Lord Mayor Of Belfast

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The Times PIRRIE RE-ELECTED LORD MAYOR
BELFAST, DEC 1 At a meeting of the corporation, held to-day, Alderman Pirrie was unanimously re-elected Lord Mayor for the ensuing year....
2nd December 1896
The Times PIRRIE INSTALLED AS LORD MAYOR
BELFAST, JAN 1 At the meeting of the City Council to-day Sir William M'Cammond vacated the chair, and Alderman Pirrie was installed as Lord Mayor. He is, as he stated in his address, a Libe...
2nd January 1896
The Times PIRRIE NOMINATED FOR LORD MAYOR OF BELFAST
Our Belfast Correspondent telegraphed last night: At a special meeting of the Belfast City Council yesterday, Alderman Pirrie, a director of the firm of Harland and Wolff, was unanimously nominated Lor...
29th November 1895
The Times PIRRIE'S ELECTION AS LORD MAYOR ASSURED
The unanimous nomination of Alderman Pirrie to be Lord Mayor of Belfast for next year has increased the hope that, as one of the most energetic members of the firm of Messrs. Harland and Wolff, he may be able to ...
30th November 1895
The Times PIRRIE SWORN IN AS PRIVY COUNCILLOR
At a meeting of the Privy Council of Ireland held yesterday at Dublin Castle, the Lord Lieutenant presiding, Lord Powerscourt, Mr. Justice Andrews of the Exchequer Division, and the Lord Mayor of Belfast (Ald...
7th August 1897
The Times LORD PIRRIE'S WILL
WILLIAM JAMES, first VISCOUNT PIRRIE, K.P., of Belgrave-square, W., and Witley Park, Surrey, chairman of Harland and Wolff, Belfast, Lord Mayor of Belfast, 1896-97, who died on board ship in t...
9th May 1925
Worcester Telegram FUNDS FOR SURVIVORS
Article...
18th April 1912
The Times T. ISMAY CONTRIBUTES TO PIRRIE HOSPITAL FUND
BELFAST, DEC 16 Much gratification is expressed in Belfast with regard to a letter received by the Lord Mayor, who is a partner in the large shipbuilding firm of Harland and Wolff, from Mr. Thom...
17th December 1896
The Times PIRRIE BECOMES FIRST HONORARY BURGESS OF BELFAST
BELFAST, JULY 24 Mr. W. J. Pirrie, High Sheriff of county Antrim, and ex-Lord Mayor of the city, entertained at Ormiston on Thursday the Judges of Assize, Lord Chief Baron Palles and Lord Justice...
25th July 1898
The Times HARLAND RE-ELECTED MAYOR OF BELFAST
Sir E. J. Harland was yesterday re-elected Mayor of Belfast....
2nd December 1885
The Times MRS. PIRRIE HONORED
BELFAST, April 5 --- At the meeting of the City Corporation to-day Alderman John McCormick moved a resolution electing and admitting Mrs. Pirrie an honorary burgess of the city of Belfast in recognition of her signal...
6th April 1904
The Times MRS. PIRRIE AWARDED FREEDOM OF THE CITY OF BELFAST
BELFAST, APRIL 20 The freedom of the city of Belfast, unanimously voted by the council some weeks ago, was formally presented to Mrs. Pirrie at the town-hall to-day in the presence of a large and distinguished company. The mu...
21st April 1904
The Times PIRRIE TAKES OATH AS BARON
HOUSE OF LORDS --- MONDAY , JULY 23 The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at a quarter-past 4 o'clock. NEW PEERS LORD EVERSLEY, who was introduced by LORD TWEEDMOUTH and LOR...
24th July 1906
New York Times LORD PIRRIE OPERATED UPON
Belfast Shipbuilder Has Recovered from the Immediate Effects --- By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times --- LONDON, Feb. 22---Lord Pirrie, head of the Belfast shipbuilding firm of Harland & Wolff...
23rd February 1912
The Times SIR EDWARD HARLAND BECOMES AN M.P.
ELECTION INTELLIGENCE BELFAST (NORTH DIVISION) The nomination for North Belfast took place yesterday. Six papers containing the names of Sir John Preston, Sir William Quartus Ewart, and Mr. Thomas M'Cormick (secretary of...
13th August 1889
New York Times LORD PIRRIE TO RETIRE
His Harland & Wolff Interests Sold to Brown & Co., Report Says --- Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- LONDON, March 13---It is reported from Belfast on good authority that Lord Pirrie has intimated his intention not o...
14th March 1912
The Times LORD PIRRIE'S TITLE
The conferment by the King of the dignity of a Viscount of the United Kingdom upon Lord Pirrie by the name, style, and title of Viscount Pirrie, of the City of Belfast, was gazetted last night....
16th July 1921
New York Times 30-KNOT LINER PROBABLE
Statement of the Managing Director of Harland & Wolff --- Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- LONDON, Aug. 22---According to New York reports published here, Lord Pirrie, head of the firm of...
