone (d 1990)

 

 

Also the following are likely to be centenarians (from the date of their marriage) if still alive

 

CROFT Bt (1671) – Barbara Croft nee Carter m 1943 Frederick James Croft – of Barraba, NSW

 

EDEN Bt – Patricia Everett nee Brook m 1944 Michael Charles Eden (ka 1944) - of Roeburndale, Lancs

 

GIBBONS Bt – Phyllis Sheehan nee Greenwood m 1945 John Hayton Gibbons (1909-1963) – of Newport, NSW, Australia

 

GREY E – Wendy Ursula Grey nee Wray m 1943 Major Martin Grey (1913-1975) – of Ditchling, Sussex

 

GUNNING Bt (1778) – Patricia Mary, Lady Gunning nee O’Connor m 1940 Sir Orlando Peter Gunning (1908-1964) – of London SW3 (there is a probate record for a Patricia Mary Gunning died 16 Feb 2014)

 

MACARTNEY Bt (1799) – Geraldine Macartney nee Leach m 1945 Lt-Cdr John Hussey Burgh Macartney (1915-2001)  - of Balgowlah, NSW, Australia

 

MANCHESTER D - Katharine Mary Montagu nee Jenkins m 1946 John Drogo Montagu (1923-2010) – of Plants Green, Warminster, Wilts

 

MANSEL Bt (1622) – Mary Germaine Mansel nee LIttlewood m 1941 Regnier Ranulf Dabridgecourt Mansel (1919-1984) – of Maesycrugian, Carmarthenshire

 

MILMAN Bt (1800) – Noreen J Pryor nee Elliot m 1944 Gerald Stephen Milman (1908-1987) – of Sirras de Cordoba, Argentina (she wrote a letter to the Telegraph 24.03.2010 about Argentinian titles as “(Mrs) Noreen J. Pryor (Señora Noreen J. Elliot de Pryor)”)

MOON Bt (1887) – Ann Beare nee Melhuish m 1945 John Richard Philip Moon (1915-1978) – of St Margaret’s Bay, Dover, Kent

PETRE B - Pamela Mary Bannister nee Pratt m 1941 Gerard Malcolm Mary Laurence Petre (1916-1944) – of North Cheriton, Somerset

PROBY Bt (1952) – Patricia Amelia Proby nee Pearce m 1942 Claud Proby (1917-1987) – of Great Waldingfield, Sudbury, Suffolk

RAMSAY Bt (1806) – Helen MacGregor Ramsay nee Shaw m 1944 Cdr Alexander Robert Ramsay (1910-2004) – of South Brisbane, Qld, Australia

 

ROSSE E – Veronica Rosetta de Courcy Parsons nee Glover m 1945 Maj Arthur Christopher Parsons RA (1919-1999) – of Odiham, Hants

 

ROWLEY Bt (1786/1836) – Dale Rowley nee Antellin m 1941 Frederick Duncan Lorin Rowley (1912-1968) – of Palm Springs, California

 

SLEIGHT Bt (1920) – Jacqueline Margaret, Lady Sleight nee Carter m 1942 Sir John Frederick Sleight, 3rd Bt

 

TEYNHAM B -  Patricia Audrey Straight formerly Martin formerly Trevor Roper nee Edwards m 1942 Fl/Lt Richard Dacre Trevor Roper DFC (1915-1944) – of Winnersh, Berks

[Henry W]

BEAUFORT D – Arthur Henry Somerset b 30 May 1926 – of Dalveen, Queensland

https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/7Dh_XHiM6I8

Died 15 October 2020.

CARBERY B – Trevor Wallace D’Arcy-Evans b 1926 – of Jennapullin, Western Australia

https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/0es2pJlMyZE

Died 13 February 2001

GREY E – Wendy Ursula Grey nee Wray m 1943 Major Martin Grey (1913-1975) – of Ditchling, Sussex

https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/1cJetXm_sqw

Died 28 November 2008

RAMSAY Bt (1806) – Helen MacGregor Ramsay nee Shaw m 1944 Cdr Alexander Robert Ramsay (1910-2004) – of South Brisbane, Qld, Australia

https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/GPxGqV2JUKQ

Died 11 July 1990

[Henry W]

MANCHESTER D - Katharine Mary Montagu nee Jenkins m 1946 John Drogo Montagu (1923-2010) – of Plants Green, Warminster, Wilts

https://warminsterjournal.co.uk/four-generations-gather-as-resident-celebrates-101st-birthday/

Known as Mary Montagu.  Found living May 2025, her 101st birthday was celebrated.

