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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.
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 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.
- Male
- English
- London, England
- Landowner
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.
- Millvina Dean. Dean, the last living survivor of the Titanic, passed away in 2009 at the age of 97. At the time of the sinking, Dean was just 2 months old.
- Molly Brown. Brown—historically known as The Unsinkable Molly Brown—was also on Lifeboat number 6 and allegedly pleaded (even argued) with the crew to return to the wreckage to help survivors.
- Elsie Bowerman. Bowerman, a suffrage advocate who was on the same lifeboat as Brown, later wrote her own account: "The silence when the engines stopped was followed by a steward knocking on our door and telling us to go on deck.
- 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 children only.
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...
Nov 15, 2010 · In the following account Lucy Duff Gordon discusses her experiences in the sinking of the Titanic and addresses the controversial allegation that she and her husband, Olympic athlete Sir Cosmo Duff Gordon, escaped the ship in a lifeboat they commandeered through bribery.
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Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon and his wife Lady Lucy Duff-Gordon were two of the most prominent passengers on board the Titanic. Duff-Gordon was a major landowner.
