Lucy Noël Martha, Countess of Rothes (née Dyer-Edwards)
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| Name: Lucy Noël Martha, Countess of Rothes
(née Dyer-Edwards) Born: Wednesday 25th December 1878 Age: 33 years Last Residence: in London London England Occupation: Of Independent Means 1st Class passenger First Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912 Ticket No. 110152 , £86 10s Cabin No.: B77 Rescued (boat 8) Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912 Died: Wednesday 12th September 1956 Cause of Death: Heart Failure / Disease |
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The Countess of Rothes (Lucy Noël Martha Dyer-Edwards), was born in Kensington, London on 25 December 1878. She married Norman Evelyn Leslie (19th Earl of Rothes) in Kensington on 19 April 1900. In 1902 their son Malcolm was born, followed in 1909 by a second son, John.
The Countess boarded the Titanic at Southampton with her cousin Gladys Cherry and her maid Roberta Maioni. She was travelling to Vancouver, BC, Canada. She and Miss Cherry occupied cabin B-77.
The countess, her cousin and maid were rescued in lifeboat 8, she was later put to the tiller. As able seaman Thomas Jones put it "She had a lot to say, so I put her to steering the boat". This was not meant as a sarcastic remark, Jones seemed to admire the Countess very much and later presented her with the brass number plate from the boat, in later years they maintained a correspondence.
The Earl of Rothes died in March 1927, the total value of his Will being £2,000. On 22 December 1927 she married Colonel Claude Macfie DSO in Chelsea, London. Lucy died in Hove, Sussex on 12 September 1956, aged 77.
Travelling Companions (on same ticket)
Miss Gladys Cherry
Miss Roberta Elizabeth Mary Maioni
Travelling Companions
Mr Thomas Dyer-Edwardes Father
Mrs Clementina Georgina Lucy Dyer-Edwardes Mother
References and Sources
General Register Office Certificate
of Death
Denver Times, 15 April 1912
Daily Graphic (London), 20
April 1912
New York Herald, 22 April
1912
Unknown Newpapers, 1912
Articles
Judith Geller (1998) Titanic: Women and Children First. Haynes. ISBN
1 85260 594 4
Who''s Who
Debretts
Credits
Julian Duffus, UK
Phillip Gowan, USA
Related Articles and Documents
| JONES ADMIRATION FOR COUNTESS OF ROTHES | ||
| PORTRAIT OF COUNTESS OF ROTHES | ||
| WATCH GIVEN BY COUNTESS OF ROTHES TO AB THOMAS JONES | ||
| WATCH GIVEN BY COUNTESS OF ROTHES TO HER HUSBAND AS WEDDING GIFT | ||
| PRONUNCIATION OF "ROTHES" | ||
| New York Times (1912) | LORD ROTHES AWAITS WIFE | |
| New York Times (1912) | THE COUNTESS OF ROTHES | |
| Excelsior (1912) | PORTRAITS OF FAMOUS TITANIC PASSENGERS | |
| Worcester Evening Gazette (1912) | BRAVE COUNTESS TAKES CHARGE OF LIFEBOAT | |
| Daily Graphic (1912) | SOME OF THE SAVED | |
| Totnes Times & Devon News (1912) | THE LOCAL PASSENGERS | |
| New York Times (1912) | WOMEN REVEALED AS HEROINES BY WRECK | |
| New York Herald (1912) | TITANIC : THE COUNTESS OF ROTHES AND THE PHANTOM LIGHT | |
| New York Times (1912) | COUNTESS OF ROTHES | |
| New York Times (1912) | ANCESTOR OF ROTHES SAVED A PRINCESS | |
| Torquay Directory (1912) | THE COUNTESS OF ROTHES | |
| New York Times (1912) | SOCIETY NOTES FROM ABROAD | |
| (1923) | NOELLE, COUNTESS OF ROTHES (PORTRAIT BY MONRO MACKIE) | |
| Titanic Research (2006) | A MATTER OF COURSE |
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WATCH GIVEN BY COUNTESS OF ROTHES TO HER HUSBAND AS WEDDING GIFTWATCH GIVEN BY COUNTESS OF ROTHES TO AB THOMAS JONES
PORTRAIT OF COUNTESS OF ROTHES
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