[Henry W]

SIMEON Bt (1815) – Cdr Hugh Michael Simeon b 1 Nov 1926.  I have a note stating he died in 2011 citing http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Hugh-Michael-Simeon-91635971 (link not working) and which I may have reported on.  I wonder whether this was correct as Companies House shows him as an active director of ZZCM Investments Holdings Ltd (incorporated in Zambia) with a correspondence address West View Lane, South Norwalk, Connecticut 06854, United States (last address in DPB 2019 Rowayton, Connecticutt)

https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/mmqE2vCnjek/m/6_GUCpUDCgAJ

I posted on 27 December 2021:

SIMEON baronets: Hugh Michael SIMEON, born 1926, desc from 4th son of 1st Bt, DIED 30 May 2011
http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Hugh-Michael-Simeon-91635971
The date of birth given matches exactly thepeerage (https://thepeerage.com/p57686.htm#i576860)

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I would never knowingly mislead the group, but similarly cannot open the link (or find a notice / record elsewhere).  I obviously considered the possibility of a mistaken identification and corroborated on the DoB.  These days even with the most basic death notice I will copy out any relevant detail and post in italics here for the very reason of disappearing links that we lose information from.

[colinp]

Thanks Henry.  I think the reference to ZZCM Investments was a bit of a red herring.  The company was incorporated in Zambia and was only registered at the UK Companies Registry because at one time it had a place of business in the UK.  It was "administratively closed" in 2004 by the UK Companies Registry and there would be no reason then why anyone would note the death of one of the directors in the UK Companies Registry though of course Cdr Simeon's death may be noted at the Zambian equivalent.  I have deleted his name from my own centenarians list accordingly and reinstated the note of his death on my copy of DPB.  You make a very good point about not just linking to online notices and articles but reproducing the substance of the notice here in case the links are broken/lost.

[Tim]

COURTOWN E – John Walter Stopford b 7 Mar 1926 – of North Canterbury, NZ

Found living (as of 24 April 2025) - interviewed by a New Zealand news outlet whilst preparing to take part in Anzac Day commemorations:

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/558923/nz-s-last-wwii-vets-on-anzac-day-it-is-a-day-that-should-never-be-forgotten 

"Amberley veteran John Stopford was in Germany when Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party came to power.

His father was a navyman and posted to the British Embassy.

"My father was at the embassy in Berlin from 1933 to 1934, but because in 1934 things were getting a bit tricky dad said to me and mum 'I think you better go back to England', so we did," Stopford said. [...]

Stopford, 99, was only 17 when he joined the Royal Navy, following in his father's footsteps.

"I was set to be part of the invasion [of Nazi-occupied Europe; parentheses in the original text]. God knows what could've happened then, but coincidence happened, their Lordships said no to 12,000 sailors which meant we then went across to the army and went into training, instead of going across the channel," he said.

He ultimately deployed with the 7th Royal Tank Regiment.[...]

Jackson [William Jackson, another New Zealand WWII veteran also interviewed for the article] and Stopford planned to be among the thousands of New Zealanders at Anzac Day services on Friday."

Tim

[Tim]

CROFT Bt (1671) – Barbara Croft nee Carter m 1943 Frederick James Croft – of Barraba, NSW

Died 22 February 2009: https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/DXXoXN7Y51g

[Tim]

STARKEY Bt (1935) - Phoebe Olivia Shone nee Long (dau of Sylvia Augusta LONG dau of 1st Bt) b 25 Oct 1926 m 1954 Henry Martin Shone (d 1990)

A possible match found living (as of 21 December 2025):
The below newsletter from St Andrew's Church in Girton, Cambridge for the week beginning Sunday 21 December 2025 mentions a "Phoebe Shone" among other "church family members listed for general prayer". A Phoebe O. SHONE was listed on the open register of electors in the Cambridge area from 2009-2022.

https://www.girton.church/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Pews-News-21st-December-2025-.pdf

Tim

[Henry W]

As ever my significant thanks and applause to Colin for putting this list together - your continued contribution to the community (amongst many others) is a real asset and appreciated.

