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(Excerpt of an excerpt in my reply -- Jean Young)
http://www.titanichistoricalsociety.org/articles/ismay.asp
ISMAY AND THE TITANIC
by Paul Louden-Brown
Excerpted from "The White Star Line; An Illustrated History 1869-1934"
....J. Bruce Ismay's life, post-Titanic,has always been shrouded in mystery, most writers stating that he left public life in disgrace and lived the rest of his life as a recluse on his estate in Ireland. Nothing could be further from the truth. Ismay was certainly a private person, yet from the date of his early retirement from IMMC, virtually to the day he died, he was involved with the chairman and directorships of several important companies in Liverpool and London. Surprisingly one of these companies dealt with the huge number of insurance claims resulting from the disaster, Ismay reliving the disaster at virtually every meeting of the directors. The Liverpool & London Steamship Protection & Indemnity Association Limited had been set up in 1881 by his late father and some of his business friends as a private insurance company or "club" for shipowners; one of the Liverpool & London's largest and most important customers was White Star. Hundreds of thousands of pounds were paid out in insurance claims to the relatives of the Titanic's victims; the misery created by the disaster and its aftermath dealt with by Ismay and his directors with great fortitude, this, despite the fact that he could easily have shirked his responsibilities and resigned from the board. He stuck with the difficult task and during his twenty-five year chairmanship hardly a page of the company's minutes does not contain some mention of the Titanic disaster. J. Bruce Ismay's coat of arms carried the motto "Be Mindful," which in light of the Titanic appears horribly ironic, but one he attempted to live up to throughout the rest of his life.
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