What record does Sir John Major hold since the death of Margaret Thatcher at the age of 87?
John Major Sir John Major, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 29 March 1943) is a British politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1997. He served as Foreign Secretary and then Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Thatcher Government from 1989 to 1990, and was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Huntingdon from 1979 until he retired in 2001. Since Margaret Thatcher's death in 2013, he is the oldest living former Prime Minister.
Bernard Ingham Sir Bernard Ingham (born 21 June 1932) is a British journalist and former civil servant, best known as Margaret Thatcher's long-serving chief press secretary while she was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990. He was knighted in Mrs Thatcher's 1990 resignation honours list.