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A Living Memory (movie), 99

‘A Nation Once More’ (song), 8

A Night to Remember (movie), 262, 333

A Night to Remember (novel), 330, 332–3

Abbott, Eugene, 285

Abbott, Rhoda, 285–6, 292

Abbott, Rossmore, 285

Abdul Hamid II, Ottoman Sultan, 145, 192

Abelseth, Karen, 232

Abelseth, Olaus Jørgensen, 232–4, 316–7

Abercorn, James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of, 305

Abernerthy, Bessie, 26

Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Queen of the United Kingdom, 25

Albert I, King of the Belgians, 7

Alexander I, King of Serbia, 192

Alexander I, King of Yugoslavia, 8

Alexander II, Emperor of Russia, 163–4

Alexander III, Emperor of Russia, 145, 163–5

Alexandra Feodorovna, Empress of Russia, 306

Alexandra of Denmark, Queen of the United Kingdom, 4, 7, 8, 311

Alfonso XIII, King of Spain, 7, 192, 322

Algerine (trailer), 294

Alice (ship), 157

Allen, Elisabeth, 89, 262

Allison family, 199

America (tender), 84

American Line, 48

The Americanisation of the World (book), 133

Amerika (liner), 147–8, 168–9

Anderson, Harry, 186, 198, 207

Andrews, Eliza, 117, 199, 305

Andrews, Elizabeth (‘Elba’), 26, 117, 199, 312–3

Andrews, Helen, 26, 28, 44–5, 48, 199, 305, 312

Andrews, James, 27, 313

Andrews, John, 27, 313

Andrews, Kornelia, 240

Andrews, Thomas

ancestry, 28–9

childhood, 27, 29

education, 27

work on Oceanic, 49, 293

wedding, 39

household in Belfast, 24, 26

work on Olympic, 33–4, 106

attends Titanic’s launch, 15–16

oversees Titanic’s sea trials, 39, 45

work in Southampton (1912), 47–8

receives gifts from crew, 108

suffers from homesickness, 24, 117–8

describes Titanic as unsinkable, 172–3, 207

conversations with the Thayers, 177, 327–8

conversations with Mary Sloan, 116–18, 213–4, 242–4, 250

inspects damage from iceberg, 206–9

helps load lifeboats, 221, 244

during evacuation, 213–14, 230, 242–4, 250

rumoured last sighting, 242–4, 248

death, 257–8, 280

1912 biography, 243–3, 305

as father, 26, 199

and employees, 27, 48, 106, 117, 213–14, 306

friendship with Dr O’Loughlin, 116–18

friendship with the Dicks, 200, 206

religious views, 143

political views, 34, 37, 41, 43

sporting interests, 27–8, 244

beekeeping, 244

memorials, 304

as symbol of Ulster unionism, 305

cinematic portrayals, 243

Andrews, Thomas Sr., 29, 117, 305

Andrews, William (TA’s brother), 27

Andrews, William (TA’s uncle), 29

Anichkov Palace, 306

Animated Weekly (newsreel), 316

Anna Karenina (novel), 164

Anne, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 12

Aosta, Emanuele Filiberto, 2nd Duke of, 8

Aquitania (liner), 74, 306

Arnaud, Étienne, 318

Asquith, Cynthia, 8, 120

Asquith, Herbert, 1st Earl of Oxford and, 7, 12–13

Assassination of the Grand Duke Sergius (movie), 319

Astor, Caroline, 67

Astor, John Jacob (IV), 64, 66, 91, 139–41, 175, 186, 219–21, 240–1

Astor, Madeleine, 64, 139–41, 186, 219–21, 240, 275, 280, 292, 300

Atlanta Constitution (newspaper), 162

Atlantic (movie), xvii

Aubart, Léontine, 135

Audacious (warship), 115

Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, German Empress, 32

The Awakening (movie), 99

Aylmer, Gerald, 73

B’nai Jeshurun, Manhattan (synagogue), 167

Badenoch, John, 282–3

Ballard, Robert, xv

Balmoral Castle, 24–5

Baltic (liner), 169, 174, 174n, 275

Bankers’ Crisis (1907), 187–8

Barbareschi, Giovanni, 324

Barkworth, Algernon, 138, 278, 288

Baron von Hirsch (cemetery), 295

Barrett, Frederick, 170

Battier, George, 94, 320

Baxter, Hélène, 120, 135

Baxter, Quigg, 134–5

Bayford, Robert Sanders, 1st Baron, 18

Beaton, David, Cardinal, 22

Beattie, Thomson, 120

Bébé (dog), 219

Becker, Nellie, 264

Beerbohm, Sir Henry (‘Max’), 127

Beesley, Lawrence, 75, 84, 262

Behe, George, 194, 252

Behr, Karl, 132–3, 221, 280

Belfast and County Down Railway Company, 29

Belfast Chamber of Commerce, 30

Belfast City Hall, 30, 43

Belfast Dock Riots (1907), 34–5

Belfast News-Letter, 17

Bell, Gavin, 138

Belmonte, Gennaro di, Cardinal, 19

Benedictines, 3, 331

Berengaria (liner) see Imperator

Beresford, Charles de la Poer, 1st Baron, 248

Beresford, Lady Lily see Marlborough

Bessborough, Blanche Ponsonby, Countess of, 204

Bessborough, Edward Ponsonby, 8th Earl of, 204

Beveridge, Bruce, 115

Bigham, Randy Bryan, 93, 286, 322, 324

Billboard (magazine), 316

Bird, Ellen, 59, 81, 210–11, 219, 228, 283, 313

Bishop, Dickinson, 219

Bismarck (liner) see Majestic (1922)