23rd August 1907
The Times LORD PIRRIE APPOINTED COMPTROLLER OF HOUSEHOLD OF LORD-LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND
IRELAND --- VICE-REGAL APPOINTMENTS The following appointments have been made to the staff of the Lord-Lieutenant:--- Lord Pirrie to be Comptroller, in succession to Lord Powerscourt, resigned. ***...
26th December 1907
The Times THOMAS ISMAY HONORED BY CITY OF BELFAST
BELFAST, July 20---Mr. Thomas H. Ismay, chairman of the White Star Line, was to-day presented with the freedom of the city in recognition of his services to Belfast ...
22nd July 1899
The Times HARLAND, SIR EDWARD J.
OBITUARY --- SIR EDWARD HARLAND, M.P. Sir Edward James Harland, Bart., M. P. for North Belfast, died suddenly yesterday morning at his residence, Glenfarne-hall, Enniskillen. He was found dead in bed. Except for a chill...
25th December 1895
Brighton Argus FORMER MAYOR OF CHELSEA
''The passengers included Mr. Christopher Head, a former Mayor of Chelsea, director of Henry Head and Co. (Limited), insurance brokers and underwriters, and son of the late Mr. Head, J.P., who resided at Buckingham, Shoreham....
17th April 1912
The Times LADY PIRRIE
WIDOW OF THE GREAT SHIPBUILDER --- Viscountess Pirrie, widow of the famous Belfast shipbuilder and shipowner, died yesterday at her home in Carlos Place, W., at the age of 78. She was Margaret Montgomer...
20th June 1935
The Times LORD PIRRIE'S TITLE
Last night's  Gazette contains the formal notification of the new peerages included in the Birthday Honours. *** Mr. W. J. Pirrie becomes Baron Pirrie of the city of Belfast ***....
21st July 1906
  CAPTAIN LORD 1961 INTERVIEWS TRANSCRIPT
Leslie Harrison - Senan Molony
Transcript of a recorded conversation between Leslie Harrison and Captain Stanley Lord, held at 13 Kirkway, Wallasey, [Lord’s Merseyside home] in February 1961 [6-8.30pm], and a further discussion recorded on 19 August 1961....
1961
The Times EDWARD HARLAND BECOMES A BARONET
From the LONDON GAZETTE, Friday, July 24 WHITEHALL, JULY 23 The Queen has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal granting the dignity of a Baronet...
25th July 1885
Chronicles of the Cumming Club (1887) SIR EDWARD J. HARLAND, BART.
SIR EDWARD J. HARLAND, BART.; 'the sixth of a family of eight.' His father, Dr. Harland, a graduate of Edinburgh University, practised in Scarborough until nearly the period of his death, in 1866. He was a man of remarkable skill...
1887
New York Times LADY PIRRIE DEAD; HEADED SHIP FIRM
Widow of Belfast Builder of Many Vessels Succeeded Him in Control of Concern --- ADVISED HIM FOR YEARS --- He Had Often Publicly Paid High Tribute to Her Assistance---Daughter of Professor --- LONDON, June 19...
20th June 1935
The Times NEW M.P. FOR EAST BELFAST
Mr. Henry P. Harland, a director of Harland and Wolff, was yesterday returned as Conservative member of Parliament for East Belfast. No other candidate was nominated. The seat became vacant through the elevation to the peera...
9th February 1940
New York Times PIRRIE DENIES THAT HE IS TO RETIRE
BELFAST, Nov. 20---Lord Pirrie to-day personally denied the report that he is about to retire from the Chairmanship of the great shipbuilding and engineering firm of Harland & Wolff. ...
21st November 1913
New York Times ISMAY AIDS SAILORS' WIDOWS
Will Provide Pensions for Those Who Lose Husbands at Sea --- By Marconi Wireless Transatlantic Telegraph to The New York Times --- LONDON, May 14---Exact information was obtained to-day as to J. Bruce Ismay's intentions in...
15th May 1912
The Times VISCOUNTY FOR LORD PIRRIE
The following honours were conferred by the King on the occasion of the opening of the Northern Parliament:--- VISCOUNTY: UNITED KINGDOM. PIRRIE, THE RIGHT HON. BARON, K.P., LL.D., D.L., Ormiston, Strandtown, Belfast.---Valuable s...
23rd June 1921
The Times OLYMPIC BERTHED AT JARROW
FAREWELL SALUTE FROM SIRENS The Olympic, which is to be broken up by Messrs.T.W.Ward and Co at Jarrow to provide employment, was safely berthed alongside Palmers shipyard today. The coming of the liner to the Tyne attracted many thousa...
14th October 1935
New York Times $100,000 GIFT FROM ISMAY
Thank Offering for His Escape---To Start Fund for Disabled Seamen --- By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times --- LIVERPOOL, May 13---The Liverpool Journal of Commerce states that J. Bruce Ismay h...
