Sir Cosmo Duff Gordon: Bartitsu Club Member and Titanic Survivor
Originally published on the Bartitsu.org site on Friday, 13th April 2012
Sir Cosmo Duff Gordon (22 July 1862 – 20 April 1931) was a prominent Scottish landowner and athlete who is today best known as a survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic in the North Atlantic Sea on April 15, 1912.
A keen fencer, Duff Gordon was also a member of the Bath Club, a London Club that featured an indoor swimming pool (a great novelty in the late 1800s) and counted many athletes among its members. He may well have witnessed Bartitsu founder E.W. Barton-Wright’s demonstration there in 1899.
Duff Gordon’s colleague William Grenfell, the first Baron Desborough, was at that time the president of the Bath Club and likewise went on to become associated with Bartitsu, accepting the presidency of the Bartitsu Club.
In Bartitsu Club instructor Armand Cherpillod’s memoir La vie d’un champion: Cours de culture physique et de jiu-jitsu (1933), Cherpillod recalled a compliment paid to him by Duff
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Sir Cosmo Edmund Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet, DL (22 July 1862 – 20 April 1931) was a prominent Englishman who owned land in Scotland and sportsman, best known for the controversy surrounding his escape from the sinking of the RMS Titanic.
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Sir Cosmo Edmund Duff-Gordon (22. července 1862 Londýn – 20. dubna 1931 Kensigton) patřil mezi pasažéry lodi Titanic, kteří v roce 1912 přežili její ztroskotání. (cs)
Sir Cosmo Edmund Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet, DL (22 July 1862 – 20 April 1931) was a prominent Englishman who owned land in Scotland and sportsman, best known for the controversy surrounding his escape from the sinking of the RMS Titanic. (en)
Cosmo Edmund Duff-Gordon, 5.º baronet, DL (22 de julio de 1862-20 de abril de 1931), fue un terrateniente y deportista escocés, conocido por la polémica que suscitó su aparente conducta en el naufragio del RMS Titanic. (es)
Sir Cosmo Edmund Duff-Gordon, 5. Baronet (* 22. Juli 1862 in London; † 20. April 1931 in South Kensington) war ein britischer Sportfechter und Großgrundbesitzer, der be •
Cosmo Duff-Gordon
Scottish landowner and sportsman (1862–1931)
Sir
Cosmo Duff-Gordon
Bart.
Duff-Gordon in 1896
Born
(1862-07-22)22 July 1862
London, England
Died
20 April 1931(1931-04-20) (aged 68)
South Kensington, London
Occupation(s)
Fencer, Landowner
Known for
Survivor of the RMS Titanic disaster Olympic silver medalist
Spouse
Lucy Duff-Gordon
Parent(s)
Cosmo Lewis Duff Gordon Anna Maria Antrobus
Sir Cosmo Edmund Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet, DL (22 July 1862 – 20 April 1931) was a prominent Englishman and sportsman who owned land in Scotland, best known for the controversy surrounding his escape from the sinking of the RMS Titanic.
Early life
The son of Cosmo Lewis Duff-Gordon and the former Anna Maria Antrobus, Cosmo Duff-Gordon became the 5th Baronet of Halkin in 1896, his title stemming from a Royal licence conferred on his great-granduncle in 1813 in recognition of his aid to the Crown during the Peninsular War. In 1772 his family had founded the Duff-Gordon sherry bodega in Spain, which still pr