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   1918...British matriarch,Queen Alexandra (born 1844)   
          Chief Justice,Edward D. White(1845)   
          Pope,Benedict XV(1854)   
          LDS president,Heber J. Grant(1856)   
          British monarch,George V(1865)   
      
   Grant was the last man near so young to take the LDS leadership.   
      
   1921...British matriarch,Queen Alexandra (born 1844)   
          Pope,Benedict XV(1854)   
          LDS president,Heber J. Grant(1856)   
          Chief Justice,William Howard Taft(1857)   
          British monarch,George V(1865)   
      
   1922...British matriarch,Queen Alexandra (born 1844)   
          LDS president,Heber J. Grant(1856)   
          Pope,Pius XI(May 1857)   
          Chief Justice,William Howard Taft(Sept 1857)   
          British monarch,George V(1865)   
      
   1925...LDS president,Heber J. Grant(born 1856)   
          Pope,Pius XI(May 1857)   
          Chief Justice,William Howard Taft(Sept 1857)   
          British monarch,George V(1865)   
          British matriarch,Queen Mary (1867)   
      
   The very last time a mere 70-year-old could claim to be older than the   
   occupants of all of these positions...the LDS leader,after 7 years,returns   
   to the top.   
      
   1930...LDS president,Heber J. Grant(born 1856)   
          Pope,Pius XI(May 1857)   
          Chief Justice,Charles Evans Hughes(1862)   
          British monarch,George V(1865)   
          British matriarch,Queen Mary (1867)   
      
   Jan 1936...LDS president,Heber J. Grant(born 1856)   
          Pope,Pius XI(May 1857)   
          Chief Justice,Charles Evans Hughes(1862)   
          British matriarch,Queen Mary (1867)   
          British monarch,Edward VIII(1894)   
      
   Dec 1936...LDS president,Heber J. Grant(born 1856)   
          Pope,Pius XI(May 1857)   
          Chief Justice,Charles Evans Hughes(1862)   
          British matriarch,Queen Mary (1867)   
          British monarch,George VI(1895)   
      
   1939...LDS president,Heber J. Grant(born 1856)   
          Chief Justice,Charles Evans Hughes(1862)   
          British matriarch,Queen Mary (1867)   
          Pope,Pius XII(1876)   
          British monarch,George VI(1895)   
      
   1941...LDS president,Heber J. Grant(born 1856)   
          British matriarch,Queen Mary (1867)   
          Chief Justice,Harlan Fiske Stone(1872)   
          Pope,Pius XII(1876)   
          British monarch,George VI(1895)   
      
   1945...British matriarch,Queen Mary (born 1867)   
          LDS president,George Albert Smith(1870)   
          Chief Justice,Harlan Fiske Stone(1872)   
          Pope,Pius XII(1876)   
          British monarch,George VI(1895)   
      
   1946...British matriarch,Queen Mary (born 1867)   
          LDS president,George Albert Smith(1870)   
          Pope,Pius XII(1876)   
          Chief Justice,Frederick M. Vinson(1890)   
          British monarch,George VI(1895)   
      
   (Hughes lived until 1948,surviving being Chief Justice by an unusual   
   length of time).   
      
   1951...British matriarch,Queen Mary (born 1867)   
          LDS president,David O. McKay(1873)   
          Pope,Pius XII(1876)   
          Chief Justice,Frederick M. Vinson(1890)   
          British monarch,George VI(1895)   
      
   1952...British matriarch,Queen Mary (born 1867)   
          LDS president,David O. McKay(1873)   
          Pope,Pius XII(1876)   
          Chief Justice,Frederick M. Vinson(1890)   
          British monarch,Elizabeth II(1926)   
      
   The youngest succession to any of these posts we are likely to see...   
   of course,most people in positions of influence were older than the   
   Queen then,but times have certainly changed.   
      
