Mr Alexander Taylor jr Compton

 

Mr Alexander Taylor Compton, Jr. was born on 16 August 1874.

He boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg as a first class passenger together with his mother Mary and sister Sara. Alexander occupied cabin E-52.

A bachelor, Mr Compton and his family traveled extensively and owned various hotels in New Hampshire, Louisiana, and maintained a summer residence at the Laurel House in Lakewood, New Jersey.

When the Titanic was sinking Compton calmly reassured his mother and sister that he would follow them in another lifeboat. Mrs Compton desired to remain with her son rather than leave him. "Don't be foolish, mother. You and sister go ahead. I'll look out for myself."

Alexander Compton did not survive the sinking. His body, if recovered, was never identified.

He was memorialized on the family monument in Newark, New Jersey.

 
Courtesy of Michael A. Findlay, USA

References and Sources

Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York; NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279])

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Michael A. Findlay, USA
Craig Stringer, UK
Geoff Whitfield, UK

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Summary
Born: Sunday 16th August 1874
Age: 37 years
Last Residence: in Lakewood New Jersey United States
1st Class passenger
First Embarked: Cherbourg on Wednesday 10th April 1912
Ticket No. 17756 , £83 3s 2d
Cabin No. E52
Died in the sinking.
Body Not Recovered

Travelling Companions (on same ticket)
Mrs Mary Eliza Compton
Miss Sara Rebecca Compton

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