Lady Duff Gordon's story on the Titanic?

Answer 1

Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon's account was that there were no women or children waiting to board the lifeboat (Lifeboat 1), so when he asked First Officer William Murdoch if they can get in, Murdoch supposedly offered him, his wife, and secretary a spot. There was also the issue of the him paying the men on the boat 5 pounds each. He explained it was because the men had lost everything to the sinking, so as a form of gratitude, he was paying each of them once they were rescued. The accusation was that he bribed them to keep his party safe and not rescue any people in the water. In the inquiry after the disaster, they concluded that if the lifeboat had gone to the people in the water, they could have rescued some of them. But they also concluded that there's not enough evidence to show Duff-Gordon bribed the men into rowing away from the drowning victims.

Answer 2

Lucile "Lady Duff" and Sir Cosmo Duff Gordon boarded the Titanic under assumed names ("Mr. and Mrs. Morgan), so that they would avoid publicity when they arrived in New York. When the sinking took place, the couple managed to get on a lifeboat. Questions were raised when it was revealed that only 12 people were on board the lifeboat; it was designed to hold 40. Because the crew on the lifeboat lost everything they own, Sir Cosmo offered them money to support them until they found new jobs. It was alleged, however that they were bribed so that they wouldn't go back to the sinking to attempt to pick up survivors in the water. Those allegations were never proven.

Answer 3

Her and her husband were traveling incognito (as the "Morgans") but slept in different cabins.