A few found by Tim that I think we should note here and I think are correct identifications:

GIBBONS Bt – Phyllis Sheehan nee Greenwood m 1945 John Hayton Gibbons (1909-1963) – of Newport, NSW, Australia

https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/-4B5Lev4aJk

Died 25 March 2004

DACRE B/HAMPDEN V – Patricia Helen Winifred Micheletto formerly Lubbock nee Brand b 11 Dec 1926 – of Lausanne, Switzerland (her h Pierre Micheletto may be b 1925)

https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/vpmgnIHi2ck

She died 2020 (funeral took place 4 Sept, but exact date of death not known)

MACARTNEY Bt (1799) – Geraldine Macartney nee Leach m 1945 Lt-Cdr John Hussey Burgh Macartney (1915-2001)  - of Balgowlah, NSW, Australia

https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/sDbfJ-_SQio

Tentative evidence that she died 2005.  Further work needed.

The following thread is probably an mis-identification, but left visible for further work

PROBY Bt (1952) – Patricia Amelia Proby nee Pearce m 1942 Claud Proby (1917-1987) – of Great Waldingfield, Sudbury, Suffolk

https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/a_TFQvxwREA

Probably Found Living 2017 - C010 address, electoral roll.

I also have a few more notes of some persons found living:

ROSSE E – Veronica Rosetta de Courcy Parsons nee Glover m 1945 Maj Arthur Christopher Parsons RA (1919-1999) – of Odiham, Hants

Found living 2025 - RG29 address, electoral roll

FORBES ADAM Bt (1917) – Penelope, Lady Forbes Adam nee Munday, widow of the 4th baronet b 9 Oct 1926 (Companies House) – of Escrick, York

Found living 2018 - SE21 address, electoral roll

MALET Bt (1791) – Wendy Malet b 21 Mar 1926 – of Gillingam, Dorset

Found living 2008 - SP8 address, electoral roll

SPEARMAN Bt (1840) – Richard Ian Campbell Spearman b 14 Aug 1926 – of Winchester, Hants

Found living 2009 - S022 address, electoral roll

On Tuesday, 23 December 2025 at 13:58:37 UTC colinp wrote:

[Tim]

Just to record the discovery made by Richard R today:

MALET Bt (1791) – Wendy Malet b 21 Mar 1926 – of Gillingam, Dorset

https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/IGk3qPUa6Lc
Died 9 January 2026 (aged 99)

Tim

[Henry W]

From Part 3:

Clarke Bt (1882) Elizabeth Elsie Faith Lake nee Clarke b 12 July 1924 (of Shropham, Norfolk)

https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/8DSsfrXBwdA/m/CKh_Cx67AwAJ

Death registered Q1 2024, she therefore died aged 99.

Two spouses of persons in Debrett's have recently died and were centenarians but not previously in our lists.

Rear Adm John Oliver ROBERTS  CB, 1st h of Lady Hermione STUART, of the MORAY earls, born 4 April 1924

https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/ZloOyKppF2s/m/PYVhhFlLAgAJ

Died 27 December 2025, aged 101.

Janet, Lady DEVITT (Janet Lilian, nee ELLIS), widow of Sir Thomas DEVITT, 2nd Baronet, born 10 October 1925

https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/cllv1vRKufA

Died 2 January 2026, aged 100.

[colinp]

From the 1st iteration of this thread:

Evelyn Agnes Wilson formerly Ross nee Waller (descended from 3rd brother of 4th Bt) b 19 July 1918 - of BC, Canada

She died on 11 March 2014 aged 95   WILSON, Mrs William (Evelyn Agnes nee WALLER then ROSS) (1918-2014)

[colinp]

I have noted  the following centenarians from a search of DPB online where an age is given for the deceased - mainly spouses where no birth year is normally given. I have just listed the ones that have not been reported here, mainly because they pre-date the formation of this group although some (post-formation, roughly 2005?)  may be buried in the interminable "Debretts corrections" thread I started some time ago - 

BARLOW Bt (1892) – the 2^nd Baronet’s w (m 1911) Emma Nora d 1989 aged 103 da of Sir Horace Darwin KBE FRS 

BLAKISTON Bt (1763) - Maud Douglas Blakiston descended from the 6^th son of the 2^nd Bt d 1960 aged 100 (married name: Green) 

