Gordon’s Family Tree Service. He only said that he '^exercised his discretion,'^ and that he was "master of the situation." Senator Perkins : Did you say your boat could take more? Inq.) '* He said: "I suppose you can get more." Cosmo Duff Gordon is best known for surviving the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912, along with his wife and her secretary.Sir Cosmo and Lady Duff-Gordon boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg with ticket 11755 (£39 12s) Sir Cosmo occupied cabin A-16 and Lady Duff-Gordon cabin A-20. Inq.) He saw 5 and 3 lowered away and went to No. B. The President: It seemed reasonable that such a suggestion should be made? Gordon-Duff family of Drummuir Castle This page summarises records created by this Family The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to … They were from another lifeboat. There was a man sitting next to me and about half an hour after the Titanic sank a man said to me: "I suppose you have lost everything?" Inq.) 1710. London had the highest population of Duff Gordon families in 1891. 3 He died on 24 October 1914 at age 34, killed in action. A. E. Horswell, A. A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire includes Duff beginning on page 183 (Source: Explore Ancestry for free) ($) apprentice records, marriage indexes, newspapers, almanacs, OPR, Census. 1, I have to make some comment. In 1900, Duff Gordon married the famous London fashion designer "Madame Lucile" (nee Lucy Christiana Sutherland/Mrs. Did any of the crew object to going back? Witness said he received five pounds when he was on board the Carpathia. Find out about John Duff & Helen Duff Married, children, joint family tree & history, ancestors and ancestry. Search One Great Family for Duff records submitted by people who are already researching the Duff Family Tree . . Captain Lachlan Gordon-Duff was born on 17 January 1880. The foremost lights had disappeared and the only light left was the mast light. Speaking generally, the only boats that took their full quantity were four. He was in charge of her and was ordered away by Officer Murdoch. Two gentlemen in the boat said it would be dangerous. In 1772 his family founded the Duff Gordon sherry bodega in Spain, which still produces high quality fortified wines. Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon continued in his social and sporting interests in Scotland and later in London, where he lived at 5, Alfred Place, South Kensington.[12]. He was estranged from his wife from 1915 until his death, although they never divorced and remained friends. Ile had heard from our mutual friend, Sir, ... boon bud tho organization hoon botter. 7 was the first boat I went to. Did you make any effort to get them? From the evidence, there were no people on the starboard deck at the time. No. Trusted by millions of genealogists since 2003. [10]) Moreover, Sir Cosmo denied his offer of money to the lifeboat's crew was a bribe (although he could not deny passing the money), and the British Board of Trade's inquiry into the disaster accepted his explanation that it was a charitable contribution for crew members who had lost not only their possessions but their jobs. 110 (presumed dead) Date of birth. Aberdeen, Aberdeen City, Scotland, United Kingdom, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Brookwood, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, Titanic Survivors of Lifeboats One, Two and Three, Sir Henry William Duff Gordon, 6th Baronet, https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-lifeboat-1/, https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-deckplans/, https://archive.org/details/truthabouttitani00grac/page/n6, Birth of Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet. 63580916, citing Brookwood Cemetery, Brookwood, Woking Borough, Surrey, England ; Maintained by Find A Grave . No doubt if there had been proper organization there would have been a greater possibility of saving more passengers. The Dowling Family Tree with a half million relatives, containsthousands of pictures and over a thousand GeneaStars. I was surprised that no one suggested going back. Witness saw two ladies running out of the Saloon Deck who asked if they could get in the boat. The Attorney General : The sea was calm, the night was calm and there could not have been a more favorable night for rescuing people? In this particular case it happened that the officers were afraid the boats would buckle. G > Gordon Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. Cosmo Duff Gordon was portrayed by Martin Jarvis in the 1997 film Titanic. 2 He was the son of Thomas Duff Gordon-Duff, 9th of Drummuir and 11th of Park and Pauline Emma Tennant. By Unknown - The Daily Sketch; Wednesday, 24 April 1912 issue, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18984784, ... Arthur Gracle. The capacity of this boat was forty. Before the Titanic sank I heard terrible cries. May 2, 1857) Colin McLennan Duffus (b. June 15, 1891) Robert Walter Colin Duffus (b. June 25, 1915) Leebie and Lucie Duffus (1911) Gordon and Cindy Duffus (1989) Duffus men - 1995 Paige Duffus (April 29, 1972 - September 26, 1989) Gordon, son Iain, nephew Kevin and wife Lisa I was surprised that I did not do so, but we were all half dazed. He said: "Well, we have lost all our kit, for we shall not get anything out of the Company, and our pay ceases from to-night." Senator Perkins: Were they passengers or crew? You realized that if you had gone back you might have rescued a good many people? 110 (presumed dead) Born. The son of Cosmo Lewis Duff-Gordon and the former Anna Maria Antrobus, Cosmo Duff-Gordon became the 5th Baronet of Halkin in 1896, his title stemming from a Royal licence conferred on his great-uncle in 1813 in recognition of his aid to the Crown during the Peninsular War. Like voting is closed. 2,3 He married Lydia Dorothy Muriel Pike, daughter of Joseph Pike, on 22 April 1908. Did you know the names of any passengers? He is a disabled veteran and has worked on veterans and POW issues for decades.