Björnström-Steffansson, Mauritz Håkan, 137

Blair, David, 86–7

Blood Libel, myth of, 165

Blue Riband, 71, 74, 177, 286

Bobrikov, Nicholas, 192

Bonnell, Caroline, 262

Boris Vladimirovich, Grand Duke of Russia, 322

Bovaradej, Prince of Siam, 8

Bowen, Grace Scott, 76, 239

Boxhall, Joseph, 206, 262–3

Boyne, battle of the, 40

Brandywine, battle of, 97

Braunschweiger, Art, 115

Bremen (liner), 293–4

Bresci, Gaetano, 191

Brewster, Hugh, 194

Bride, Harold, 276–8, 289

Brideshead Revisited (novel), 127

Bridge (movie), 99

Britannic (liner), 32–3, 74–5, 129, 235, 306, 308–9

British Miners’ Federation, 48

British Seafarers’ Trade Union, 337

Brooms and Pans (movie), 100

Brown, Ernest, 290

Brown, James Joseph, 141

Brown, John, 93

Brown, Margaret, 140–1

Browne, Francis, 85–6

Brulatour, Clara, 98–9, 316, 320

Brulatour, Claude, 98

Brulatour, Hope, 323

Brulatour, Jules, 98–100, 256, 289–90, 316–18

Brulatour, Marie, 98

Brulatour, Ruth, 98

Buchanan Cassatt, Lois see Thayer

Buckingham Palace, 4, 6, 43

Buckley, Daniel, 227, 231–3

Buggery Act (1533), 133–4

Bullock, Shan, 305–6

Burbidge, Lilian, 57, 61–2

Burbidge, Richard, 57

Bureik, Hamad Hassam, 134

Burr, Ewart, 78, 199

Bute, John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of, 20

Butt, Archibald, 64, 189–97, 238, 240, 286, 290, 300–1

Butt, Arrington, 193

Butt, Edward, 193

Butt, Pamela, 193

Byles, Thomas, 144, 253

Bystander (magazine), 5

Caesar (dog), 7

Caldwell, Sylvia, 280–1, 290

Californian (ship), 225, 268, 296

Cambridge, University of, 137

Cameron, James, 129, 263

Campbell College, Belfast, 27–8

Campbell, Henry, 27–8

Canalejas y Méndez, José, 134

Candee, Helen Churchill, 91–2, 136, 215

Cap Arcona (liner), xvii

Cardeza, Charlotte Drake, 135–6, 297

Carlisle, Alexander, 312

Carlos I, King of Portugal, 192

Carnarvon, George Herbert, 5th Earl of, 128

Carnegie Steel Company, 66

Carnot, Marie François Sadi, President, 192

Caronia (liner), 59

Carpathia (ship), xv, 272–92, 295, 297, 309, 318

Carruthers, Francis, 39, 45

Carson, Edward, Baron, 41, 43

Carter, Lucile, 186

Carter, William, 186

Carter, William Thornton (II), 186

Case, Howard Brown, 240

Cassebeer, Eleanor, 198–9, 206–7, 214, 221–2

Castillo, Antonio Cánovas del, 192

Castlereagh, Edith, Viscountess see Londonderry

Cecilia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, German Crown Princess, 72

Cedric (liner), 297

Chadwick, French Ensor, 335

Charles I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland, 22

Charles II, King of England, Scotland and Ireland, 22

Charles X, King of France, 19

Chasse de Guise (tapestry), 77

Château de Rétival, 352

Château de Versailles, 20, 97, 148

Château Laurier, 91

Chaudanson, Victorine, 76, 239

Chelsea Flower Show, 303

Cherry, Charles, 52, 292

Cherry, Gladys, 52–3, 122–4, 200, 204, 209, 212, 223, 228, 234, 264, 268–71, 273, 283–6, 292, 335

Chickamauga, battle of, 149

Children’s Guild, 6

Chirnside, Mark, 111

Chotek, Countess Henriette, 367

‘Christ’s Kirk on the Green’ (poem), 2

Citizen Kane (movie), 323

Clara de Hirsch Home for Working Girls, Manhattan, 162

Clark, James Beauchamp (‘Champ’), 186–7

Cleopatra VII, Pharaoh of Egypt, xv

Cleveland, Grover, President, 149, 161, 168

Collins, John, 276

Collyer, Charlotte, 280–1

Collyer, Marjorie, 280–1

Connellan, Marguerite, 324

Constantine I, King of the Hellenes, 8

Corkey, William, 38

Cosmopolitan (magazine), 96

Cottam, Harold, 289, 318

Countess of Rothes Voluntary Aid Detachment, 5

Craig, James see Craigavon

Craigavon, James, 1st Viscount, 43

Criminal Law Amendment Act (1885), 133

Crosby, Harriette, 139

Croÿ, Karl, 13th Prince von, 69–70

Croÿ, Nancy, Princess von, 69–70

Crozier, John (archbishop), 324

Crundall, Alexander, 311

Cunard Line, 56, 73–4, 129, 175, 245

Cunard-White Star Line, 330

Curzon of Kedleston, George Curzon, 1st Marquess, 303

Cusani Confalonieri, Luigi, Marquis of, 250

Czolgosz, Leon, 191–2

D’Alba, Antonio (anarchist), 191

Daily Express, 331n

Daily Mail, 296, 298

Daily Telegraph, 313

Dairymaids (play), 94

Daly, Eugene, 88

Danilo, Crown Prince of Montenegro, 8

Davenport-Hines, Richard, 194

David, King of Israel and Judah, 314

Davidson, Randall (archbishop), 303

Davies, Marion, 323

Davis Cup, 133

Daz Herz von Königen (movie), xvii

De La Warr, Constance Sackville, Countess of, 6

Deacon, Gladys see Marlborough

Debs, Eugene, 187, 189

Deligiannis, Theodoros, 192

Delta Psi (fraternity), 303

Der Fuchs von Glenarvon (movie), xvii

Deramore, Thomas Bateson, 1st Baron, 25

Dettingen, battle of, 23

Deutschland (liner), 72. 177–8

Deutschland (tanker), 180

Devlin, Joseph, 34

Devonian (liner), 329

Devonshire, Evelyn Cavendish, Duchess of, 6

Devonshire, William Cavendish, 7th Duke of, 127–8

Dick, Vera and Albert, 198, 206

Dillon, Thomas, 262

Divine Comedy (poem), 67, 215

Divorcons (movie), 99

Dobbin, James, 15

Dolan, Pauline, 292

Donegall, marquesses of, 25, 30

Donoughmore, Elena Hely-Hutchinson, Countess of, 304

Donoughmore, Richard Hely-Hutchinson, 6th Earl of, 304

Doria-Pamphilj, Prince Alfonso, 19

Douglas, Mahala, 297

Douglas, Mary Hélène, 135

Down County Council, 29

Doyle, Arthur Conan, 277–8

Drachstedt, Baron Alfred von see Nourney

Draga, Queen of Serbia, 192

Dramatic Mirror (magazine), 100

Drennan, William, 85

Drexel, Elizabeth Wharton, 139

Dublin Mean Time, 83

Duff Gordon, Lucy, Lady, 131–2, 135, 142, 185–6, 226–7, 322

Duff Gordon, Sir Cosmo, 131–2, 135, 226–7, 267

Dufferin and Ava, Hariot Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Marchioness of, 31–2

Dyer-Edwardes, Clementina, 3, 52–3, 77, 331

Dyer-Edwardes, Thomas, 5, 52–3, 77, 331

The Easter Bonnet (movie), 100

Easter Rising (1916), 83n

Eastman Kodak Company, 99

Educational Alliance, 162

Edward I, King of England, 21

Edward III, King of England, 21

Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom, 6, 7, 10–11, 29, 71

Edward VIII, King of the United Kingdom, 59n

Elena of Montenegro, Queen of Italy, 191

Elisabeth of Bavaria, Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary, 192

Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of the Belgians, 19

Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Queen of the United Kingdom, 303n

Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland, xvii, 78, 122

Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom, 125

Empress of Ireland (liner), xvi

‘Erin’s Lament’ (song), 88

Etches, Harry, 213–14

‘Eternal Father, Strong to Save’ (hymn), 145

Eton College, Berkshire, 67, 125, 311

Eustis, Elizabeth, 200, 215, 236, 238

Fairview (cemetery), 295

Farley, John, Cardinal, 312

Farquharson, Robert, 121

Farthing, John, 59, 81, 210–11, 283

Fayre Court, Gloucestershire, 331

Federation of Jewish Farmers of America, 162

Ferdinand I, King of Romania, 8

Ferdinand I, Tsar of Bulgaria, 7–8, 19

Festival of Empire (1911), 14

Fife, Louise, Duchess of see Louise

Fifth of October Revolution (Portugal), 192

Finnegans Wake (novel), 85

First Assembly Ball, 183

First Baptist Church, Hoboken, 144, 291

Fitch, Ted, xx

Fitzpatrick, Cecil, 257–8

Fleet, Frederick, 87

Fleming, Margaret, 184, 215, 291

Fletcher, Percy, 122

Fletcher, Richard, 50, 106

Flodden, battle of, 21

Florida (ship), 173

Foreman, Benjamin, 198

Fossoli (internment camp), 323

Fragonard, Jean-Honoré, 57

Francatelli, Laura, 185

France (liner), 74

Francis (shop), 128

Franco, Francisco, 322

Franco, Nicolás, 322

François II, King of France, 22

Franklin, Benjamin, 97

Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria-Este, 8, 19, 66, 307

Franz Josef, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary, 19, 66

Frauenthal, Henry, 221, 287

Frederick VIII, King of Denmark, 7

Friedrich II, King of Prussia, 25

Frohman, Charles, 94

Frölicher, Hedwig, 120

Frölicher-Stehli, Margaretha, 120

Frost, Archibald, 174

Froude, James Anthony, 73

Fry, Richard, 299

Fushimi Sadanaru, Prince of Japan, 8

Futility (novel), 175–6

Futrelle, Jacques, 133, 139, 182, 226

Futrelle, Lily (‘May’), 185, 226, 229

Gaelic Revival, 36

Gailor, Thomas (bishop), 153

Gardiner, Robin, 109–10, 114

Gatti, Luigi, 184

Gee, Arthur, 91

General Order No. 11 (1863), 158–9

Geological Society of America, 171

George I, King of the Hellenes, 7

George II, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 23

George III, King of the United Kingdom, 20

George V, King of the United Kingdom, xx, 7, 11–12, 14–15, 18, 44, 126, 329

George VI, King of the United Kingdom, 313

Gestapo, xviii, 323–4

Getting Dad Married (movie), 99

Gettysburg, battle of, 157–8

Gibson, Dorothy

early life, 93–4

acting career, 94–100

musical career, 94, 320

modelling career, 95–6

first marriage, 94–5

affair with Jules Brulatour, 98–100, 316

suffers exhaustion (1912), 99–100

visit to Genoa (1912), 100–1

shopping trip in Paris (1912), 101, 121

boards Titanic, 101

accommodation on Titanic, 101–2, 129

movements on Sunday 14 April, 200–1

during collision, 205–6

conversation with TA, 206

fear during evacuation, 209, 218–19

leaves Titanic, 217–20

behaviour in lifeboats, 220, 255–6, 266

on Carpathia, 289

return to New York (1912), 291, 316

films Saved from the Titanic, 318–19

first divorce, 320

travels on La Provence (1912), 320

involved in hit and run, 320

second divorce, 321

moves to Europe, 321–2

later life (1920s and 1930s), 322–3

stepfather’s funeral, 321

begins affair with Emilio Ramos, 322

mocked in Citizen Kane, 323

arrested by Nazis, 323–4

imprisoned in Italy, 324

death and burial, 325–6

will, 325

inspiration for Il generale Della Rovere, 326

relationship with mother, 93, 98–100, 321, 323

relationship with stepfather, 93, 321

appearance, 91–2

salary, 93, 101

religious views, 95, 144, 324

attitude to fascism, 316, 332–3, 325

taste in fashion, 121

reviews, 94, 100, 320

discrepancies in testimonies, 200–1, 266, 316–17

Gibson, Leonard, 93, 102, 291, 321

Gibson, Pauline, 91, 93, 98, 100–2, 144, 217–18, 291, 321–3, 325

Giovanna of Savoy, Tsaritsa of Bulgaria, 191

Glyn, Elinor, 132

Goebbels, Josef, xvii-xix

Gone with the Wind (novel), 150

Gontaut-Biron, Martha, Comtesse de, 69

Government of Ireland Act (1914), 14, 44

Gowan, Philip, 322

Gracie, Archibald (III), 58, 149

Gracie, Archibald (IV), 58, 130–1, 148–50, 168, 225, 240, 251, 258, 272, 276–8, 288

Grand Opera House, Belfast, 30

Grand Trianon, Versailles, 66

Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, 91

Grant, Ulysses S., President, 158

Great Eastern (liner), 157

Grey, Edward, 1st Viscount, 6

The Guardian Angel (movie), 99

Guggenheim, Benjamin, 64, 135

Haakon VII, King of Norway, x

Haddon Hall, Derbyshire, 79, 196

Haldane, Richard, 1st Viscount, 11

Hall, Steve, 115

Hamburg-Amerika Line, 49, 175

Hamilton, Thompson, 48

Hampton Court Palace, 20

Hands Across the Sea (movie), 97–8

Harald Hardrada, King of Norway, 335

Harcourt, William, 133

Harland and Wolff, 15, 32–5, 133, 147, 171, 173

Harland, Henry Pierson, 312

Harper, Henry, 134, 215

Harper’s Bazaar (magazine), 95

Harris, Henry, 282

Harris, Irene, 185, 282

Harrison, William, 299

Harrods, 31, 57

Harrow School, London, 67

Hartley, Wallace, 131

Harvard University, 280

Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, 78

Haverford School, PA, 67

Hawke (warship), 47, 61, 109–10, 115

Hays, Charles, 91, 175–6

Hays, Margaret, 219

Hearst, William Randolph, 296–7, 323

Heart of the Antarctic (book), 210

Hebrew Ladies’ Memorial Association for Confederate Dead, 155–6

Hebrew Orphans Society, 162

Hendrickson, Charles, 170

Henley Royal Regatta, 303

Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Prince Consort of the Netherlands, 8

