Talk:Ronald Atkins
Latest comment: 5 years ago by Paul Benjamin Austin in topic Now a centenarian
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Now a centenarian
editAssuming the birthdate is certainly correct, Ronald Atkins has reached the age of 100 years today, making him the only living British ex MP to be a centenarian. I have added a link to a Lancashire Evening News report, which has provided added background information on him, as citation.Cloptonson (talk) 19:32, 13 June 2016 (UTC)
- I have deleted from the Infobox that he is known for being "First British centenarian MP". In fact he is the eleventh ex MP to achieve his 100th birthday. Statement is also ambiguous, as no MP has been recorded to have been sitting in parliament older than the alleged 95 years of Sir Francis Knollys who died in office as MP for Reading in 1648.Cloptonson (talk) 05:22, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
- Ah I see, I must have misread the LEP source, my bad. Jdcooper (talk) 09:54, 14 June 2016 (UTC)
"he is both the longest-lived and oldest currently surviving former MP in the UK" - what is the difference between 'longest-lived' and 'oldest'? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.254.248.65 (talk) 06:33, 10 February 2019 (UTC)
- he's the longest lived overall but also is the oldest living former MP currently alive. He will lose the latter title immediately upon his death. Paul Benjamin Austin (talk) 06:45, 10 February 2019 (UTC)