14th May 1912
99TH ANNIVERSARY OF TITANIC'S SINKING COMMEMORATED IN BELFAST Titanic Stories 99TH ANNIVERSARY OF TITANIC'S SINKING COMMEMORATED IN BELFAST
15th April 2011 was the 99th anniversary of Titanic’s foundering after hitting an iceberg in mid Atlantic. In towns and cities throughout the world, the event is remembered in simple ceremonies. ...
16th May 2011
The Times WOLFF, GUSTAV W.
OBITUARY --- MR. G. W. WOLFF --- Mr. Gustav Wilhelm Wolff, for long a partner in Messrs. Harland and Wolff, of Belfast, died yesterday at his residence in Park-street, W. He underwent an operation on Tuesday. ...
18th April 1913
The Times LIVERPOOL AWARDS TO CARPATHIA CREW
Page 3Engineers of the Carpathia honoured The Lord Mayor of Liverpool has made various presentations to the engineers and electricians of the Carpathia who gave service on the night of the Titanic disaster. Mr A. Johnsto...
16th December 1912
New York Times $1,000,000 FOR WITLEY COURT
Lord Pirrie Buys Estate Upon Which Whitaker Wright Spent $3,500,000 --- LONDON, May 9---Lord Pirrie has purchased Witley Court, near Hazelmere, one of the finest estates in England. It formerly belonged to Whitaker Wright, who committe...
10th May 1909
The Times LORD PIRRIE TAKES OATH AS VISCOUNT
HOUSE OF LORDS --- WEDNESDAY, JULY 13 --- The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at a quarter to 4 o'clock. --- LORD PIRRIE VISCOUNT PIRRIE was introd...
14th July 1921
New York Evening Journal MAYOR HAS TRIBUTE FOR ISIDOR STRAUS
HEROISM OF NOTED AMERICAN AND HIS WIFE PRAISED IN LETTER TO OSCAR STRAUS Praise for the heroism of Isidor Straus and Mrs. Straus was expressed yesterday by Mayor Gaynor in a letter to Oscar Straus of No. 5 West Seventy-sixth Street. ...
21st April 1912
  MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND
Number 702. Cunningham, mother. Grant £60. Named on the Belfast City Hall Memorial, Belfast. ...
March 1913
Free Press THE TITANIC FUND
During the last week it has transpired that one of the bandsmen on board the Titanic was a man named J. W. Woodward, who was born and educated at Hill Top, West Bromwich. Woodward's father was at one time manager of the Hill Top Foundry, and W...
26th April 1912
The Times FUNERAL OF MR. ISMAY
In the presence of a large and representative gathering the remains of Mr. Ismay were buried yesterday in the churchyard at Thurstaston, Cheshire. The road along which the funeral cortége passed w...
28th November 1899
HART, AKS AND LORD   HART, AKS AND LORD
Second Class Survivor Eva Hart with fellow survivor Frank Aks and writer Walter Lord in 1987....
CAPTAIN STANLEY LORD AND HIS WIFE IN THEIR CAR   CAPTAIN STANLEY LORD AND HIS WIFE IN THEIR CAR
Stanley Lord at the wheel of a car accompanied by his wife Mabel...
The Times LORD PIRRIE - DOMINANT FIGURE IN SHIPBUILDING
PEACE AND WAR SERVICES ...
9th June 1924
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO WILLIAM MCQUILLAN
Has a stone in Fair view Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Titanic section, number 183. also named on the Belfast City Hall Memorial, Belfast....
New York Times OLYMPIC CARRIES PIRRIE'S BODY HOME
White Star Liner Was Biggest Ship Ever Built in Viscount’s Yards --- DIED ON WAY FROM TROPICS --- Great Shipbuilder, Near Death, Insisted on Being Carried Out to See Panama Canal --- The body of Viscount Pirr...
14th June 1924
WALTER LORD'S GRAVE STONE   WALTER LORD'S GRAVE STONE
CAPTAIN LORD WITH OFFICERS OF A LATER COMMAND.   CAPTAIN LORD WITH OFFICERS OF A LATER COMMAND.
Captain Stanley Lord (centre) of the Californian pictured with officers of a later command....
New York Times THE COUNTESS OF ROTHES
The Countess of Rothes is the wife of the nineteenth Earl of Rothes, head of one of the oldest families of Scotland, who in 1893 succeeded to the title. The peerage is one of the very few in the United Kingdom that possesses the right of descent in t...
16th April 1912
Toronto Daily Star A CITIZEN'S FUND IS OPENED IN TORONTO
Newspaper article...
19th April 1912
The Times PIRRIE INVESTED AS KNIGHT OF ST. PATRICK
Lord Pirrie was privately invested as a Knight of the Order of St. Patrick by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland at Dublin Castle yesterday....