Henry VI, King of England, 125

Henry VIII, King of England and Ireland, 21, 133, 331

Hess, Sarah Straus, 161, 313

Hitchcock, Alfred, xvii

Hitchens, Robert, 203

Hitler, Adolf, 322

Hogg, George, 255, 266

Hohenberg, Duchess of see Sophie

Hohenberg, Maximilian, Duke of, 307

Hohenberg, Prince Ernst von, 307

Hohenberg, Princess Sophie von, 307

Home Rule Bill, Third see Government of Ireland Act

Hook, Knowles & Co., 121

The House of Commons from Within (memoir), 136

House of Lords Act (1911) see Parliament Act

How Women May Earn a Living (book), 136

Hoyt, Frederick, 247

Hoyt, William, 276

Huntsman the Tailor, 20

Hurlingham Polo Club, 304

Hutton, Thomas, xix

Hyde Park, 7

Il generale Della Rovere (novel and movie), 326

Il Vittoriano, Rome, 190

Île de France (liner), 106

Immaculate Conception (Denver), Cathedral of the, 141

Imperator (liner), xvi, 49, 63, 74, 315

In Nacht und Eis (movie), xvi

Independent (newspaper), 171

Independent Motion Picture Company, 96

The Industries of Ireland (book), 29

Infantry Division, 79th (US), 326

International Ice Patrol, 110, 296

International Mercantile Marine, 16, 76, 110

Ireland (tender), 84

Irish Rebellion of 1641, 41

Irving, Washington, 100

Isabella (née von Croÿ), Archduchess of Austria, 70

Isham, Ann, 107

Ismay, Joseph Bruce, xviii, xix–xxii, 16, 75–6, 82, 107, 174, 174n, 180–1, 220–2, 288, 296–301, 328

Ismay, Julie (‘Florence’), 16, 180, 199, 301

Ismay, Thomas H., 301

It Pays to Be Kind (movie), 99

Jaffe, Otto, 33

Jaime de Borbón, Duke of Madrid and Anjou, 19

James II, King of Scots, 21

James IV, King of Scots, 21

James V, King of Scots, 2, 21–2

James VI & I, King of England, Scotland and Ireland, 22, 106

James VII & II, King of England, Scotland and Ireland, 40

Jenkins, John Card, 146

Jenny (cat), 107

‘Jerusalem’ (hymn), 251

Jessop, Violet, xx, 58, 107–8, 135–6, 140, 280

John Bull (magazine), 298

John XXII, Pope, 21

Johnstown Flood (1889), 336

Jonathan, Prince of Israel, 314

Jones, Thomas (sailor), 268–9, 272, 332

Joyce, James, 85

Kaiser Wilhelm der Große (liner), 71, 93, 115, 177, 304

Kaiser Wilhelm II (liner), 72

Karl I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary, 19

Katherine Parr, Queen of England and Ireland, 14

Kensington Palace, 20

Kiev pogroms, 165

Knickerbocker Crisis see Bankers’ Crisis

The Kodak Contest (movie), 99

Korn, Betram, 153

Kronprinz Wilhelm (liner), 72

Kronprinzessin Cecilie (liner), 63, 72

La Provence (liner), 320

La Touraine (liner), 105

Labouchère Amendment, 133–4

Labouchère, Henry, 133

Lady Rothes (lifeboat), 310

‘Land of Hope and Glory’ (song), 251

Larkin, James, 34

Layton, J. Kent, xx

‘Lead, Kindly Light’ (hymn), 272

Lee, Robert E., 157

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (movie, 1912), 100

Leinster, dukes of, 126

Leishman, John, 69–70, 193

The Leopard (novel), 127

Leslie House, Fife, 2, 5, 15, 20, 22–3, 310–11, 311n, 330–1

Leslie Town Hall, Fife, 5, 311

Leslie, Bartholomew, 21, 271

Leslie, John (d. 1991), 5, 125

Leslie, Malcolm (d. c. 1176), 21

Leviathan (liner) see Vaterland

Lightoller, Charles, 86, 219, 223–4, 226, 240, 244, 258, 262, 275–6, 278, 285, 293, 295–6, 328

Lincoln Memorial, D. C., 64, 190

Lincoln, Abraham, President, 64, 159

Livadia Palace, 18

Lloyd’s of London, 110

Londonderry, Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of, 13

Londonderry, Edith Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Marchioness of, 13

Londonderry, Theresa Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Marchioness of, 304

Londsale, Hugh Lowther, 5th Earl of, 126

Long, Charles, 201

Long, Milton, 201, 216, 236–7, 256, 258–9

Lord, Stanley, 225

Lord, Walter, 279, 330–2

The Loss of the S. S. Titanic (memoir), 262

Lost Cause, myth of (US), 160

Louden-Brown, Paul, 76

Louis Seize (style), 183

Louis XV, King of France, 106

Louis XVI, King of France, 96–7, 184

Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife, 6

Love Finds a Way (movie), 99

Lowe, Harold, 222, 237–8, 250–1

Loyal Orange Institution, 40–3

Lubin Studios, 96

The Lucky Holdup (movie), 91, 100

Ludwig I, King of Bavaria, 151

Luís Filipe, King of Portugal, 192

Lusitania (liner), xv, 51, 63, 74, 79, 245, 302, 309

Luxemburg, Rosa, 19

LV-117 (lightship), 115

Macfie, Claud, 331, 333

Mackay-Bennett (trawler), 294

MacNeice, Louis, 116

Macy’s, 57, 146, 161

Mafalda of Savoy, Landgravine of Hesse, 191

Magnes, Judah, 167

Mahan, Alfred Thayer, 300

The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon (articles), 133

Maioni, Robert (‘Cissy’), 52–3, 55, 61, 101, 120, 123–4, 223, 271, 284, 292, 331n

