DRAMATIS PERSONAE

THE COUNTESS OF ROTHES

• LUCY NOËLLE MARTHA LESLIE, Countess of Rothes
• NORMAN LESLIE, 19TH EARL OF ROTHES, her husband
• MALCOLM, VISCOUNT LESLIE, their eldest son, later 20th Earl of Rothes
• THE HONORABLE JOHN LESLIE, their youngest son
• GLADYS CHERRY, the Earl’s cousin and the Countess’s traveling companion
• CLEMENTINA AND THOMAS DYER-EDWARDES, the Countess’s parents
• ROBERTA (“CISSY”) MAIONI, the Countess’s lady’s maid

THOMAS ANDREWS

• THOMAS ANDREWS, managing director of the Harland and Wolff shipyard
• HELEN ANDREWS, his wife
• ELIZABETH ANDREWS, their daughter
• WILLIAM, 1ST LORD PIRRIE, Thomas’s uncle, chairman of Harland and Wolff

THE STRAUSES

• IDA STRAUS, a philanthropist
• ISIDOR STRAUS, Ida’s husband, a former congressman for New York and co-owner of Macy’s department store
• ELLEN BIRD, Ida’s lady’s maid
• JOHN FARTHING, Isidor’s valet

JESSE STRAUS CLARENCE STRAUS PERCY STRAUS SARA HESS MINNIE WEIL HERBERT STRAUS VIVIAN SCHEFTEL

Ida and Isidor’s children

THE THAYERS

• JOHN BORLAND THAYER, second vice president of the Pennsylvania Railroad
• MARIAN THAYER, his wife
• JOHN BORLAND THAYER III (“JACK”), their eldest child
• MARGARET FLEMING, Marian’s lady’s maid

FREDERICK THAYER MARGARET THAYER (LATER TALBOTT) PAULINE THAYER (LATER DOLAN)

The Thayers’ younger children

DOROTHY GIBSON

• DOROTHY GIBSON, an actress
• PAULINE GIBSON, her mother
• GEORGE BATTIER, Dorothy’s husband
• JULES BRULATOUR, a movie producer and Dorothy’s lover
• LEONARD GIBSON, Dorothy’s stepfather

OTHER RELEVANT PASSENGERS

• RHODA ABBOTT, a Salvation Army officer, traveling in Third Class
• MADELEINE AND COLONEL JOHN JACOB ASTOR IV
• ALGERNON BARKWORTH, a landowner from Yorkshire
• LAWRENCE BEESLEY, a science teacher, traveling in Second Class, subsequently author of The Loss of the S.S. Titanic
• MAJOR ARCHIBALD BUTT, Military Aide to President William Howard Taft
• CHARLOTTE DRAKE CARDEZA, a socialite from Pennsylvania
• ELEANOR CASSEBEER, returning home to New York
• ELIZABETH EUSTIS AND MARTHA STEPHENSON, sisters and neighbors of the Thayers
• LUCY, LADY DUFF GORDON, a fashion designer
• COLONEL ARCHIBALD GRACIE IV, a historian and friend of the Strauses
• J. BRUCE ISMAY, managing director of the White Star Line
• FRANCIS (“FRANK”) MILLET, a painter, author, and sculptor
• ALFRED NOURNEY, a car salesman traveling under the pseudonym of a German baron
• EMILY AND ARTHUR RYERSON, friends of the Thayers, returning home after their son’s death
• FREDERIC SEWARD, a New York–based lawyer and a bridge partner of Dorothy Gibson’s
• WILLIAM SLOPER, an American stockbroker who also played bridge with Dorothy Gibson
• ELEANOR AND GEORGE WIDENER, prominent members of Philadelphia Society and friends of the Thayers

RELEVANT MEMBERS OF THE CREW

• JOSEPH BOXHALL, the Titanic’s Fourth Officer
• HAROLD BRIDE, the Titanic’s junior wireless operator
• HARRY ETCHES, a steward in First Class
• VIOLET JESSOP, a stewardess in First Class
• THOMAS JONES, Able Seaman, put in charge of Lifeboat 8
• CHARLES LIGHTOLLER, the Titanic’s Second Officer
• HAROLD LOWE, the Titanic’s Fifth Officer
• DR. FRANCIS (“FRANK”) MCGEE, the Carpathia’s Surgeon
• JAMES MOODY, the Titanic’s Sixth Officer
• WILLIAM MURDOCH, the Titanic’s First Officer
• DR. WILLIAM O’LOUGHLIN, the Titanic’s Surgeon
• HERBERT PITMAN, the Titanic’s Third Officer
• ANNIE ROBINSON, a stewardess in First Class
• CAPTAIN ARTHUR ROSTRON, Commander of the Carpathia
• MARY SLOAN, a stewardess in First Class
• CAPTAIN EDWARD J. SMITH, Commander of the Titanic
• HENRY WILDE, the Titanic’s Chief Officer