5th February 1909
TITANIC LEAVING BELFAST   TITANIC LEAVING BELFAST
Harley Crossley — Titanic leaving Belfast (Acrylic on Canvas)...
Weekly Irish Times BELFAST MEMORIAL DECIDED UPON
Article...
7th September 1912
New York Sun WAS THE MAYOR'S FRIEND
ALBERT A. STEWART SAILED ON THE TITANIC WITHOUT HIS WIFE Albert A. Stewart was for many years connected with the Strobridge Lithographing Company of Cincinnati and had an office in the Times Building.  He was also a part owner in the ...
17th April 1912
New York Times LORD PIRRIE NOT RETIRING
Report That He is Quitting Harland & Wolff is Denied --- By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times --- LONDON, March 14---I am authorized to state that there is absolutely no truth in the statements...
15th March 1912
LORD SURROUNDED BY GRINNING PASSENGERS   LORD SURROUNDED BY GRINNING PASSENGERS
Captain Stanley Lord surrounded by grinning passengers, c. 1909...
1909
  PROBATE REPORT
Calendar of all Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Principle Probate Registries of the King's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice Ireland -- 1912 ANDREWS Thomas (Junior) [405] 12 August ...
1912
The Times LADY HARLAND'S WILL
Dame Rosa Matilda Harland, of Baroda, House Kensington Palace-gardens, W., who died at Tunbridge Wells on October 21, daughter of Mr. Thomas Wann, of Vermont, Belfast, and widow of Sir Edward Harland, Bt., M.P. for North Belf...
10th February 1912
New York Times PASSENGERS FROM EUROPE GRIEVED
[Note: U.S. President William McKinley was shot by an assassin on 6 September 1901, and died on 14 September.] Heard with Amazement About the Shooting of the President ---------- News Casts Gloom Over Big Liner...
8th September 1901
The Times PIRRIE HONOURED FOR SERVICE AS LORD MAYOR
BELFAST, DEC. 14.To-night a banquet was given to the Right Hon. W. J. Pirrie, J.P., Lord Mayor of Belfast, and Mrs. Pirrie by the citizens on the occasion of the approaching termination of the second year of Mr. Pirri...
15th December 1897
  CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN HERBERT JUPE'S FATHER AND THE PROVINCIAL SECRETARY, NOVA SCOTIA
July 19th 1912 74 Bullar Road Bitterne Park Southampton Dear Sir, I have been informed by Mr. F. Blake, Superintendent Engineer of the White Star Lines, Trafalgar Chambers, Southampton, that the body...
19th July 1912
The Times LORD MERSEY - NEW VISCOUNT
His Majesty has been pleased to confer the dignity of a viscounty of the United Kingdom upon:--- THE RIGHT HON. LORD MERSEY Lord Mersey's reputation as a Judge and as an authority on inte...
1st January 1916
New York Times LADY PIRRIE MAY HEAD HARLAND & WOLFF, THE GREAT BRITISH SHIPBUILDING FIRM
Copyright, 1924, by The New York Times Company --- By Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- LONDON, July 16---It is the general belief in shipping circles that Lady Pirrie will assume the post of President of the great shipbu...
17th July 1924
New York Times SOCIETY---HOME AND ABROAD
Personal and Otherwise --- Miss Esmé  Wallace, who is to marry Viscount Tiverton, son of the Earl of Halsbury, is a daughter of Lady Duff-Gordon by her first husband, and is a niece of Eleanor Glyn, the novelist.  Her mother marrie...
4th August 1907
GEORGES KRINS - THE LOST MEMORIAL Titanic Research GEORGES KRINS - THE LOST MEMORIAL
Philippe Delaunoy
Some years ag...
25th May 2006
Nomadic Preservation Society PROGRAMME FOR NOMADIC CENTENERY CELEBRATIONS REVEALED
Celebrating a century of maritime history Outline programme Friday 3rd June 2011 13:30 ~ 17:00. Delegate registration at Holiday Inn, Belfast. 13:30 ~ 17:00. Exclusive opening tour...
5th November 2010
New York Times LORD PIRRIE DIES ON SHIP BOUND HERE
Head of Harland & Wolff, Shipbuilders, Stricken With Pneumonia --- ON TOUR OF SOUTH AMERICA --- A Leader in the Formation of the International Mercantile Marine --- Viscount Pirrie, head of the famous firm of...
9th June 1924
Belfast Newsletter BELFAST FIREMAN'S FORTUNATE ESCAPE
The story of a fireman's fortunate escape from sailing in the ill-fated White Star liner Titanic was told yesterday in the Belfast Custody Court, when, before Sir Andrew Newton-Brady, RM, [Resident Magistrate] Patrick Morgan...
26th April 1912
The Times BELFAST SHIPBUILDER'S ESTATE
The RIGHT HON. ALEXANDER MONTGOMERY CARLISLE, of Orme-square, W., for some years general mannager and chairman of Messrs. Harland and Wolff, shipbuilders and engineers, of Belfast, and lately a director ...