CAREW POLE Bt (1628) - Dorothy Ethel Christine, who d 1998 aged 102 da of late Charles William Searle m 1924 Reginald Edward Morice de la Pole descended from the 3^rd son of the 3^rd Bt 

CATHCART E – the 5^th Earl’s former w (m 1919, div 1922) Vera Estelle d 1993 aged 100 da of John Fraser of Cape Town and widow of Captain Henry de Grey Warter 

CAWLEY B – the 2^nd Baron’s w (m 1912) Vivienne d 1978 aged 100 da of Harold Lee of Manchester 

CAYLEY Bt (1661) - Nora Innes, who d 2011, aged 101, da of late Maj Nigel Paton m 1940 Henry Douglas Cayley OBE descended from the 3^rd son of the 1^st Bt 

CLANCARTY E – the 6^th Earl’s 2^nd w (m 1919) Cora Marie Edith d 1993 aged 100 da of H. H. Spoonerof Thornton Hall Surrey 

CLIFFORD Bt (1887 ext) - Alcie Mary d 2003 aged 104 (granted the rank of a Baronet’s widow) 2nd da of John Joseph Calder m 1925 Capt George Gilbert Joseph Clifford descended from the 3^rd son of the 1^st Bt

COBHAM B – the 16^th Baron’s 1^st w (m 1923, div 1949) Christina Jean d 1990 aged 102 da of Albert Edward Honeybone 

COMBERMERE V - Elfreda Helen d 1992 aged 100 da of William Francis Moore m 1922 Lt-Col Vere Egerton Cotton CBE TD descended from the 6^th son of the 4^th Bt 

COOTE Bt (1621) - Noel Margaret Jephson d 2009 aged 100 da of late Lt-Col Ernest Henry Denne Stracey (see Stracey, Bt) m 1933 Major Charles Robert Purdon Coote descended from the brother of the 9^th Bt 

CORY Bt (1919) – the 2^nd Bt’s wife (m 1904) Gertrude d 1981 aged 101 da of Henry Thomas Box 

CRAWFORD & BALCARRES E - Sheila Marion Roma d 2012 aged 100 (married name Gibbon) da of late Capt J. W. L. Sprot m 1934 Major John Stewart Lindsay-MacDougall DSO MC descended from the 4^th son of the 24^th Earl 

CURTIS Bt (1802) - Hélène Ellinor Clare d 2005 aged 101 da of late Capt Glen Kidston m 1925 (div 1933) Maj Philip Pinckney Curtis descended from the 4^th son of the 1^st Bt 

DELAMERE B - Violet Maud d 1993 aged 100 da of late Rev Hon Archibald Parker (son of the 6^th Earl of Macclesfield) m 1931 Brig-Gen Hugh Cecil Cholmondeley CB CBE 

DENHAM B – the 1^st Baron’s w (m 1919) Hon Daphne Freeman-Mitford d 1996 aged 100 da of 1st Baron Redesdale 

DU CROS Bt (1916) – the 2^nd Baronet’s 1^st w (m 1922, div 1950) Matilde Dita d 1993 aged 100 only da of Sir Claude Coventry Mallet CMG 

DUDLEY E – the 4^th Earl’s 1^st w (m 1946, div 1961) Stella d 2017 aged 102 da of Dr Don Miguel Angel Carcano KCMG KBE sometime Argentine Ambassador in London 

DUNDONALD E - Christine Marie Hammond d 2015 aged 100 m 1935 Douglas Thomas Archibald Nelthorpe Cochrane descended from the 3rd son of the 9th Earl 

ELLENBOROUGH B – the 7th Baron m 1923 Helen Dorothy d 2002 aged 101 da of H. W. Lovatt formerly of Tiraun Newcastle co Down 

GRENFELL B – the 2nd Baron’s ist w (m 1932, div 1946) Elizabeth Sarah Polk d 2015 aged 102 da of Capt Hon Alfred Thomas Shaughnessy son of 1st Baron Shaughnessy 

HILL V – the 7th Viscount’s 2nd w (m 1942) Catherine Mary (Molly) d 2010 aged 100 da of Dr Rowland Venables Lloyd-Williams of Malford Denbigh 

HODGE Bt (1921) – the 1st Baronet’s 2nd w (m 1930) Vera Estelle d 1993 aged 100 da of John Fraser formerly wife of 5th Earl Cathcart and previously widow of Capt Henry de Grey Warter 

