Ada Mason, née Wagstaff (24 September 1895 – 9 February 2007) was the oldest living person in the UK at 111 years of age, from the death of fellow 111-year-old Scotswoman Annie Knight

Annie Knight

Annie Knight was, at age 111, the United Kingdom's oldest person following the death of fellow 111-year-old Emmeline Brice on 26 July 2006....

 on 27 November 2006, until Mason's own death at age 111 years, 138 days.

Mason was born in Chesterfield

Chesterfield

Chesterfield is a market town and a borough of Derbyshire, England. It lies north of Derby, on a confluence of the rivers Rother and Hipper. Its population is 70,260 , making it Derbyshire's largest town...

, England, and was schooled until age 13, whereupon she went into service in Bradford

Bradford

Bradford lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, in Northern England. It is situated in the foothills of the Pennines, west of Leeds, and northwest of Wakefield. Bradford became a municipal borough in 1847, and received its charter as a city in 1897...

 with a family who ran an off-licence. She later married John Mason, a miner, in 1914, after which they lived together at Upton, West Yorkshire

Upton, West Yorkshire

Upton is a village and civil parish in West Yorkshire, England. It has a population of 3,541.It is situated south of Badsworth and north of North Elmsall and is part of the SESKU area...

 until John died in 1962. Mason spent time with John at Butlins

Butlins

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 in Filey

Filey

Filey is a small town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It forms part of the borough of Scarborough and is located between Scarborough and Bridlington on the North Sea coast. Although it started out as a fishing village, it has a large beach and is a popular tourist resort...

 and Skegness

Skegness

Skegness is a seaside town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. Located on the Lincolnshire coast of the North Sea, east of the city of Lincoln it has a total resident population of 18,910....

 where she worked making sandwiches. Ada had an aunt who lived to 104.

Mason outlived all five of her children and attributed her long life to eating bread dripping with salt every day, along with clean living. She was confined to her bed for the last couple of years of her life. She was the last living person in the UK born in 1895. Upon her death, then-110-year-old Florrie Baldwin

Florrie Baldwin

Florence Emily Baldwin, née Davies was, at the time of her death, the oldest living person in the United Kingdom and Europe.-Biography:...

became the oldest living person in the UK.