Background
Elizabeth Sanderson was born in Leadenhall Street in London in 1793 and a record of her birth was made at the parish of All Hallows-on-the-Wall.
Elizabeth Sanderson was born in Leadenhall Street in London in 1793 and a record of her birth was made at the parish of All Hallows-on-the-Wall.
She lived to be a centenarian who was thought to have been Queen Victoria"s "oldest subject". She died after the Queen and when she died in 1901 she was aged 108 years and 144 days. She visited prisoners who were bound for transportation in London.
In 1830 the Hanburys had a daughter named Charlotte who was to become a missionary in Morocco.
In 1833 she was recognized as a minister in the Quaker church. Her husband died in 1869.
When Hanbury was 100 years old her portrait was painted by Percy Bigland. Hanbury died in Richmond in 1901 at the age of 108 years and 144 days.
Her long life was documented in The Times and later reported in the Dictionary of National Biography and in the Morning Post in Queensland.
In 1900 she wrote a letter to Queen Victoria from her "oldest subject".