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  2. Early life. Ismay was born in Crosby, Lancashire. He was the son of Thomas Henry Ismay (7 January 1837 – 23 November 1899) and Margaret Bruce (13 April 1837 – 9 April 1907), daughter of ship-owner Luke Bruce. [2] Thomas Ismay was the senior partner in Ismay, Imrie and Company and the founder of the White Star Line. [a] [4]

  3. Sep 1, 1996 · Titanic. Survivors. Mr Joseph Bruce Ismay. Joseph Bruce Ismay. Mr. Joseph Bruce Ismay was born at Crosby, near Liverpool on 12 December 1862. He was the eldest son of Thomas Henry Ismay and Margaret Bruce (daughter of Luke Bruce). Thomas Ismay was senior partner in the firm of Ismay, Imrie and company and founder of the White Star Line.

    • Male
    • English
    • Liverpool, Lancashire, England
    • Shipowner
    • J. Bruce Ismay inherited his father’s job. Ismay rose to one of the most powerful positions in transatlantic travel thanks to his father, who purchased a bankrupt White Star Line in 1868 and built it into the boating behemoth it became by the end of the century.
    • He and his brother married sisters. In 1888, Ismay married into a wealthy and prestigious New York family when he took Florence Schieffelin as his wife.
    • Ismay was mistakenly thought to have insulted members of the U.S. Congress. In 1889, Ismay was caught up in a media scandal following the (otherwise successful) maiden voyage of another White Star liner, the Teutonic.
    • Ismay didn’t reduce the number of Titanic’s lifeboats, but he did care about the ship’s appearance. An oft-repeated story meant to illustrate the vanity and villainy of J. Bruce Ismay suggests that, against the wishes of the ship’s architect, he reduced the number of lifeboats Titanic carried because it made the deck appear too cluttered.
  4. May 5, 2024 · October 17, 1937, London (aged 74) J. Bruce Ismay (born December 12, 1862, Crosby, near Liverpool, England—died October 17, 1937, London) was a British businessman who was chairman of the White Star Line and who survived the sinking of the company’s ship Titanic in 1912.

  5. Sagittarius Entrepreneurs. Childhood & Early Life. Joseph Bruce Ismay was born on December 12, 1862, in Crosby, Lancashire. He was the eldest son of Thomas Henry Ismay, owner and founder of the 'White Star Line,' and Margaret Bruce, daughter of ship-owner Luke Bruce. He attended the 'Elstree School' and ‘Harrow.’.

  6. Ismay, Joseph Bruce ( 18621937 ), shipowner, was born at Enfield House, Great Crosby, near Liverpool, on 12 December 1862, the eldest son in a family of nine children of Thomas Henry Ismay (1837–1899), shipowner and founder of the White Star Line, and his wife, Margaret (1838–1907), daughter of Luke Bruce. He was educated at a local ...

  7. Jan 22, 2021 · Bruce Ismay – Hero or Villain. Chairman of the White Star Line, J. Bruce Ismay survived the sinking of the company’s ship Titanic in 1912. He became one of the most hated men in America, deemed to be responsible for giving the ship just 20 lifeboats…. It can be argued that no single event in history has sparked more worldwide fascination ...

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