archibald butt

Where dit Francis Millet board the Titanic? It is not quite clear. Some lists say Southampton, together with Butt. Others say Cherbourg. Also on Encyclopedia it is not clear. Ont he page of Millet; "He boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg as a first class passenger (ticket number 13509, £26 11s) He...

The famous ocean liner Titanic sunk 110 years ago this week. Native Augustan and presidential aide Archibald "Archie" Butt, 46, was aboard. Witnesses said he died nobly as the ship sank, insisting women and children get the lifeboat seats...

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I have read that Major Archibald Butt and the artist Francis Millet lived together in Washington a lot of the time. I know that Millet had a wife in some other place but did his co-habitation with Butt mean they had more than a friendly relationship?

https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/major-butts-suit-wonder.html

https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-victim/archibald-butt.html

The film "SOS Titanic" depicts Butt in uniform the entire time of the voyage. Perhaps so viewers could easily distinguish him at the card table in the first class smoking room. Having just read the posted newspaper account of his natty suit the day he left America in March 1912, I cannot help...

Physical Description of President Taft's Aide MAjor A. Butt-are there any that exist that match the Unknowns found later?

In many places it is written that Millet lived with Archibald Butt and another man named (I believe) Blanton Winship, c. 1910-11. Accounts of this have given me the impression that all three were bachelors at the time. However, I know that in 1879 or so, Millet married Elizabeth Merrill and had...

Hi, all! (and Doug Willingham, please take note.) :-) I've just received a brand new book which, although not a Titanic book, is nevertheless a volume that serious passenger researchers will want to take a look at. The book was written by my friend Michael Bromley and is titled "William...

All, Major Archibald Willingham Butt, military attache and personal advisor to Presidents Roosevelt and Taft, was one of the most widely beloved men of his day. Noted for his matchless wit and charm, this affable friend and confidante to the leaders of his nation, played perhaps the most...

Hello. After scanning the archives on this board for awhile, I'm still looking for others who might be as focused on Archie Butt as myself. Although his life and times are better documented than most of his contemporaries on the "Titanic", he nevertheless remains a question mark to me on...

Just wanted to note something hear and to ask a question. Firstly, I have been looking through our copy of Theodore Rex (the new book, you know, just published!) by Edmund Morris, which is the second book in a trilogy on TR. In it, the Titanic (and Major Archie Butt) fan will find a great...

Hi, all! In 1908 in Washington D.C. Frank Millet painted a portrait of his friend Archie Butt. Does anyone happen to know if this portrait still exists and, if so, where it is presently located? Major Butt's friend Frank McCoy recorded a few humorous comments regarding the above portrait...

I came across this article while researching something else, and thought it might be of interest. It's from The New York Times, 3 March 1912. MAJOR BUTT'S SUIT A WONDER ---------- Sails Away in it for Rome, the Envy of the Ship ---------- Major Archibald Butt, military aid (sic) to...

FATE OF MAJOR BUTT AND OTHERS SPREADS GLOOM OVER WASHINGTON ...Chevy Chase Hunt Ball and All Society Gayeties Abandoned Out of Respect to President's Aid and Mr. Clarence Moore... _________________________________________________ PRESIDENT INQUIRES FOR MAJOR BUTT...

Phil the Magnificent, This is way marvellous! What a fascinating story! I wonder how many other juicy stories you know but are saving in those now legendary "folders?" What a wild thing for this old woman to allege. Or is it? I remember reading during my research little snippets re: Butt...