INNES Bt (1628) - Lady Lucy Buchan d 2002 aged 100 da of 18th Earl of Caithness m 1928  Sir Thomas Innes of Learney GCVO LLD FSA (Scot) Lord Lyon King of Arms 1945-69 

JERSEY E – the 9th Earl’s 1st w (m 1932 div 1937) Patricia Kenneth d 2017 aged 103 (married names Wilson, Laycock and  More O’Ferrall)

KENNEDY Bt (1836) - Beryl Doris d 1988 aged 101 da of E. Lumsdaine of Sydney New South Wales m 1905 Edward Robert Kennedy descended from the 5th son of the 1st Bt 

LINLITHGOW M  - Jacqueline Hope d 2015 aged 100 descended from the 2nd son of the 1st Earl of Hopetoun 

LONGFORD E - Ailsa Jean d 2016 aged 103 widow of Kenneth George Marsh m 1973 Peter Hugh Percy Holwell Pakenham descended from the yst son of the 1st Countess 

MAYO E – the 9th Earl’s w (m 1937) Noël Jessie Haliburton d 1993 aged 102 da of William James Wilson, of High Park nr Kendal 

MOLESWORTH V - Florence Edith Mary d 2001 aged 100 da of Rev Thomas Fisher Maddrell Vicar of Gulval m 1923 Rev Gilbert Edmund Nassau Molesworth descended from the 4th son of the 1st Viscount 

MONTAGU OF BEAULIEU B – the 2nd Baron’s 2nd w (m 1920) Alice Pearl d 1996 aged 101 (married name Pleydell-Bouverie) da of Maj Edward Barrington Crake 

MURRAY Bt (1673) - Nancy May d 2008 aged 100 da of late Henri Gautschi of Canada m 1932 David Keith Murray descended from the 10th son of the 7th Bt 

NIGHTINGALE Bt (1628) - Muriel de Lissa d 2015 aged 100 da of late F. D. Philips of Leatherhead m 1941 Christopher Carnac Nightingale descended from the 7th son of the 10th Bt 

NOBLE Bt (1902) – the 1st Baronet’s w (m 1854) Margery Durham d 1929 aged 101 da of Archibald Campbell 

NORTON-GRIFFITHS Bt (1922) – the 1st Baronet m (1901) Gwladys d 1974 aged 101 da of Thomas Wood 

NUGENT Bt (1795) - Florence Maud Nugent (married name Jones) d 2018 aged 101 descended from the 4th son of the 3rd Bt 

PHILLIMORE B - Sheila Bruce d 2016 aged 101 da of John Farquhar MacLeod m 1944 Col Hon Robert George Hugh Phillimore OBE 3rd son of the 2nd Baron 

PORTLAND E - Lady Victoria Alexandrina Violet Cavendish Bentinck CVO d 1994 aged 104 da of 6th Duke of Portland married name Wemyss of that Ilk) 

ST VINCENT V - Helen Frances d 1998 aged 100 da of Sir John Ralph Starkey 1st Baronet m 1922 Humphrey Parker-Jervis descended from the yst son of the 2nd Viscount 

SCOTT Bt (1907) - Bridget Margaret d 2006 aged 105 only da of late Charles Leigh Clay of Chepstow m 1926 (ann 1937) William Walter Brough Scott descended from the 4th son of the 1st Bt 

SOMERVILLE Bt (1748 Dormant) - Grace E. Clabaugh d 1993 aged 100 m 1921 William Somerville (1884-1961) of Dallas Texas probably 7th baronet 

STEWART-RICHARDSON Bt (1630) – the 16th Baronet’s 2nd w (m 1944) Audrey Meryl d 2018 aged 101 (married name Robertson) da of Claude Odlum of County Kildare 

TREVOR B – the 5th Baron’s 2nd w (m 1951) Olive d 2019 aged 106 only da of Wallace Henry Grant of Norwich 

VERNON Bt (1914) - Nancy Elizabeth d 1999 aged 100 yr da of Tom Jackson of Waterfoot Heaton Bolton m 1923 Sir Wilfred Douglas Vernon descended from the 2nd son of the 1st Bt

 VIVIAN B - Emily d 1994 aged 101 da of Col Michael Rowan Gray Buchanan m 1914 Lt-Col Claud Esmé Vivian MC descended from the 4th son of the 2nd Baron 

WIGRAM Bt (1805) - Gladys Christine d 1985 aged 100 da of Sir Howard Warburton Elphinstone 3rd Baronet m 1913 Rev Harold Frederic Edward Wigram descended from the 13th son of the 1st Bt

[Henry W]

A name that I don't think has been in our lists, but who recently died a centenarian

WILLIAMS Bt (1915) -  John [Jack] Douglas Young HICKMAN, born 10 May 1925, husband of Juliet WILLIAMS, dau of Sir Philip WILLIAMS, 2nd Baronet.

https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/ZitwFMiG1j4
DIED 13 January 2026, aged 100.

