Copies of a death announcement and obituary of Sir Duff Gordon
Also includes a copy of his entry in Who's Who (1929-1940).
Administrative / biographical background
Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon (1862-1931) was a landowner and Olympic silver medalist (for fencing) who was one of only twelve people who escaped the sinking of the TITANIC in Lifeboat 1, accompaned by his wife and her secretary. He was called as a witness at the subsequent British Inquiry and received much press criticism for his actions that night.
Administrative / biographical background
Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon (1862-1931) was a landowner and Olympic silver medalist (for fencing) who was one of only twelve people who escaped the sinking of the TITANIC in Lifeboat 1, accompaned by his wife and her secretary. He was called as a witness at the subsequent British Inquiry and received much press criticism for his actions that night.
Record Details
| Item reference: | LMQ/7/1/36 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Artificial collections previously assembled |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Extent: | 1 file (3 pages) |
| Date made: | 1931-1940 |
| Creator: | Lord-Macquitty Collection |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Typed account of Mrs J.W. Anderson, TITANIC survivor (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/1)
- Letter from Geoffrey C. Ward to Walter Lord (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/2)
- Extract of a letter from Henry G.Barr to Steward H. Holbrook (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/3)
- Letter to "Tucker" from Laurence Beasley (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/4)
- Papers relating to TITANIC survivor Karl H. Behr (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/5)
- Photograph of TITANIC's surviving officers with officers of the CARPATHIA (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/6)
- Letter from Mrs John Black, TITANIC survivor, to Geoffry G. Martin of Rank Film Distributors (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/7)
- Letter from Susanne Blackwell Thompson to Walter Lord (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/8)
- Letter from Betty Bolling, TITANIC survivor (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/9)
- Correspondence with Commander J.G. Boxhall (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/10)
- Two letters from Helen Hernandez, at Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/11)
- Copy of a letter from Harold Bride to W.R. Cross (Manuscript) (LMQ/7/1/12)
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