“to see how [the ship] works, and with the idea of seeing how we could improve on her for the next ship which we are building.”
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J. Bruce Ismay
Joseph Bruce Ismay was an English businessman and shipowner who was the chairman and managing director of the White Star Line, and President of the International Mercantile Marine Company until his retirement in 1913.
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business · English businessman (1862–1937) · ship-owner · entrepreneur · businessperson · also J. Bruce Ismay, Joseph Bruce Ismay, Ismay
Born 12 December 1862 · Died 17 October 1937 · Q347381
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2026· 3 entries
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1937· 1 entry
Died 1937-10-17.
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1936· 1 entry
Less than a year before Ismay's death, one of his grandsons by his daughter Evelyn, who had learned Ismay had been involved in maritime shipping, enquired if his grandfather had ever been shipwrecked
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1927· 1 entry
George Bruce Ismay (6 June 1902 – 30 April 1943), who married Florence Victoria Edrington in 1926
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1919· 1 entry
Gave £25,000 (approximately equivalent to £1
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1912· 1 entry
Henry Bruce Ismay (3 April 1891 – 1 October 1891)
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1907· 1 entry
Ismay met Lord Pirrie of the Harland & Wolff shipyard to discuss White Star's answer to the RMS Lusitania and RMS Mauretania, the recently unveiled marvels of their chief competitor, Cunard Line
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1904· 1 entry
Became one of the founders of the International Mercantile Marine Company, a maritime trust financed by J
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1902· 1 entry
Ismay oversaw the sale of the White Star Line to J
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1901· 1 entry
Was approached by Americans who wished to build an international shipping conglomerate – to be known as the International Mercantile Marine Company – to which Ismay agreed to sell his firm
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1899· 1 entry
Thomas Ismay died, and Bruce Ismay became head of the family business
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1891· 1 entry
Ismay returned with his family to the United Kingdom and became a partner in his father's firm, Ismay, Imrie and Company
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1862· 1 entry
Born 1862-12-12.
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