   March 1953...LDS president,David O. McKay(born 1873)   
          Pope,Pius XII(1876)   
          Chief Justice,Frederick M. Vinson(1890)   
          British matriarch,Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (1900)   
          British monarch,Elizabeth II(1926)   
      
   Oct 1953...LDS president,David O. McKay(born 1873)   
          Pope,Pius XII(1876)   
          Chief Justice,Earl Warren(1891)   
          British matriarch,Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (1900)   
          British monarch,Elizabeth II(1926)   
      
   1958...LDS president,David O. McKay(born 1873)   
          Pope,John XXIII(1881)   
          Chief Justice,Earl Warren(1891)   
          British matriarch,Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (1900)   
          British monarch,Elizabeth II(1926)   
      
   1963...LDS president,David O. McKay(born 1873)   
          Chief Justice,Earl Warren(1891)   
          Pope,Paul VI(1897)   
          British matriarch,Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (1900)   
          British monarch,Elizabeth II(1926)   
      
   1969...LDS president,David O. McKay(born 1873)   
          Pope,Paul VI(1897)   
          British matriarch,Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (1900)   
          Chief Justice,Warren Burger(1907)   
          British monarch,Elizabeth II(1926)   
      
   1970...LDS president,Joseph Fielding Smith Jr.(born 1876)   
          Pope,Paul VI(1897)   
          British matriarch,Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (1900)   
          Chief Justice,Warren Burger(1907)   
          British monarch,Elizabeth II(1926)   
      
   Succession between people a generation older than the rest of the list,   
   an apogee of LDS gerontocracy.   
      
   1972...Pope,Paul VI(born 1897)   
          LDS president,Harold B. Lee(born 1899)   
          British matriarch,Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (1900)   
          Chief Justice,Warren Burger(1907)   
          British monarch,Elizabeth II(1926)   
      
   1973...LDS president,Spencer W. Kimball(born 1895)   
          Pope,Paul VI(1897)   
          British matriarch,Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (1900)   
          Chief Justice,Warren Burger(1907)   
          British monarch,Elizabeth II(1926)   
      
   Succession by the youngest LDS president in generations followed by   
   a rare succession by an older man...those born 1895-99 would wait   
   another dozen years to become older than the LDS prophet again,   
   at a time when most were already dead or retired.Kimball was EXACTLY   
   four years older than Lee.   
      
   Sept 1978...LDS president,Spencer W. Kimball(born 1895)   
          British matriarch,Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (1900)   
          Chief Justice,Warren Burger(1907)   
          Pope,John Paul I(1912)   
          British monarch,Elizabeth II(1926)   
      
   Oct 1978...LDS president,Spencer W. Kimball(born 1895)   
          British matriarch,Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (1900)   
          Chief Justice,Warren Burger(1907)   
          Pope,John Paul II(1920)   
          British monarch,Elizabeth II(1926)   
      
   The Year of Three Popes.   
      
   1985...LDS president,Ezra Taft Benson(born 1899)   
          British matriarch,Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (1900)   
          Chief Justice,Warren Burger(1907)   
          Pope,John Paul II(1920)   
          British monarch,Elizabeth II(1926)   
      
   Back to an LDS leader succeeding already on top of the list.   
      
   1986...LDS president,Ezra Taft Benson(born 1899)   
          British matriarch,Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (1900)   
          Pope,John Paul II(1920)   
          Chief Justice,William H. Rehnquist(1924)   
          British monarch,Elizabeth II(1926)   
      
   1994...British matriarch,Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (born 1900)   
          LDS president,Howard W. Hunter (1907)   
          Pope,John Paul II(1920)   
          Chief Justice,William H. Rehnquist(1924)   
          British monarch,Elizabeth II(1926)   
      
   Benson was EXACTLY one year older than the Queen Mother,who   
   lived over seven and a half years after his death.   
      
   1995...British matriarch,Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (1900)   
          LDS president,Gordon B. Hinckley (1910)   
          Pope,John Paul II(1920)   
          Chief Justice,William H. Rehnquist(1924)   
          British monarch,Elizabeth II(1926)   
      
   2002...LDS president,Gordon B. Hinckley (1910)   
          Pope,John Paul II(1920)   
          Chief Justice,William H. Rehnquist(1924)   
          British monarch/matriarch,Elizabeth II(1926)   
      
   Apr 2005...LDS president,Gordon B. Hinckley (1910)   
          Chief Justice,William H. Rehnquist(1924)   
          British monarch/matriarch,Elizabeth II(1926)   
          Pope,Benedict XVI(1927)   
      
      
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