Ethel Lang ( née Lancaster ; 27 May 1900 -- 15 January 2015 ) was a British supercentenarian who , at the time of her death , was the oldest living person in the United Kingdom , the second-oldest living person in Europe after Emma Morano of Italy and the ninth oldest living person in the world .
Ethel Lang ( née Lancaster ; 27 May 1900 -- 15 January 2015 ) was a British supercentenarian and , at the time of her death , the oldest living person in the United Kingdom , the eighth oldest living person in the world , the second-oldest living person in Europe and one of the 100 oldest people ever .