Maison Lucille, 131

Majestic (liner, 1889), 48

Majestic (liner, 1922), 315

Malcolm III, King of Scots, 21

Mamie Bolton (movie), 99

Manhattan Hospital, 162

Manuel II, King of Portugal, 7

Maréchal, Pierre, 219

Margaret of Connaught, Crown Princess of Sweden, 132

Margaret of Wessex (saint), Queen of Scots, 21, 271

Marie Antoinette of Austria, Queen of France, 97, 183–4

Marie de Guise, Queen of Scots, 22

Marie Feodorovna (of Denmark), Empress of Russia, 8, 163, 306

Marion Cricket Club, 67. 303

Marlborough College, Wiltshire, 137

Marlborough, Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of, 20

Marlborough, Consuelo Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of, 6

Marlborough, Gladys Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of, 20

Marlborough, Lily Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of, 31

Martin, Nicholas, 63

Mary of Modena, Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland, 22

Mary of Teck, Queen of the United Kingdom, xx, 6, 8, 14, 18, 329

Mary, Queen of Scots, xvii, 22

Matthias, Paul, 207–8

Maud of Wales, Queen of Norway, 8

Mauretania (liner), xvi, 17, 63, 74, 79, 177–8, 309

Maximilian II, King of Bavaria, 151

Maxtone-Graham, John, xx

Mayflower (ship), xv

Mayné, Berthe, 135

The Mayor and the Manicure (play), 94

McCann case (1910), 38

McElroy, Hugh, 56, 78, 90, 198, 213, 331

McGee, Francis, 283–4, 288–9, 300

McKelway, Virginia, 162

McKinley, William, President, 192

Mein Leben für Irland (movie), xvii

Mersey, John Bigham, 1st Viscount, 262, 296, 296n, 298

Methodist College, Belfast, 27

Metropolitan Comic Opera Company, 94

Meyer, Leila, 185

Miguel I, King of Portugal, 19

Mikhail Alexandrovich, Grand Duke of Russia, 8

Mikhail Mikhailovich, Grand Duke of Russia, 8

Millet, Francis, 64, 190, 194–7, 238, 241

Millet, Elizabeth, 195

Minahan, Ida (‘Daisy’), 197–8

Minahan, William Edward, 197

Miners’ strike (1912), 48, 147

Minia (trawler), 294

Miss Masquerader (movie), 98–9

Miss Spence’s School, New York, 139

Monmouth, battle of, 97

Montanelli, Indro, 323–4, 326

Montefiore Home for Chronic Invalids, Bronx, 162

Montgamny (trailer), 294

Moody, James, 203, 252

Moore, Clarence, 134

Morgan, John Pierpont, 16, 73, 187–8

Mornington, Anne Wellesley, Countess of, 25

Most Holy Redeemer, Belfast, Church of the, 35

Most Illustrious Order of St Patrick, 29

Motion Picture Distributing and Sales Company Ball, 98

Motion Picture News, 97

Mount Olivet (cemetery), 295

Mount Vernon (plantation), 97

Moving Picture News, 102, 316, 319

Murdoch, William, 86, 202–3, 208, 217–18, 226, 244, 255–6, 286

The Musician’s Daughter (movie), 99

Mussolini, Benito, 323

Nagel, Charles, 290

National Mercantile Marine Fund, 302

National Milk Hostels, 6

Ne Temere (decree), 37–8

‘Nearer, My God, to Thee’ (hymn), 251–2

Nelson, Horatio, 1st Viscount, 249

Nesbitt, Evelyn, 138

New York (liner), 48–9, 61, 63, 80, 149, 328

New York American, 297

New York City Draft Riots (1863), 158

New York Dramatic Mirror, 317

New York Evening Post, 335

New York Sun, 317

New York Telegraph, 200

New York Times, 94, 129, 162, 165–6

New York World, 200

Newsom, Helen, 280

Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 18–19, 163, 165–6, 192, 306

Nieuw Amsterdam (liner), 101

Noah (patriarch), xv

Nomadic (tender), 63–4, 68, 76, 92

Norddeutscher Lloyd, 71–2

Norfolk, dukes of, 144

Normandie (liner), 116

Nourney, Alfred, 134, 219, 287, 289

Nripendra Narayan, Maharajah of Cooch-Behar, 32

Nuremberg Rally (1937), 322

‘O God, Our Help in Ages Past’ (hymn), 145

O’Brien, Thomas J., 191

O’Loughlin, William, 116–18, 120, 185, 198, 280

Objectivist historiography see Reconciliationist

Oceanic (liner), 48, 165, 177, 293–5

Odessa pogrom, 165

Offenbach, Jacques, 200

Ohio State University, 171

Ohm Krüger (movie), xvii

Olga Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess of Russia, 18–19

Olympic (liner), xvi, 16–18, 47–49, 57n, 61–3, 79, 82, 86, 105, 107, 116, 129, 147–8, 178, 199, 217, 308, 316, 330

