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Maybe Carter will die as soon as we get to 100 pages?

Of note, Doug Hoyle was the last living MP who represented the now abolished seat of Warrington. His death also leaves Lord John Lee (wiki), 81, as the last living MP to have represented the now abolished seat of Nelson and Cole. Lee was a Tory MP from 1979 to 1992. He publicly defected to the Lib Dems in 2001, and was given a peerage from them in 2006.

Warrington Guardian and Lancashire Telegraph have now amended their articles. Guardian obit confirms born 17 Feb 1926 in Coppull, a village by Chorley. Did not serve in WWII.

This is correct actually. The birth records don't like. Eric D H Hoyle, born in Chorley on 17 Feb 1926. Wowza. Everywhere has it wrong, even Who's Who!

For the love of god please don’t bother. There’s a general political discussion thread. PCCs are the most boring and pointless things in the whole of the UK political system.

Caren Marsh Doll turns 105 years young today. Let's see if we get the usual birthday pictures appearing on Facebook over the next few days.

He's not really notable. Married a grandchild of a president. Whoopdie-doo. Wouldn't be the slightest bit surprised if he died off radar. He was born in 1923 so odds are he's dead.

Rear Admiral John Roberts CB (wiki) turned 100 yesterday. Pics and videos in link with the man himself. Looks okay. Joined the Royal Navy at 13. D-Day veteran and an incredible naval career. QO 100% assured.

An earthquake has to be 7+ to be considered major. There are only on average 15 of those per year on the entire planet. There are variations from year to year. It goes up and down, but there's no evidence to suggest they're becoming more or less frequent in general.

Make that 248. Death notice for Hans Hamilton, 4th Baron HolmPatrick (wiki), aged 69. Sat in the House of Lords as a Conservative peer from 1991 to 1999.

Reading the story I can’t tell if it’s a resignation issue?

Getting a Hella lot of obits from the Austrian press. Nothing in English yet though. Take your Pick: Kurier. Puls 24. Salzburger Nachrichten. K.at.

Oh and btw, a lot of the hereditaries are absolutely skint. Some live in squalor – flats or houses falling apart in disrepair, leaking pipes, damp and rot everywhere. Just because their great grandfather had money and land does not guarantee they do. There's a lot of modern day ignorance about the hereditaries. The only group of people our population is more ignorant about is the military, what they do and how they operate. Yet, just like the hereditaries, everyone is quick out the door to give you their strong opinion about them.

So you're saying peoples' mood and behaviour is driven by their social status or income? That's very classist/snobby of you (see how I turned that against you, motor mouth ).

That's a bit unfair. Silly name does not = nob. On the contrary, I've always found the hereditary peers are far better people – nicer and wiser – than the crony life peers the HoL is now stuffed with. His death means that 249 out of the 666 hereditaries removed in 1999 are still living. New and improved list can be found here. Funny to think that King Charles was one of the hereditaries removed in '99!

We ultimately settled for 1912 on Wiki. The reason being that 1911 could have been spawned as a confusion over his age according to East Asia age reckoning.

A pity. She would have been a hella good pick.

FB post announcing the death of Bermudan Anglican priest Thomas Nisbett OBE (wiki), aged 98.

Also a child soldier of World War II.

Markoff or the Taiwanese guy don’t count. I think the List of Centenarians page on Wiki uses a fair definition ie known for reasons other than their longevity so oldest veteran, oldest marathon runner, oldest beekeeper blah blah blah don’t count. I’d also exclude masters athletes unless they had a professional or amateur athletic career of note before longevity brought them further attention.

I can understand this. Probably doesn't want @lay_kulast95 turning up at his retirement home trying to shag him.

Are there any photos of the new world's oldest man?

Interesting, thanks! Wasn't aware of him before now. Chinese Wiki page here. 2022 article about him here.

So Zhang Lixiong's death means there are now no notable persons born in 1913. If Shi Ping dies that will wipe out 1912. If Marita Camacho Quirós dies that will wipe out 1911 (not counting Fraudster Singh, who "turned 113" yesterday... **groan**) If James Clayton Flowers dies that will wipe out 1915. 1914 still has 9 bloody names. Could be a couple of years yet before we see that one off.