[Tim]

Just a quick note to record here two recent posts by Richard R identifying the deaths of two individuals on Colin P's list of possible centenarians for 2026:

CAYLEY Bt (1661)/ffrench, B – (Katherine) Sonia, Baroness ffrench nee Cayley b 2 Dec 1926 – of Kelso, Roxburghshire

https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/aP6K9Pf7mtU/m/Ed7Cy1M3CgAJ

Died 27 August 2024

ROSSE E – Veronica Rosetta de Courcy Parsons nee Glover m 1945 Maj Arthur Christopher Parsons RA (1919-1999) – of Odiham, Hants

https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/ZoifDqmfFe4

Died 11 March 2026 (aged 103)

Tim

[Tim]

COURTOWN E – John Walter Stopford b 7 Mar 1926 – of North Canterbury, NZ

Mr STOPFORD turned 100 on 7 March. The following article gives some interesting details about his life:

https://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-districts/star-north-canterbury/lifetime-helping-others

Tim

[Henry W]

Does anyone have a collated list of centenarians from Debretts believed to be living?

[Henry W]

MANCHESTER D - Katharine Mary Montagu nee Jenkins m 1946 John Drogo Montagu (1923-2010) – of Plants Green, Warminster, Wilts

https://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/25989243.warminster-care-home-resident-celebrates-102nd-birthday/

Known as Mary Montagu.  Celebrated her 102nd birthday.  Article posted 2 April 2026

I thought the following was of note:

Mrs Montague (sic) also recalls witnessing the coronation of King George VI while living in London, one of many vivid memories she holds from a life spanning more than a century.  

Is it possible she attended the 1937 coronation in the Abbey? Or is she just remembering watching the procession to the Abbey?  She was born 1924 so would have been 13, so it is plausible.  According to Debretts 2008 she was the dau of Brig Gen Noble Fleming JENKINS CMG CBE (1861 - 1927 [drowned]).

On Friday, 26 December 2025 at 15:33:22 UTC Henry W wrote:

[colinp]

Henry, I have a simple Word doc that lists all the possible centenarians I have posted here and the previous iterations of this thread as well but having deleted those who have been shown to be deceased. They are listed by the title they relate to but not otherwise collated or tabulated.  Would this be useful?  Do you still have your Google doc document?

[Tim]

Just to record here Paul Theroff's discovery from yesterday relating to the first iteration of this thread:

GARVAGH B – Hon Daphne Rose Svenningson nee Canning (dau of 4th B) b 16 December 1922 – of Ontario

https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/ro1ErP93G2M
Died 15 January 2026 (aged 103)

Tim

[Tim]

Dear Colin, many thanks for all your meticulous work in collating these lists of centenarians in the peerage and baronetage families. This is a topic that is of interest to me as well. Would you be willing to share the document that you mentioned in your post of 26 April with me too, please?

Tim

[colinp]

Thanks Tim.  The document is attached

[Tim]

Thank you very much, Colin. I look forward to reading it through very soon!

Tim

[Henry W]

Colin, apologies for my lack of reply in April.  Thank you for sharing your current list with the group.  You are right that I was trying to maintain a list in Google Sheets, though I think I was too ambitious as I was trying to move possible & confirmed deaths to different tabs, as well as having a system for keeping track of "found living" notifications. It all got muddled and not up to date, and effectively I abandoned it.  I think your simpler system is more reliable, though is harder for me to work out who I should be searching for.