10th April 1926
WHERE TITANIC WAS BUILT Titanic Stories WHERE TITANIC WAS BUILT
Titanic Stories
You many think Belfast is famous for producing one thing, the Titanic. You would be wrong. Titanic may be the best known export but she was by no means the only innovative piece of engineering to leave these shores....
11th July 2008
Bridgwater Mercury NOTABLE PEOPLE ON BOARD
Mr. Christopher Head, former mayor of Chelsea. Much interested in art matters, and the donor of one of the panels to be placed in Chelsea Town hall. Took a prominent part in the discussions at the Mansion House on the King Edward Memorial. ...
20th April 1912
The Times LORD PIRRIE'S ESTATE
The RIGHT HON. VISCOUNT PIRRIE, K.P., LL.D. D.Sc., of Witley Park, Godalming, and of Ormiston, Strandtown, Belfast, chairman of Harland and Wolff, Limited, shipbuilders and eng...
4th April 1925
The Times ALEXANDER CARLISLE OBITUARY
ALEXANDER CARLISLE  The Right Hon Alexander Montgomery Carlisle, who died yesterday in London at the age of 71, was a ...
6th March 1926
The Times MOURNING IN BELFAST : CAPTAIN SMITH'S PREDICTION
The shipbuilding works of Messrs Harland and Wolff (Limited) at Queen’s Island were closed on Saturday, which was regarded as a day of mourning for the members of the staff lost in the Titanic. With one exception all the me...
22nd April 1912
Encyclopaedia of Ships and Shipping (1908) BELFAST, PORT OF
Belfast, Port of. Belfast Harbour, the premier harbour of Ireland, is at the head of Belfast Lough, in latitude 54° 36' N., 5° 56' W. The time of high water at full and change is 10 hours and 43 minutes. The ri...
The Times CONTROLLER-GENERAL'S RETIREMENT
MERCHANT SHIPBUILDING --- CONTROLLER-GENERAL'S RETlREMENT --- The Prime Minister and the Shipping Controller have consented to the release from the end of the present month of the Right Hon. Lord Pirrie, ...
23rd December 1919
San Francisco Chronicle DR. DODGE AND HIS FAMILY ARE SAFE
Page 1 Assessor Sends Two Messages From Carpathia to His Son Here-- Mayor Wires Reply Relieving the deep anxiety of his relatives and thousands of friends in this city, Dr. Washington Dodge, Assessor of San Francisco, ...
18th April 1912
New York Times FUNERAL OF ISIDOR STRAUS
The funeral of Isidor Straus, who died in the wreck of the Titanic, was held at noon yesterday at the family residence, an old frame house at 105th Street and Broadway, which is one of the landmarks of early New York. In order to avoid a great outpou...
9th May 1912
TITANIC BELFAST: TITANIC IN MY BLOOD Titanic Stories TITANIC BELFAST: TITANIC IN MY BLOOD
Susie Millar, whose great grandfather Thomas Millar died upon the Titanic, shows us around Belfast – birthplace of Titanic. ...
Chatham, Rochester, and Gillingham News LIFE INSURANCE
''The life insurance's on lost passengers must also represent a very high figure. Mr. Christopher Head, recently Mayor of Chelsea and himself an underwriter at Lloyds, is reported lost; he was insured against accident during his trip to America fo...
20th April 1912
STANLEY LORD AT THE WHEEL   STANLEY LORD AT THE WHEEL
  TITANIC : REAL ARCHIVE FILM 1912
Original archive movie film of the Titanic entering dock at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast,....
Voyage MUSGRAVE
John P. Eaton
On October 1911, when Titanic was moved from the deep water wharf to the Alexandra Wharf to clear a convenient mooring for the incoming Olympic, the move was accomplished with the assistance of the ...
12th December 2004
CAPTAIN STANLEY LORD   CAPTAIN STANLEY LORD
  SS NOMADIC THE LAST WHITE STAR LINE SHIP
Telling the story of the White Star Line tender SS Nomadic as she is brought to Belfast for restoration....
RMS TITANIC AUCTION ANNOUNCED FOR APRIL 2010 Henry Aldridge and Son RMS TITANIC AUCTION ANNOUNCED FOR APRIL 2010
Titanic and White Star Line specialists Henry Aldrige and Son have announced their next auction of Titanic, White Star Line and Ocean Liner Memorabilia. Selected lots will be available to view at the Titanic Made in Belfast Exhibition in Belfast April 3rd to April 11th....
16th March 2010
PORTRAITS OF FAMOUS TITANIC PASSENGERS Excelsior PORTRAITS OF FAMOUS TITANIC PASSENGERS
From 'Excelsior', 17 April 1912...
17th April 1912
SAM GOLDENBERG'S DEATH CERTIFICATE (FRANCE)   SAM GOLDENBERG'S DEATH CERTIFICATE (FRANCE)
This is Samuel Levy Goldenberg's death certificate published by the Mayor of Nice, France...