On a Sea of Glass (book), xx

Orange Order see Loyal Orange Institution

Orange Riots, New York (1871), 161

Order of St Benedict see Benedictines

Osborne House, 25

Os-Saltaneh, Prince Samad Khan Momtaz, 8

Ostriche, Muriel, 291

Our Future Lies Upon the Water (painting), 72

Pains of Youth (play), 127

Pankhurst, Charles, 334

Paris (liner), 116

Parliament Act (1911), 10–14, 188

Parrish, Lutie, 230

Parsons, Alfred, 195

Parsons, Louella, 323

Pathé, 313

Pearl Harbor attacks, 323

Pearse, Pádraig, 44

Peñaranda, Hernando Fitz-James Stuart, 14th Duke of, 304

Peñasco, María-Josefa de, 134, 224, 235, 241, 271, 283, 292, 332

Peñasco, Victor de, 134, 224, 228

Pennsylvania Railroad, 65, 175

Pennsylvania Senate Railroad Committee, 175

Pennsylvania, University of, 303, 326, 329

Peruschitz, Joseph, 253

Peskett, Leonard, 79, 79n

Petersburg, siege of, 58

Petit Trianon, Versailles, 66

Petkov, Dimikar, 192

Peuchen, Arthur, 226–7, 287

Philadelphia (liner), 48

Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, 327

Philip of Greece and Denmark, Duke of Edinburgh, 125

Pichon, Stephen, 9

Pickford, Mary, 93, 99

Pirrie, Margaret, Viscountess, 15, 298

Pirrie, William, 1st Viscount, 15, 27, 29, 34, 107

Pitcher, Molly, 97

Pitman, Herbert, 221–2, 262–3, 282

Pius VI, Pope, 38

Pius X, Pope, 37–8, 193

Plehve, Vyacheslav von, 192

Plunkett, Horace, 243, 305

Plymouth Harbour (painting), 242

Pobedonostsev, Constantine, 164

Poiret, Paul, 120

Polk, James, President, 186

Poppe, Johann, 71

Port Hudson, siege of, 158

Portland, Winifred Cavendish-Bentinck, Duchess of, 304

Princeton University, 67, 303

Prinknash Abbey (prev. Park), 3, 331

Puccini, Giacomo, 185

‘Pull for the Shore’ (hymn), 272

Queen Mary (liner), 78, 330

Queen Victoria School, Dunblane, 6

Quirinal Palace, 191

Ramos, Emilio Antonio, 322, 324–5

Randolph Wemyss Memorial Hospital, Fife, 6

Ranelagh Polo Club, 304

Raphall, Morris J., 156

Rasmussen, Rita, 96

Raver, Harry, 98, 100, 318

Reconciliationist historiography, 160

Recreation Rooms and Settlement, Brooklyn, 162

Red Cross, 5, 127, 291, 331

Redgrave, H. H., 313

Redmond, John, 43

Rembrandt, 22

Republic (liner), 173, 177, 208, 218

Republican National Convention (1912), 190

The Revenge of the Silk Masks (movie), 100

Reynolds, Debbie, 140

Reynolds, Joshua, 23

Richman, Julia, 162

The Riddle of the Titanic (book), 109, 114–15

Rijn, Rembrandt Harmenszoon van see Rembrandt

‘The Roast Beef of Old England’ (song), 122

Robert I, King of Scots, 21

Robertson, Morgan, 175–6

Robinson and Cleaver, 31

Robinson, Annie, 213, 231, 329

Roehampton Polo Club, 304

Roosevelt, Ethel, 89

Roosevelt, Franklin D., President, 324

Roosevelt, Theodore, President, 9, 89, 136, 145, 186, 189, 191

Rose Tree Fox Hunt, 326

Rosebery, Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of, 303

Rosenbaum, Edith, 68. 101, 292

Rosenkrantz, Baroness Rebecca, 193

Rostron, Arthur, 275, 279, 288, 300, 309

Rothes, Andrew Leslie, 5th Earl of, 21–22

Rothes, George Leslie, 4th Earl of, 21, 77

Rothes, Ian Leslie, 21st Earl of, 286, 310, 333

Rothes, John Leslie, 10th Earl of, 23

Rothes, John Leslie, 1st Duke and 7th Earl of, 22

Rothes, Lucy Noëlle Martha Leslie, Countess of

early life, 3

as debutante, 3–4

wedding, 2–4

life at Leslie House, 2, 20, 23, 310

social life, 4–6, 15, 20, 303–4

boards Titanic, 51–3, 55

accommodation on board, 53, 55–7, 122–3

dinners on board, 78, 129, 199

reaction to collision, 200, 204, 209

warned by Captain Smith, 209

struggles to find life belt, 212

during evacuation, 213, 223–4

leaves Titanic, 225, 228

behaviour in lifeboats, 241, 252n, 264, 269–72

rescue, 272–3

on Carpathia, 272, 283–6, 292, 332

remembers last concert on the Titanic (1913), 200, 304

attends 1914 London Season, 303–4

during First World War, 309–11

loss of Leslie House, 311

loss of Prinknash Park, 330–1

widowhood, 330–1

interviews on the Titanic, 252n, 309–10

correspondence with Walter Lord, 330–2

second marriage, 331

death and burial, 333

relationship with Lord Rothes, 3–4, 309–11

as mother, 5, 125, 283, 331

as employer, 124

as nurse, 5, 127, 284, 292, 309–10

aristocratic friendships, 6, 20, 126

and María-Josefa de Peñasco, 224, 228, 241, 271, 283, 292

and Thomas Jones, 268–9, 272, 332

and Rhoda Abbott, 285–6

manners, 55

appearance, 3, 5

religious faith, 144, 272, 333

political views, 13–14, 126, 310

racial views, 249

attitude to Catholicism, 312

taste in fashion, 51, 128

jewellery, 128

philanthropy, 5, 303, 311

Rothes, Malcolm Leslie, 20th Earl of, 5, 125, 283, 311, 331

Rothes, Mary Haworth-Leslie, Countess of, 125

Rothes, Norman Leslie, 19th Earl of, 2, 4, 9, 12, 15, 23, 51, 125, 128, 270, 309–11, 330–1, 333

Rothes, William Leslie, 3rd Earl of, 11

Rothschild, Amanda, 157

Roxburghe, Mary Innes-Ker, Duchess of, 303

Royal Academy Private View, 303

Royal Air Force, xix

Royal Ascot, 303

Royal Belfast Academical Institute, 27, 30

Royal Caledonian Ball, 5, 303

Royal Caledonian Educational Trust, 5

Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland, 116

Royal Cork Yacht Club, 87

Royal Hospital, Chelsea, 303

Royal Irish Constabulary, 44

Royal Navy Reserve, 104–5

Royal Opera House, London, 303

Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, 304

Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, 15

Russell, Edith see Rosenbaum

Ryerson, Arthur Jr., 76, 179

Ryerson, Arthur Sr., 76, 178–80, 238–9, 301

Ryerson, Emily, 76–7, 180, 238–9, 280, 299–301

Ryerson, Emily (younger), 76–7, 238–9

Ryerson, John (‘Jack’), 76–7, 238–9

Ryerson, Suzette, 76–7, 238–9

Saale (liner), 116

Saint-Germain-en-Laye (cemetery), 326

Saks (store), 185

Saks, Andrew, 185

Salvation Army, 133, 291–2

Samos, Andreas Kopasis, Prince of, 192

San Francisco Earthquake (1906), 335

San Vittore (prison), 323, 326

Sanders, Robert see Bayford

Sanssouci Palace, 25

‘The Sash’ (song), 41–2

Saturday Evening Post, 96

Saved from the Titanic (movie), xvi, 318–20

Scheftel, Vivian, 60n, 161

Schuster, Ildefonso, Cardinal, 324

Schutzstaffel (‘SS’), xix, 324

The Scots Peerage, 21

Scotsman (newspaper), 5

Segregation, racial (US), 160

Sehzade Yusuf Izzedin, Ottoman Crown Prince, 8

Selpin, Herbert, xviii

Selzick, David, xvii

Sergei Alexandrovich, Grand Duke of Russia, 165, 192, 319

Seward, Frederic, 198, 200, 217–18

Shackleton, Ernest, 200

Shaw, George Bernard, 227–8, 249

Shelley, Imanita, 107, 229–30

Shipbuilder (magazine), 17–18, 192

Shubert Brothers (agency), 94

The Sinking of the S. S. Titanic (memoir), 327

Sipyagin, Dmitri, 192

Sixteenth Amendment (US), 188–9

Sloan, Mary, 116n, 116–18, 120, 198, 213–14, 231, 244

Sloper, William, 200, 205, 217–18, 220, 256

Smith, Edward, 61, 76, 80, 86, 105, 129–30, 143, 145, 172–3, 172n, 178, 180, 197–8, 206, 208–9, 217, 222, 224, 233–4, 247–50, 257, 263, 268, 286, 298, 316, 335

Smith, James, 137–8, 240–1

Smith, William Alden, 232–3, 295–6

Société Française des Films et Cinématographes Éclair, 96–100, 317, 320

Soldiers and Sailors Fund, 311

Solly-Flood, Richard, 304

Solway Moss, battle of, 21

Somme, battle of, 312

‘Songe d’Automne’ (waltz), 251

Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, 19, 307

Soto y Tova, Manuel Peréz de, 332

Spectator, 319

Spencer, Marie-Eugenie, 139

Spencer, William, 139

Sporting Days (play) –94

St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast, 30

St Bernard’s Academy, New York, 146

St Canice’s Cathedral, Kilkenny, 304

St Colman’s Cathedral, Cóbh, 84

St Louis (liner), 48

St Mark’s Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, 179

St Mary Abbots Church, Kensington, 4

St Mary’s Church, Fairford, 333

Stanwyck, Barbara, 330

Stead, William T., 133, 198, 230

Steffansson, Erik, 137

Stephenson, Martha, 200, 215, 236, 238

Stewart, John, 242–3

Stimson, Henry, 136

Stoddard, Charles Warren, 195

Stolypin, Pytor, 192

Strathmore and Kinghorne, Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of, 303

