i met the relative of sir duff gordon in belfast and he said to me that he was a baronet,which means that he has had his knighthood passed down this was because one of the duff gordons got the title as a soldier in what i can remember of the converstion was in the crimea way.however this seems to me he told me this probably to distance himself from the duff gordon on the Titanic,and the controversial story of bribery,i found the present duff gordon a nice man,and we had a pleasant conversation,my granfather travelling 3rd class never even got the chance to get in the lifeboat and was last seen holding a child in his arms before the titanic sank,his name was Andrew John Shannon from co cork he was lionel leonard on the titanic having changed his name but is in the dorset paper as shannon,and a victim,i named the shannon ujlster titanic society after him it is the only titanic society named after a victim and has been going for 15 years