11th October 1936
TITANIC SOCIETY TO COMMEMORATE 99 YEARS SINCE THE LOSS OF THE SHIP Belfast Titanic Society TITANIC SOCIETY TO COMMEMORATE 99 YEARS SINCE THE LOSS OF THE SHIP
On Friday 15th April at 12 noon, members of the Belfast Titanic Society will gather at Belfast City Hall to remember those from the city who were lost aboard RMS Titanic in 1912. Wreaths will be placed at the Titanic Memorial, on the Donegall Square East side of the City Hall grounds....
13th April 2011
The Times JUDICIAL CHANGES
His Majesty has been pleased to approve the following appointments to take effect on the 10th inst., namely:--- The Hon. Mr. Justice Bigham to be President of the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division of...
4th February 1909
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea News CHRISTOPHER HEAD
A former Mayor of Chelsea was among the 1,523 lost in the Titanic disaster of April 1912. Christopher Head served as Mayor between 1909 and 1911 and had been a Conservative councillor since 1906. According to contemporary accounts, Head wa...
April 1998
New York Times STRAUS MEMORIAL MEETING
Mayor Gaynor, Bishop Gailor, and Andrew Carnegie Will Take Part in It --- A civic memorial meeting for Mr. and Mrs. Isidor Straus will be held in Carnegie Hall Sunday afternoon, May 12, at 4 o'clock. Justice Samuel Greenbaum, President ...
4th May 1912
New York Times LORD RIBBLESDALE DEAD; LINE EXTINCT
Widow Was the First Wife of the Late John Jacob Astor, Formerly Miss Willing --- BARON LOST SONS IN WAR --- Aristocratic Appearance Drew Compliment From King Edward---Lady Oxford Kin by Marriage --- Copyright...
22nd October 1925
TITANIC LEAVING BELFAST New York Herald TITANIC LEAVING BELFAST
16th April 1912
New York Times TITANIC TESTS HER SPEED
Then She Sails for Southampton to Prepare for Maiden Voyage by Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times LONDON, April 2.—The White Star liner Titanic, which has just been completed by Ha...
3rd April 1912
Washington Times SMITH VOUCHED FOR BRAVERY OF CREW
Told Shipbuilder His Men Would Die Like Those on Birkenhead --- LONDON, April 22---Manager Director Kemster, of the shipbuilding firm which constructed the Titanic, while speaking to a meeting at Belfast today, said that just before the...
22nd April 1912
CENTENARY OF RMS OLYMPIC'S LAUNCH Belfast Titanic Society CENTENARY OF RMS OLYMPIC'S LAUNCH
BELFAST TITANIC SOCIETY COMMEMORATES CENTENARY OF RMS OLYMPIC’S LAUNCH The Belfast Titanic Society will mark 100 years since the launch of Titanic’s sister ship, RMS Olympic with a short ceremony on ...
14th October 2010
Newark Star ELIZABETH GIVES AID TO TITANIC WRECK VICTIMS
ELIZABETH, April 24---Mayor Stein has so far collected $72 for the relief of the sufferers of the Titanic disaster. He is receiving contributions as a member of the committee of nine Mayors appointed by Governor Wilson. Hawthorne Lodge...
25th April 1912
JOHN QUINN: A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY   JOHN QUINN: A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
John Quinn was born in Belfast on 3rd March 1876 the son of a shoemaker, he was one of ...
The Times THE TITANIC'S WIRELESS OPERATORS
It has been decided to erect a memorial fountain at Godalming in memory of Mr Jack Phillips, the senior wireless operator on board the Titanic, who was a native of the town. The Mayor (Alderman E Bridger) has received letters from all par...
20th May 1912
The Shipwrecked Mariner Quarterly Maritime Magazine (1882) SHIPBUILDING IN IRELAND
SHIPBUILDING IN IRELAND.-Whatever may be said of other branches of Irish industry, its shipbuilding may, it would appear, compare not unfavourably with that of any other part of the kingdom. The Clyde claims pre-eminence, but Mes...
CAPTAIN LORD'S CHART COMPASS   CAPTAIN LORD'S CHART COMPASS
OLYMPIC ENTERING THOMPSON GRAVING DOCK The Sphere OLYMPIC ENTERING THOMPSON GRAVING DOCK
Takes 23,000,000 gallons to fill...
30th September 1911
New York Times LORD MERSEY DIES IN HIS 90TH YEAR
Regarded as the Grand Old Man of the English Legal Profession --- HEADED SHIPPING INQUIRIES --- Presided at Investigation into the Lusitania, Titanic and Other Disasters --- Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES...
4th September 1929
The New York Times OLYMPIC CUTS HER OWN TIME
Five Days, 13 Hours, 20 Minutes from Daunt's Rock to the Lightship --- The new White Star liner Olympic, which arrived in Quarantine last night and anchored, has made even better time on her second voyage th...
