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The passengers of the RMS ''Titanic'' were among the estimated 2,344 people who sailed on the maiden voyage of the second of the White Star Line's ''Olympic'' class ocean sea liners, from Southampton to New York City.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Titanic Passengers and Crew Listings )〕 Halfway through the voyage, the ship struck an iceberg and sank in the early morning of 15 April 1912, resulting in the deaths of over 1,500 people,〔Lord, Walter (1976). A Night to Remember. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-004757-8. p197〕 including approximately 703 of the passengers. The ''Titanics passengers were divided into three separate classes, determined not only by the price of their ticket but by wealth and social class: those travelling in first class, the wealthiest passengers on board, were prominent members of the upper class and included businessmen, politicians, high-ranking military personnel, industrialists, bankers and professional athletes. Second class passengers were middle class travellers and included professors, authors, clergymen and tourists. Third class or steerage passengers were primarily immigrants moving to the United States and Canada. ==Passengers== The ''Titanics first class passenger list was a "who's who" of the rich and prominent of the upper class in 1912. A single person berth in first class cost between £30, the equivalent of £ today, and up to £870 (£71,778 today) for a parlour suite and small private promenade deck.〔(The List: 20 facts about the Titanic - Washington Times )〕〔Metelko, Karl, "()." ''Web Titanic – Titanic's Maiden Voyage'', 2001.〕 First class passengers enjoyed a number of amenities including a gymnasium, a squash court, a salt water swimming pool, electric and Turkish baths, a barbershop, kennels for first class dogs, elevators, and both open and enclosed promenades.〔''Life ''on Board'' "()." ''BBC Southampton'', August 2002.〕 First class passengers also traveled accompanied by personal staff—valets, maids, nurses and governesses for the children, chauffeurs and cooks. Members of the British aristocracy made the trip: The Countess of Rothes, wife of the 19th Earl of Rothes, embarked at Southampton with her parents, Thomas and Clementina Dyer-Edwardes, and cousin Gladys Cherry. Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet of Halkin, and his wife, Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon were on board as well. Sir Cosmo was a wealthy Scottish landowner and Olympic fencing medalist, while Lady Duff-Gordon, known professionally as Lucile, was a leading fashion designer who served a wealthy and exclusive clientele including the British Royal Family. Colonel Archibald Gracie IV, a real estate investor, member of the wealthy Scottish-American Gracie family, embarked at Southampton. The Cavendishes of London were among other prominent British couples on board as well. Lord Pirrie, chairman of Harland and Wolff intended to travel aboard the ''Titanic'', but illness prevented him from joining the ill-fated voyage; however White Star Line's Managing Director J. Bruce Ismay and the ship's Harland and Wolff designer, Thomas Andrews, were both on board to oversee the ship's progress on her maiden voyage. Some of the most prominent members of the American social elite made the trip: real estate builder, businessman, and multimillionaire Colonel John Jacob Astor IV and his 18-year-old pregnant wife Madeleine were returning to the United States for their child's birth. Astor was the wealthiest passenger aboard the ship and one of the richest men in the world; his great-grandfather John Jacob Astor was the first multimillionaire in America. Among others were industrialist magnate and millionaire Benjamin Guggenheim; Macy's department store owner and member of the United States House of Representatives, Isidor Straus and his wife Ida; George Dennick Wick, founder and president of Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company; millionaire streetcar magnate George Dunton Widener; vice president of Pennsylvania Railroad, John Thayer and his wife Marian; Charles Hays, president of Canada's Grand Trunk Railway; William Ernest Carter and his wife, American social elite Lucile Carter; millionaire, philanthropist and women's rights activist Margaret Brown; tennis star and banker Karl Behr; famous American silent film actress Dorothy Gibson; prominent Buffalo architect Edward Austin Kent; and President William Howard Taft's military aide, Major Archibald Butt, who was returning to resume his duties after a six-week trip to Europe. Swedish first class passenger and businessman Mauritz Håkan Björnström-Steffansson, owned the most highly valued single object on board; a masterpiece of French neoclassical painting entitled ''La Circassienne au Bain'', for which he would later claim $100,000 in compensation ($2.4 million equivalent in 2014).〔New York Times, Thursday January 16th, 1913, ''Titanic Survivors Asking $6,000,000''.〕 White Star financier J. P. Morgan and Milton S. Hershey, founder of Hershey's chocolate,〔Hinkle, Marla, "(Behind The Chocolate Curtain )." ''The Morning News'', 8 February 2004.〕 made plans to sail aboard the ship's maiden voyage but cancelled at the last minute. '' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Passengers of the RMS Titanic」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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