New Mother Sets Record: at 55, She’s Oldest in Britain

A 55-year-old grandmother delivered a healthy boy today, becoming the oldest woman to give birth in Britain. The 65-year-old father said he was “over the moon.”

Kathleen Campbell, who has six other children ranging in age from 16 to 22, gave birth by Caesarean section at Nottingham City Hospital, the hospital reported.

The baby, named Joby Issac, weighed 6 pounds, 7 ounces.

Campbell, who was born in Ireland, and her husband, Sydney, a retired welder, live in Cotmanhay in central England.

Previously, the record for the oldest woman to give birth in Britain was held by the late Winifred Wilson of Eccles in northwest England. She gave birth to her 10th child in 1936 at age 55 and three days, according to the Guinness Book of Records.