Straus, Beatrice, 147, 168

Straus, Clarence, 161

Straus, Herbert, 146, 161

Straus, Hermine, 151–2

Straus, Ida (Rosalie)

early life, 58, 157

wedding, 161

death of second son, 161

criticism of Tsar Nicholas II, 165–6

travels on Caronia, 59, 82

trips to France, 20, 59, 147

stays at Claridge’s (1912), 81

troubles with maids, 59, 81

accommodation on board, 57, 57n, 60, 81–3

letter to Lilian Burbidge, 61–2

dinners on board, 129, 186

telegrams son from Titanic, 168–9

during collision, 200–1, 210

during evacuation, 211, 225, 228

gift to Ellen Bird, 228

later sightings, 229–30, 251, 258

death confirmed, 282–3

as mother, 161, 168–9

as grandmother, 146

experiences anti-Semitism, 145

personality, 59

health, 149, 225, 269

religious views, 167–8

love of Paris, 58

philanthropy, 162–3, 313

memorials, 312–14

Straus, Irma, 147, 168

Straus, Isidor

early life, 58, 150–3

emigrates to USA, 152

service to the Confederacy, 58, 156–7

visit to New York (1863), 58, 157

wedding, 161

travels on New York, 161

as co-owner of Macy’s, 57, 147

political career, 57

writes memoirs, 149–50

travel on Caronia, 59, 82

stays at Claridge’s (1912), 81, 313

accommodation on board, 57, 57n, 60, 81–3

witnesses New York incident, 61–2

dinners on board, 129, 186

during collision, 200–1, 210

during evacuation, 211, 225, 228

later sightings, 229–30, 251, 258

death, 258

death confirmed, 282–3

recovery of body, 295, 313

as father, 147, 162, 168–9

as grandfather, 146

generosity to siblings, 145

experiences anti-Semitism, 145–6, 159–60

friendship with Col. Gracie, 58–9, 148–9

friendship with President Cleveland, 149, 168

wealth, 59, 162

religious views, 145, 167–8

patriotism, 168

views on slavery, 154

opposition to Zionism, 157

love of London, 58

philanthropy, 162, 313

memorials, 313–14

Straus, Jakob, 151–2

Straus, Jesse, 147, 149–50, 161, 315–15

Straus, Karolina, 151

Straus, Lazarus, 150–5, 159–60

Straus, Lina, 59n

Straus, Minnie see Weil

Straus, Nathan 59n, 145–6, 151–2, 154, 166, 167

Straus, Oscar, 145, 151–4

Straus, Percy, 161, 282

Straus, Sara see Hess

Straus, Sara (Isidor’s mother), 151–3

Straus, Vivian see Scheftel

Suevic (liner), 177

Sun Yat-sen (dog), 134, 215

Sutherland, Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 4th Duke of, 12

Sutherland, Millicent Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of, 6, 12, 303

Taft, Hellen (‘Nellie’), 195

Taft, William, President, xx, 186, 189, 191–3, 289–90

Talbot, Edward (bishop), 334

Talbott, Margaret, 292, 329–30

The Tales of Hoffmann (opera), 200, 304

Tatiana Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess of Russia, 306

Taylor, Elmer, 130–2

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich, 185

Temple Emanu-El, Manhattan, 167

Teutonic (liner), 71

Thackera, Alexander Montgomery, 20, 69

Thaw, Harry, 137–8

Thayer, Alexander, 326

Thayer, Edward, 326, 329

Thayer, John Borland

education, 67

marriage, 67

career, 65, 175

visit to Switzerland (1911–12), 175

visit to Berlin (1912), 19–20, 69–70

boards Titanic, 76–7

accommodation on board, 77, 201–2

conversations with Thomas Andrews, 174, 327–8

conversations with Ismay, 174, 180–1

attends Wideners’ dinner party, 185–90

during collision, 202

during evacuation, 204, 215–16, 236–7

helps load lifeboats, 238–40

discusses possibility of death, 240–1

death, 261

friendship with Arthur Ryerson, 76, 178–81

and Martha Stephenson and Elizabeth Eustis, 200, 215

appearance, 65

wealth, 65, 182

mental health, 175, 193

religious views, 144

political views, 175

anglophile sympathies, 67

athleticism, 67

cricketing, 67

Thayer, John (III) (‘Jack’)

education, 67–8, 303

accommodation on board, 77, 201–2

explores Titanic, 104

conversations with Thomas Andrews, 174, 327–8

conversations with Ismay, 174, 288

attends Sunday concert, 201

during collision, 202

during evacuation, 204, 215–16, 236, 256

loses sight of parents, 236–7

leaves the Titanic, 258–60

experience in lifeboats, 261, 265–7, 272, 276–8

rescue, 274–6

on Carpathia, 277–80, 288, 292

testimony on Titanic (1912), 327

conversations with Charles Lightoller, 293, 328

trip to Europe (1914), 293, 295, 302–3

testimony on Titanic (1915), 327

marriage, 326

military service, 326

career, 326

article on Titanic (1932), 327

writes memoir, 327–8

son’s death, 329

suicide, 329

and Milton Long, 201, 216, 236–7, 256, 258–9

appearance, 67

mental health, 328–30

athleticism, 67

discrepancies in testimonies, 327–8

eulogises Edwardian era, 335–6

Thayer, John (IV), 326

Thayer, Julie, 326, 329

Thayer, Lois (Jack’s daughter), 326

Thayer, Lois (Jack’s wife), 303, 326

Thayer, Margaret see Talbott

Thayer, Marian

ancestry, 67

wedding, 67

social life in Philadelphia, 67

visit to Switzerland (1911–12), 175

visit to Berlin (1912), 69–71

boards Titanic, 76–7

accommodation on Titanic, 77, 201–2

during collision, 201–2

notices Titanic’s list, 204–5

during evacuation, 215–16, 236–7

leaves Titanic, 238–40

experience in lifeboat, 278

on Carpathia, 274, 280, 288, 291–2

grief at widowhood, 291–2, 300

defends Smith and Ismay, 197–8, 299–300

files insurance claim, 301–2

travels on Lusitania (1914), 302

later life, 328–9

death, 329

friendship with Emily Ryerson, 76–7, 180–1, 299

friendship with Lady Duff Gordon, 132

friendship with Archibald Butt, 189–91, 193–4, 197, 300–1

friendship with Ismay, 180–1, 299–302

protestantism, 144

racism, 249–50

taste in fashion, 132, 182

interest in homeopathy, 193

spiritualist beliefs, 193, 328–9

Thayer, Pauline (Jack’s daughter), 326

Thayer, Pauline (Jack’s sister) see Dolan

The Times, 3

Thomas Andrews Memorial Hall, Comber, 304–5

Thomas Andrews: Shipbuilder (biography), 305

Titanic (liner)

