EDWARD'S OLDEST SUBJECT.
A contemporary published a portrait of an old gentleman whom they termed “The King's oldest subject,” aged 107. But what about old Mrs Hanbury, or Richmond, aged 108 ? Then there ?s that gracious dame in the Channel islands, Mrs Neve, who was born before Marie Antoinette bowed her graceful head beneath the guillotine, and wfioi was a laughing little baby while Charlotte Oorday was yet an innocent, happy country; girl. Mrs Neve is already ilO. And what is to he done with, the old lady in Yarmouth Workhouse, 112, and the old labourer near Donaghadee, 118 P —“London Express.”
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1610, 7 January 1903, Page 41 (Supplement)
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102EDWARD'S OLDEST SUBJECT. New Zealand Mail, Issue 1610, 7 January 1903, Page 41 (Supplement)
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