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Ismay was born in Crosby, Lancashire.He was the son of Thomas Henry Ismay (7 January 1837 – 23 November 1899) and Margaret Bruce (13 April 1837 – 9 April 1907), daughter of ship-owner Luke Bruce. Thomas Ismay was the senior partner in Ismay, Imrie and Company and the founder of the White Star Line. The younger Ismay was educated at Elstree School and Harrow, then tutored in France for a year. He was apprenticed at his father's office for 4 years, after which he toured the world.
Mar 25, 2022 · J. Bruce Ismay’s life was changed in an instant. At 1:40 a.m. on April 15, 1912, sporting pajamas under a suit and topcoat, with slippers on his feet, the chairman of the White Star Line stepped ...
Jun 28, 2024 · J. Bruce Ismay (born December 12, 1862, Crosby, near Liverpool, England—died October 17, 1937, London) was a British businessman who was chairman of the White Star Line and who survived the sinking of the company’s ship Titanic in 1912.. Ismay was the eldest son of Thomas Henry Ismay, who owned the White Star Line, which operated a fleet of passenger ships. After his father’s death in 1899, he became chairman of the company.
Oct 15, 2011 · In 1912, J. Bruce Ismay was one of the most hated men in America: He owned the Titanic; gave the ship just 20 lifeboats; and — unlike so many — lived through its maiden voyage. Frances Wilson ...
Jan 22, 2021 · Chairman of the White Star Line, J. Bruce Ismay survived the sinking of the company’s ship Titanic in 1912. He became one of the most hated men in America, deemed to be responsible for giving the ship just 20 lifeboats…
Apr 13, 2012 · Descendants of the owner of the Titanic, J Bruce Ismay, believe he was treated unfairly in the wake of the ship's sinking.
Apr 15, 2012 · J Bruce Ismay, managing director of the White Star Line, left the Titanic in one of the last lifeboats to be launched, a decision that was to haunt him for the rest of his life.
On April 14, 1912, as one thousand men prepared to die, J. Bruce Ismay, the owner of the RMS Titanic, jumped into a lifeboat and rowed away to safety. He sur...
Sep 1, 1996 · References and Sources New York Times, 19 October 1937, Obituary New York Times, 1 January 1964, Obituary of Mrs J. Bruce Ismay (Julia Florence Schieffelin) General Register Office Certified Copy of an Entry of Death Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York; NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279])
Ismay, Joseph Bruce (1862–1937), shipowner, was born at Enfield House, Great Crosby, near Liverpool, on 12 December 1862, the eldest son in a family of nine children of Thomas Henry Ismay (1837–1899), shipowner and founder of the White Star Line, and his wife, Margaret (1838–1907), daughter of Luke Bruce.He was educated at a local school in New Brighton, at Elstree School in Hertfordshire and from 1876 at Harrow School. On leaving the latter in 1878 he went for a year to a tutor in ...