Construction and voyage

symbol of Anglo-American cooperation, xvii, xx, 17

deaths during construction, 15

launch, 15–17

sea trials, 39–40, 44

Board of Trade inspections, 39, 45, 47

fire on board, 39, 45, 48, 170–1

quality of steel, 171–2

rivets, 171

rudder, 171–2

strength of, 17. 172, 257

design flaws, 235

lack of binoculars on board, 86–7

lack of preparedness for maiden voyage, 47–8

stay in Southampton, 46–8

departure from Southampton, 60–2

stay in Cherbourg, 63–4, 68

stay in Queenstown, 83–8

mail contract, 84

speed, xv, 80, 82, 104, 170, 174–5

collision with iceberg, xv, 202–4, 207–8

On board

Gymnasium, 54, 195, 221

Grand Staircase, 129, 131, 185, 205–7, 209, 236–7, 258

Lounge, 80, 104–5, 113, 122, 148–9, 169, 200–1, 205, 215–16, 221, 236–7, 251–2, 264, 266

Reading and Writing Room, 104, 113, 122, 148, 258, 195n, 258

Smoking Room (First Class), 104, 113, 122, 148, 185, 195–6, 207, 242–4. 258, 264

Verandah Cafés, 88, 242, 165

Café Parisian, 47–8, 112–13, 200

Restaurant, 112–13, 183–5

Purser’s Office, 55–6, 128, 213

Dining Saloon (First Class), xviii, 77–9, 107, 264

Turkish Bath, 54, 105, 113–15, 195, 334

electric baths, 105

Squash Court, 54, 195, 209, 218, 223

Swimming Pool, 54, 105, 328

First Class cabins, 48, 54–7, 81–2

Second Class public rooms, 231

Second Class cabins, xvi, 107

Third Class public rooms, 234

Third Class cabins, 108, 232

accommodation for crew, 108

watertight compartments, 86, 170, 173, 203, 295–6

lifeboats, 46–7, 216–17

differences from Olympic, 112–14

differences from Britannic, 235

Sinking

order given to evacuate, 209

distress rockets, 216, 224

music during evacuation, 215, 237, 251–2

treatment of third-class passengers, xxii, 231–6

collapse of funnels, 259–60

splits apart, 262–5

disappearance, 265

casualty figures, xv-xvi

After 1912

inquiries into, xv, 267, 295–6

cinematic portrayals, xvi, 263, 318–20, 333

use in Nazi propaganda, xvii-xix

wreck, xv, 262, 264, 337

theory of switch with Olympic, 112–16

centenary of sinking, xx

Titanic (movie, 1943), xvii-xix

Titanic (movie, 1953), 263, 330

Titanic (movie, 1997), 76, 129, 263

Titanic and Other Ships (memoir), 328

Titanic: The Ship That Never Sank? (book), 110

‘To the Tsar’ (poem), 165–6

Tolstoy, Count Leo, 164

Traffic (tender), 64

Tranby House, East Riding, 138

Travelling Palaces (book), 105–6

Treaty of London (1839), 307

Tredegar, viscounts, 126

Trent (ship), 157

Trinity College, Dublin, 116

A Trip to Japan (play), 95

Triton Fish and Game Club, 146

The Truth about Chickamauga (book), 149

The Truth about the Titanic (memoir), 262

Turing, Alan, 133

Tutankhamen, Pharaoh of Egypt, 128

Twain, Mark, 69, 195

Two Nations Theory (Irish), 36

U-20 (submarine), xvi, 245

Ulster Journal of Archaeology, 36–7

Ulster Liberal Unionist Association, 29

Ulster Covenant, 43

Ulster Volunteer Force, 42–3

Umberto I, King of Italy, 191–2

Umberto II, King of Italy, 191

United States Coast Guard, 145, 296

United States Institute of Statistics and Technology, 172

United States Lines, 315

United States Marine Corps, 145

The Unsinkable Molly Brown (musical), 140

Vacani’s School of Dancing, Knightsbridge, 304

Val, Rafael Merry del, Cardinal, 193

Vanity Fair (magazine), 128

Variety (magazine), 316

Vat, Dan van der, 104, 114–15

Vaterland (liner), 75, 306, 315

Vernon, Anne, 326

Vespucci, Amerigo, 184

Vicksburg, siege of, 158

Victor Emmanuel II, King of Italy, 190

Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy, 191

Victoria College, Belfast, 27

Victoria, Princess Royal and German Empress, 71

Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom, 6, 29–31, 84

Victoria-Eugenia of Battenberg, Queen of Spain, 132, 192

Vienna Bank Employees’ Club Ball, 306–7

Vienna Derby, 19

Village Clubs Association, 6

Vogue (American), 132, 320

Waldo, Rheinlander, 291

Washington Post, 4

Washington, George, President, 97

Weil, Minnie, 59, 161

Welles, Orson, 323

Wellington College, Belfast, 25

Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of, 25

Wellington, Katherine Wellesley, Duchess of, 6

Wennerström, August, 253

Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), 143

Wharton, Edith, 19

Wharton, Edward, 19

‘When Erin First Rose’ (poem), 85

The White Aprons (movie), 99, 318

White Star Line, xv, 46, 68–9, 73, 79, 110, 112, 129, 137–8, 173, 175–6, 245, 287

White, Ella, 77, 89–90, 270–1

White, Stanford, 137–8

Whitehaven Pit Disaster (1910), 126

Whiting, Richard (martyr), 331

Widener, Eleanor, 91, 183, 189, 275, 280, 300

Widener, George, 91, 183, 240, 251, 280, 286

Widener, Harry, 186, 280

Widener, Peter, 91

Wilde, Henry, 86, 286, 298

Wilde, Oscar, 43, 133

Wilding, Edward, 39, 45, 48

Wilhelm I, German Emperor, 70–1

Wilhelm II, German Emperor, 7, 32, 71, 74

Wilkinson, Norman, 242

William III, King of England, Scotland and Ireland, 20, 42

William IV, King of the United Kingdom, 25

Williams, Richard Norris (II), 280

Wilson, Frances, 299

Wilson, Woodrow, President, 66, 187

Wimbledon Championships, 133, 303

Winchester College, Hampshire, 67

Winchester, marquesses of, 126

Windsor Castle, 7, 24, 67

Wisniewska, Faustina, 66

Women’s Unionist Association, Fife, 310

Women’s Wear Daily, 183

Woodlawn, Bronx (cemetery), 313

Woolner, Hugh, 137, 229

Woolner, Thomas (sculptor), 138

Wormstedt, Bill, xx

The Wrong Bottle (movie), 99

Xinhai Revolution, 134

Yale Daily News, 179

Yale University, 76, 179

Yat-sen, Sun, President, 134

Yolanda of Savoy, Countess of Bergolo, 191

Yorktown, battle of, 97

Young Men’s Christian Association, 5

Young, Marie, 89

Yurievskaya, Princess Catherine, 163

Zaitao, Prince of China, 8

Zerlett-Olfenius, Walter, xviii

Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary, 19

Zuleika Dobson (novel), 127

Zweig, Stefan, 183–4

Zyrot en Cie, 51