I went through your document and have the following notes:

LECONFIELD B – Mary Constance, Baroness Peyton of Yeovil b 12 Feb 1921

EGREMONT B (PEYTON OF YEOVIL LP) – Mary Constance, Lady Peyton of Yeovil (nee Wyndham) (dau of yst son of 2nd B Leconfield) b 12 Feb 2021 – of Somerset
DIED 16 June 2022 - https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/YyRAOgcFyZo/m/IwmV7tyoBwAJ

GRAFTON D – Ann Fortune Fitzroy nee Smith GCVO b 24 Feb 1920 m 1946 the 11th Duke (d 2011)
DIED 3 December 2021 - https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/EiAEOB2ATE4/m/X0uWpHFuBAAJ

LINDSEY and ABINGDON E – Sir Simon Peter Edmund Cosmo William Towneley KCVO (grson of the 2nd dau of the 7th E of Abingdon) b 14 December 1921 – of Lancashire
DIED 11 November 2022 - https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/YJ2miB8b8DY/m/VosfCLBJAAAJ

RYCROFT Bt (1784) – Evelyn Joanna Christian Claridge nee Rycroft b 1925 (Canterbury)
DIED 27 May 2024 - https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/hTRzGXm51aw/m/tPf0TwjKAgAJ

SHREWSBURY AND WATERFORD E – Isobel Helen Henrietta Smith nee Chetwynd-Talbot b 1923
TRUE SURNAME = MACKENZIE SMITH (Debrett’s is not clear about this)

SLIGO M – Moya Lennox Birtwistle nee Browne (descended from 2nd son of 2nd Earl of Altamont) b 31 December 1917 - of British Columbia
DIED 9 July 2021 - https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/yUywkIivCKc/m/Tt12oFKpAQAJ

Additional digging by me today has also proffered more answers on the following:

BUTE M – Marguerite Lavinia McCormick nee McDouall (descendant of brother of 6th E of Dumfries) b 1922 – of Fife

From the first iteration of this thread. DIED 23 February 2026

https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/7wBU38VRjsw

CHETWYND Bt – Rona Maud Jenkins nee Chetwynd b 1914 – of New Zealand (?)

I don't think she has been listed on our threads before, but I may have missed something.
If my identification is correct, she DIED 24 November 1983

https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/oo3YF2ApENs/m/vzQrHSWzAwAJ

HILL V – Winifred Evelyn Humphrys nee Hill (descended from 4th son of 1st Bt) b 9 May 1920 of British Columbia

DIED 30 January 2016

https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/qM_xobyjLCU

GRANARD E -  Penelope, Lady Sitwell nee Forbes b 21 October 1923 – of London and Derbyshire

Found living 21 October 2024, her 101st birthday

https://www.facebook.com/RenishawHall/posts/a-huge-happy-birthday-to-renishaws-lady-s-%EF%B8%8Fthe-s-is-for-style-with-a-capital-s-a/937119928439646/

[colinp]

Thanks for that Henry - particularly for picking up the names which I should have deleted. I hadn't been as diligent in keeping the document up to date as I thought I had.

[Henry W]

Two more known to have died:

VYVYAN BT (1645) – Susan Philippa Dugmore nee Vyvyan-Robinson b 27 Oct 1924 (of California)
DIED 2017 - https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/AU2_iksRi8M/m/7JbeQCvxAQAJ

WALLER Bt (1780) – Evelyn Agnes Wilson formerly Ross nee Waller (descended from 3rd brother of 4th Bt) b 19 July 1918 - of BC, Canada
DIED 11 March 2014 - https://groups.google.com/g/peerage-news/c/1P8UymWUKVs/m/gbzxij3NAgAJ

[colinp]

Lady Taylor of Gryfe died in 2022 aged 101.  Widow of Thomas Johnston Taylor (1912-2001) cr a LP as Baron Taylor of Gryfe in1968

TAYLOR (Kingsbarns) Peacefully, in her own home, on October 20, 2022, aged 101 years, Isobel, beloved wife of Tom Taylor (Lord Taylor of Gryfe), loving mother of Jill and Joyce and dearly loved grandmother and great-grandmother.[...]