19th July 1911
Surrey Advertiser and County Times TWO WITLEY VICTIMS
Widows sad experience Among those who were serving on board the ill-fated vessel was Mrs. Lucy Violet Snape, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Leonard, of Well Lane, Sandhills, Witley, who was employed as a second class stewardess. At the ti...
20th April 1912
Chicago Daily News LINER OLYMPIC HITS A WRECK
Ship Due at Southampton on Its Way To Belfast for Repairs. Belfast, Ireland, Feb. 27---The White Star liner Olympic, which left New York on Wednesday and was due in Southampton today, stru...
27th February 1912
Torquay Directory THE COUNTESS OF ROTHES
The Countess of Rothes, who, as reported in last week’s Directory, was saved, was on her way to the States to meet her husband, who is a son of Mrs. Leslie Leslie, of Paignton, Devon. Before marriage Lady Rothes was Miss Edwardes, only child of Mr. ...
24th April 1912
New York Times VENICE EXHIBITION OPENED
Duke of Genoa Represents the King---J. P. Morgan Present --- VENICE, April 23---The International Art Exhibition was solemnly inaugurated to-day by the Duke of Genoa in the name of King Victor Emmanuel.  J. P. Mo...
24th April 1912
Nottingham Daily Express DERBYSHIRE VICTIM
Among the missing is George Henry Hickley, a Derby man, who was a steward on board the ill-fated liner. He was well known in the Rowditch district of the town, as he often visited his sister, Mrs. Knowles, wife of Mr. Knowles, of the Lonsdate Dairy,...
22nd April 1912
Unidentified Encyclopædia JOHN HARPER
Aguilla Webb
[Extract] John Harper, the newly called pastor of Moody Church in the early 1900's, manifested his Christian character in the sinking of the Titanic. Dr. W. B. Riley related the death of Harper. "We have the history of John Harper's en...
The Times FILM "ATLANTIC" - ACTRESS INJURED IN RECREATION OF "TITANIC" SCENES
Court of Appeal Actress's claim under Workmen's Compensation Act Armour v. British International Pictures Ltd. (Before the Master of the Rolls, Lord Justice Slesser and Lord Justice...
30th July 1930
TITANIC SCHOOLS PROJECT   TITANIC SCHOOLS PROJECT
Terry Madill conducts a schools visit to the Titanic Quarter, Belfast, helping to educate young people about what life was like for those who worked on the building of the Titanic, the world's most famous ocean going liner...
30th August 2011
MEMORIAL TO THE LEFEBVRE FAMILY IN LIEVIN, FRANCE   MEMORIAL TO THE LEFEBVRE FAMILY IN LIEVIN, FRANCE
Memorial erected by the Association Francaise du Titanic...
30th March 2002
Cumberland News LOCAL VICTIMS OF THE DISASTER
Carlisle and Border men among the Crew Mr. Joseph Bell left the district when a youth to serve his apprenticeship as an engineer at the works of Mr. Robert Stephenson, on Tyneside, which were founded by the famous engineer of that name who inv...
20th April 1912
The Times NEW KNIGHT OF ST. PATRICK
The King has been pleased to confer the honour of Knight of the Order of St. Patrick upon Lord Pirrie in the room of the Earl of Rosse, deceased....
9th October 1908
CAPTAIN LORD IN SUMMER WHITES ABOARD A LEYLAND LINER   CAPTAIN LORD IN SUMMER WHITES ABOARD A LEYLAND LINER
CLEAN-SHAVEN MCQUILLAN, THE MYSTERY BLADE-DONOR?   CLEAN-SHAVEN MCQUILLAN, THE MYSTERY BLADE-DONOR?
Senan Molony
(William McQuillan, from a family photo)...
Worcester Telegram BODY OF CHARLES ASPLUND, TITANIC VICTIM, WILL BE BURIED IN WORCESTER, WITHOUT EXPENSE TO SURVIVING FAMILY
Subscription papers will be circulated, today and next week in the Slater building, State Mutual building and courthouse, in an effort to raise money for Mrs. Charles Asplund and family left in strained circumstances owing to the loss of Mr. Asplund ...
27th April 1912
The Washington Post BLAME FOR TITANIC HORROR
President of British Board of Trade Arraigned in Commons He Retorts That Parliament is Equally at Fault for Failure to Enforce Steamship Regulations London May 21 – The attack on Sydney Buxton, president of the...
22nd May 1912
CAPTAIN SMITH WITH LORD PIRRIE OF HARLAND AND WOLFF   CAPTAIN SMITH WITH LORD PIRRIE OF HARLAND AND WOLFF
1912
  TITANIC LEAVES BELFAST FOR SOUTHAMPTON
Titanic departs commanded by Captain Bartlett, later to command the Britannic on her final voyage....
