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Cosmo Duff-Gordon

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Sir Cosmo Edmund Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet DL (22 July 1862 – 20 April 1931) was a prominent Scottish landowner and sportsman, best known for the controversy surrounding his escape from the sinking of the RMS Titanic. [1]

37 relations: Aberdeen, Alexandra of Denmark, Bartitsu, Bath Club, British Olympic Association, British Wreck Commissioner's inquiry into the sinking of the RMS Titanic, Brookwood Cemetery, Burke's Peerage, Deputy Lieutenant, Duff-Gordon baronets, Edward VII, Elinor Glyn, Fencing, Fencing at the 1906 Intercalated Games, Intercalated Games, Kincardineshire, Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, Martin Jarvis (actor), Maryculter, Peninsular War, Property, RMS Titanic, RMS Titanic Lifeboat No. 1, Rosalind Ayres, Royal Automobile Club, Sheriff, Simon Paisley Day, Soho, South Kensington, Sylvestra Le Touzel, Titanic (1997 film), Titanic (2012 miniseries), Who's Who (UK), William Grenfell, 1st Baron Desborough, Woking, 1906 Intercalated Games, 1908 Summer Olympics.

Aberdeen

Aberdeen (Aiberdeen,; Obar Dheathain; Aberdonia) is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 37th most populous built-up area, with an official population estimate of 196,670 for the city of Aberdeen and for the local authority area.

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Alexandra of Denmark

Alexandra of Denmark (Alexandra Caroline Marie Charlotte Louise Julia; 1 December 1844 – 20 November 1925) was Queen consort of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Empress of India as the wife of King Edward VII.

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Bartitsu

Bartitsu is an eclectic martial art and self-defence method originally developed in England during the years 1898–1902, combining elements of boxing, jujitsu, cane fighting, and French kickboxing.

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Bath Club

The Bath Club was a sports-themed London gentlemen's club in the 20th century.

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British Olympic Association

The British Olympic Association (BOA) is the National Olympic Committee for the United Kingdom.

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British Wreck Commissioner's inquiry into the sinking of the RMS Titanic

The sinking of the RMS ''Titanic'' on 15 April 1912 resulted in an inquiry by the British Wreck Commissioner on behalf of the British Board of Trade.

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Brookwood Cemetery

Brookwood Cemetery, also known as the London Necropolis, is a burial ground in Brookwood, Surrey, England.

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Burke's Peerage

Burke's Peerage Limited is a British genealogical publisher founded in 1826, when Irish genealogist John Burke began releasing books devoted to the ancestry and heraldry of the peerage, baronetage, knightage and landed gentry of the United Kingdom.

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Deputy Lieutenant

In the United Kingdom, a Deputy Lieutenant is a Crown appointment and one of several deputies to the Lord Lieutenant of a lieutenancy area: an English ceremonial county, Welsh preserved county, Scottish lieutenancy area, or Northern Irish county borough or county.

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Duff-Gordon baronets

The Duff, later Duff Gordon Baronetcy, of Halkin in the County of Aberdeen, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

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Edward VII

Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.

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Elinor Glyn

Elinor Glyn (née Sutherland; 17 October 1864 – 23 September 1943) was a British novelist and scriptwriter who specialised in romantic fiction that was considered scandalous for its time.

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Fencing

Fencing is a group of three related combat sports.

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Fencing at the 1906 Intercalated Games

At the 1906 Summer Olympics in Athens, eight events in fencing were contested, all for men only.

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Intercalated Games

The Intercalated Olympic Games were to be a series of International Olympic Games halfway between what is now known as the Games of the Olympiad.

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Kincardineshire

Kincardineshire, also known as the Mearns (from A' Mhaoirne meaning "the Stewartry"), is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area on the coast of northeast Scotland.

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Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon

Lucy Christiana, Lady Duff-Gordon (née Sutherland) (13 June 1863 – 20 April 1935) was a leading British fashion designer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who worked under the professional name of Lucile.

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Martin Jarvis (actor)

Martin Jarvis, OBE (born 4 August 1941) is an English actor and voice actor.

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Maryculter

Maryculter or Kirkton of Maryculter is a village in the Lower Deeside area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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Peninsular War

The Peninsular War (1807–1814) was a military conflict between Napoleon's empire (as well as the allied powers of the Spanish Empire), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Kingdom of Portugal, for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars.

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Property

Property, in the abstract, is what belongs to or with something, whether as an attribute or as a component of said thing.

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RMS Titanic

RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early hours of 15 April 1912, after colliding with an iceberg during its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City.

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RMS Titanic Lifeboat No. 1

Titanic Lifeboat No.

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Rosalind Ayres

Rosalind Ayres (born 7 December 1946 in Birmingham, Warwickshire) is an English actress.

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Royal Automobile Club

The Royal Automobile Club is a British private club and is not to be confused with RAC, an automotive services company, which it formerly owned.

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Sheriff

A sheriff is a government official, with varying duties, existing in some countries with historical ties to England, where the office originated.

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Simon Paisley Day

Simon Paisley Day (born 13 April 1967), also credited as Simon Day, is a British stage and screen actor.

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Soho

Soho is an area of the City of Westminster, part of the West End of London.

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South Kensington

South Kensington is an affluent district of West London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

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Sylvestra Le Touzel

Sylvestra Le Touzel (born 1958) is a British television, film and stage actor who was born on Jersey in the Channel Islands and raised in Kensington, London.

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Titanic (1997 film)

Titanic is a 1997 American epic romance-disaster film directed, written, co-produced and co-edited by James Cameron.

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Titanic (2012 miniseries)

Titanic is a four-part television miniseries period drama written by Julian Fellowes based on the sinking of the RMS ''Titanic'', a passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, United Kingdom, to New York City, United States.

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Who's Who (UK)

Who's Who is a leading source of biographical data on more than 33,000 influential people from around the world.

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William Grenfell, 1st Baron Desborough

William Henry Grenfell, 1st Baron Desborough, (30 October 1855 – 9 January 1945) was a British athlete, sportsman, public servant and politician.

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Woking

Woking is a town in northwest Surrey, England.

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1906 Intercalated Games

The 1906 Intercalated Games or 1906 Olympic Games was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated in Athens, Greece.

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1908 Summer Olympics

The 1908 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the IV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in 1908 in London, United Kingdom from 27 April to 31 October 1908.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmo_Duff-Gordon

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