TAYLOR - Deaths - Dundee Courier Announcements - Dundee Courier

[Henry W]

Centenarians found living:

MANCHESTER D - Katharine Mary Montagu nee Jenkins m 1946 John Drogo Montagu (1923-2010) – of Plants Green, Warminster, Wilts

Known as Mary Montagu -  celebrated her 102nd birthday

https://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/25989243.warminster-care-home-resident-celebrates-102nd-birthday/

LLEWELLYN Bt 1959 (ext) – Wenllian Kennard Hacket Pain nee Llewellyn b 1923 – of Monmouthshire

Known as Wenks Hacket Pain - celebrated her 103rd birthday

https://www.rossgazette.com/news/wenks-celebrates-her-remarkable-103rd-birthday-at-ross-court-908248

[Henry W]

I have added Isobel Kerr TAYLOR's death to my google list of of births/deaths for 2022. See: Peerage & Baronetage deaths & births

A scotlandspeople's search confirmed her YoB as 1921, and a middle name of Kerr - not shown in Debrett's 2008 print edition.

On Sunday, 31 May 2026 at 14:37:17 UTC+1 colinp wrote:

[colinp]

I haven't really looked at the families of life peers when compiling my centenarians lists but here are a few possible centenarians from them culled from DPB online

BLYTON – dau Hon Marion Rose PLANK b 1926 – of South Shields, Tyne and Wear 

BROCKWAY – Hon Joan Vera POVER b 1921 – of Hadlow, Tonbridge, Kent 

BUTTERWORTH – widow Doris Crawford Butterworth nee Elder b 1925? – of Guiting Power, Glos 

CARSON – Heather Carson nee Sclater m 1943 Hon Edward Carson (son, d 1987) 

GRANVILLE OF EYE – widow Elizabeth Granville nee Hunter m 1943 

MELLISH – widow Anne Elizabeth Mellish nee Warner m 1938 

ROBBINS – da Anne (who m 1958 the economist Christopher Johnson) b 1925 – of London N6 

ROYLE – dau Hon Joan Mary Royle b 1920 then DIXON then ROBERTS then DAVIES 

SEFTON OF GARSTON – widow Phyllis Kerr Sefton (or nee Kerr?) m 1940 – of Liverpool 

STOCKS – da (Mary) Ann Patterson nee Stocks b 1915 m 1942 Arthur Patterson CMG (d 1996) 

THOMAS – son Hon William Michael Webster Thomas b 1926  - of Old Greenwich, Connecticut, USA 

WILLIAMSON – dau Hon MIlba Hartley Eccles nee Williamson b 1926 – of Alderley Edge, Cheshire 

WILLIS – widow Audrey Mary nee Hale m 1944

[colinp]

A centenarian whose death I don't think has been reported here though her death is recorded in Debrett's:

LONGFORD E - Norma Muriel Doreen Pakenham d 2014 aged 100 m 1938 Donald Alfred Holmes

and one before this group got going:

REARDON-SMITH Bt (1920) – widow of the 2nd Bt Elizabeth Ann d 1986 aged 100 da of John H Wakely

[Tim]

BROCKWAY – Hon Joan Vera POVER b 1921 – of Hadlow, Tonbridge, Kent

Celebrated her 100th birthday on 25 December 2021: 

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/tonbridge/news/world-war-two-nurse-turns-100-on-christmas-day-259606/

A Joan Vera POVER was listed on the open register of electors in the West Malling area of Kent from 2024-26, so this lady is likely to still be living.

BUTTERWORTH – widow Doris Crawford Butterworth nee Elder b 1925? – of Guiting Power, Glos

Living - currently listed as a serving charity trustee on the Charity Commission website as "Lady Doris Cranford Butterworth": 

https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/about-the-register-of-charities/-/charity-details/5168530/trustees

CARSON – Heather Carson nee Sclater m 1943 Hon Edward Carson (son, d 1987)

Born circa 1927 as Heather M M SCLATER (reg Q1 1927 Brentford), so currently aged 99 if still living.

Tim

[colinp]

Having now checked DPB online (as I meant to do before posting but forgot):

re life peers'families

Lady MELLISH d 2010 (thx Henry and sorry to have caused you unnecessary work)

ROYLE - Hon Joan Mary Davies nee Royle b 1920 d 2015

(Phyllis) Lady SEFTON OF GARSTON d 1991

STOCKS - Hon Mary Ann Patterson nee Stocks b 1915 d 1991

WILLIAMSON - Hon Milba Eccles nee Williamson b 1926 d 2001

Lady WILLIS d 2009

[colinp]

From the 4th iteration of this thread:

Wemyss and March E – Andrew Michael Wemyss of that Ilk b 3 Oct 1925 (of Fife)

He died on 30 June 2026 aged 100 -  WEMYSS, Andrew Michael John 1925-2026