2nd April 1912
DOWNSHIRE HOUSE   DOWNSHIRE HOUSE
This is the house where in the summer of 1907, the Olympic & Titanic were conceived by Lord William Pirrie and J. Bruce Ismay....
CAPTAIN LORD AND OFFICERS OF THE ANGLO-SAXON   CAPTAIN LORD AND OFFICERS OF THE ANGLO-SAXON
The Times FUNERAL OF THE TITANIC'S BANDMASTER
The funeral of Mr Wallace Hartley, the bandmaster of the Titanic, took place on Saturday at Colne Cemetery. Thousands of visitors from all parts of the surrounding country were present. The funeral was attended by the Mayor and members of...
20th May 1912
F. BEST - RELIEF FUND POSTER   F. BEST - RELIEF FUND POSTER
Titanic disaster poster from Frederick Best and Sons, a fish business, at 33 Millbank Street, Northam, Southampton. it states, in full: "TITANIC" DISASTER. F. BEST BEGS TO CALL THE ATTENTION OF HIS MANY PATRONS AND OTHERS, THAT A...
27th April 1912
  FAMILY GRAVE
Also Edward James William son of the above aged 38 years Also Edward Henry Bagley Nephew of the above Who Lost Their Lives in the Titanic Disaster April 15th 1912 Out of the Deep I Call To Thee ...
BUILDING THE TITANIC   BUILDING THE TITANIC
This original picture shows the Titanic under construction in Belfast, certainly in late 1911. Note that three funnels are not yet painted, there is a scaffolding around the fourth funnel....
1911
Brooklyn Daily Times ALBERT A. STEWART ONE OF THE LOST ISLANDERS
Albert A. Stewart, who formerly made his home at St. James, L. I., is supposed to have gone down with the ship. He was in St. James last summer and was counted as a friend of Mayor Gaynor---near whose home he resided. Mr. Stewart was formerly conne...
17th April 1912
Dictionary of National Biography (1901) ISMAY, THOMAS HENRY
Prof. Sir John Knox Laughton, Litt.D.
ISMAY, THOMAS HENRY (1837-1899), shipowner, eldest son of Joseph Ismay, of Marypoint, [sic; should be "Maryport], Cumberland, was born there on 7 Jan. 1837. At the age of sixteen he was apprenticed to a firm of shipbrokers (...
New York Times TITANIC LOOKOUT IS DEAD BY HANGING AFTER WIFE'S DEATH
SOUTHAMPTON, England, Jan. 11 (Reuters)--- Authorities today ordered an inquest into the death of Fred Fleet, a lookout on the liner Titanic, who hanged himself yesterday two weeks after his wife's death. The body of Mr. Fleet, who was 76 years o...
12th January 1965
Worcester Telegram FROM POPE AND KING
Article...
18th April 1912
New York Times CHANGE IN COMMODORES
Capt. Haddock to Head White Star Line at Increased Pay --- Capt. E. J. Smith, R. N. R., the Commodore of the White Star Line, who is to command the new mammoth liner Olympic, will retire at the end of the present year, it is understoo...
6th June 1911
Evening World TWO SURVIVORS CALL ON MAYOR TO ASK RELIEF
Steerage Passenger and Sailor Referred to Red Cross Managers of Fund Two survivors of the Titanic called on Mayor Gaynor to-day. One is a sailor who was assigned to help man a lifeboat, the other a steerage passenger who, wearing a li...
22nd April 1912
THOMAS ANDREWS - TITANIC DESIGNER Titanic Stories THOMAS ANDREWS - TITANIC DESIGNER
Titanic Stories
The undoubted hero of the story of the titanic is Thomas Andrews, chief naval architect, managing director of the design department at Harland and Wolff and the leader of the Guarantee Group. ...
1st August 2011
The Times JOHN CHARLES BIGHAM MADE QUEEN'S BENCH JUDGE
Mr. Bigham, Q.C., the newly-appointed Judge of the Queen's Bench Division in succession to the late Mr. Justice Cave, will take the oaths and be sworn in before the Lord Chancellor in his private room at the H...
18th October 1897
New York Times SOUTHAMPTON EN FETE
Arrival of Adriatic Inaugurates the New White Star Service --- SOUTHAMPTON, May 30---The City of Southampton was in holiday attire to-day in honor of the arrival here of the White Star liner Adriatic, f...
31st May 1907
  GENERAL INFORMATION
Charles John Joughin, Titanic's chief baker was born in Patten Street, West Float, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, on August 3, 1878, went to sea at age 11, later becoming chief baker on various White Star Line steamships. After surviving ...
The Times ANNOUNCEMENT: DEATH OF LORD MERSEY
We announce with much regret that VISCOUNT MERSEY died suddenly yesterday at his country house at Littlehampton, at the age of 89. Though latterly he had become physically feeble, his mental activity showed no sign of impairment. He had a long care...
4th October 1929
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