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Sir Cosmo Edmund Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet, DL (22 July 1862 – 20 April 1931) was a prominent Englishman and sportsman who owned land in Scotland, best known for the controversy surrounding his escape from the sinking of the RMS Titanic.
Apr 13, 2012 · She certainly was traveling with her husband, Sir Cosmo Duff Gordon, and her maid, Laura Mabel Francatelli, known as “Franks.” All three were saved on Lifeboat No. 1, one of the last to...
Sir Cosmo Edmund Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet, was a prominent Scottish landowner and sportsman, best known for the controversy surrounding his escape from the sinking of the RMS Titanic.
'Lucile' who was the fashionable designer with a couture firm of which Duff-Gordon was a director. Cosmo Duff Gordon was a proficient fencer and won a silver medal at the 1906 Olympics (now not recognised by the IOC), and helped organise the British fencing team at the 1908 Olympics.
Sir Cosmo Duff Gordon's testimony was a highlight of the inquiry, attracting many society figures. During 36 days of official investigations (spread over two months), testimony was recorded from nearly 100 witnesses in the form of answers to set questions that the process was designed to answer.
Apr 20, 2023 · Cosmo Duff-Gordon was vilified over accusations of bribery and cowardice after he and his wife, Lucy, survived the sinking of Titanic in April 1912. He would later become a sheriff in Kincardineshire.
Jun 22, 2023 · Cosmo and Lucy Duff-Gordon. The Duff-Gordons—a married couple—also survived but Cosmo Duff-Gordon was eviscerated by the public for boarding a lifeboat when it was supposed to be women and ...
