RMS Mauretania Passenger List - 14 October 1947
Front Cover of a First Class Passenger List from the RMS Mauretania of the Cunard Line, Departing 14 October 1947 from Southampton to New York Via Cherbourg, Commanded by Captain R. B. G. Woollatt, RD, RNR. GGA Image ID # 170afa375c. The Blue Cover Has a Gray Center Strip and a “Bookbinding” Center Section.
Senior Officers and Staff
- Commander: Captain R. B. G. Woollatt, R.D., R.N.R.
- Staff-Captain: J. Quayle, R.D., R.N.R.
- Chief Engineer: G. Patterson
- Surgeon: Steven George, M.B., CH. B.
- Chief Steward: W. Wilson
- Chief Officer: J. D. Armstrong, D.S.C., R.D., R.N.R.
- Purser: R. Wadeson
- Staff Purser: F. Pritchard
First Class Passengers
- Miss Aarom
- Mr. Rodney Acland
- Mr. P. R. Adams
- Mrs. Adams
- Mrs. Susan Adams
- Mr. Jules Albright
- Hon. H. E. Allan, O.B.E.. P.C., M.L.C.
- Mrs. Allan
- Mr. Joseph Alpert
- Mr. W. L. Alston
- Mrs. Alston
- Mrs. B. Anderson
- Mr. J. C. P. Anderson
- Mrs. Anderson
- Miss Mary T. Anderson
- Mrs. Francis M. Anketell-Jones
- Mr. H. Attari
- Mr. O. C Bagwell
- Mrs. Elizabeth Bailey
- Miss Margaret Banes
- Miss Marjorie E. Barnett-Box
- Miss N. Barney
- Mr. P. N. Barton
- Mrs. D. Becker
- Miss R. Becker
- Miss A. Becker
- Mr. John R. Beers
- Mr. R. Bellville
- Mrs. Bellville
- Master Rupert Bellville
- Mr. Ludwig Bemelmans
- Mr. Eric A. Beran
- Mr. Rudolf G. Berchem
- Mrs. Mary Bilek
- Mr. T. R. Bird
- Mr. Pieter J. Boot
- Mr. L. Bourgeois
- Mrs. Bourgeois
- Miss L. Bourgeois
- Mrs. W. Bowman
- Mr. Brackenbury
- Mr. William Brassert
- Mrs. Anne Brazeau
- Miss A. Bremens
- Miss E. L. Bridge
- Mrs. R. Brooks-Goddard
- Mr. Leys Brown
- Mr. Jean Brugerolle
- Mr. Alfred Brunner
- Dr. Elizabeth Burchenal
- Mr. Burger Mrs. Burger
- Miss Dorothy G. Burns
- Mr. H. S. M. Burns
- Commander C. S. Bushe
- Mrs. Bushe
- Mrs. Angela Canciani
- Miss Emilia Canciani
- Mr. Wm. N. Cann
- Mrs. Cann
- Mr. J. Charles
- Mrs. Philip Chew
- Mr. A. Chiorrini
- Mrs. Chiorrini
- Miss R. M. Clara
- Mr. J. M. Clare
- Mr. Clark
- Mr. G. W. Clark
- Mr. Henry Clark
- Miss Margaret E. O. Clarke
- Mr. Ryburn G. Clay
- Mrs. Clay
- Mr. Clayton
- Mr. Frank Cohen
- Mrs. Cohen
- Mr. Hugo Cohen
- Mrs. Cohen
- Mr. Cohn
- Mr. David Cohn
- Mrs. Collins
- Mr. W. H. Cook
- Mrs. Cook
- Mr. A. Cooper
- Mr. Vivian D. Corbly
- Mr. F. N. Cowley
- Mr. F. M. Cowlishaw
- Mrs. Cowlishaw
- Mr. H. E. Craddock
- Mrs. Marie Croy
- Mr. C. H. Cull
- Mrs. P. T. Currier
- Mr. H. E. Darling
- Mr. Jo Davidson
- Mrs. Davidson
- Mr. M. C. Davidson
- Mr. Davis
- Mr. L. D. Davis
- Mrs. Davis
- Mr. Joseph De Baets
- Mr. Raoul Kuffner De Dioszegh
- Mrs. Dc Dioszegh
- Mr. Jean H. Defaucamberge
- Mrs. Defaucamberge
- Mr. B. Delany
- Mrs. Delany
- Mr. H. D. Demaulins
- Miss Demaulins
- Miss Demaulins
- Mr. Sigmund Diamant
- Mr. R. K. Dioszegh
- Mr. Dioszegh
- Dr. E. M. Dodds
- Dr. Edward B. Doll
- Mrs. Hilda Douglas
- Mr. C. P. Dowd
- Miss Annie Downey
- Mr. George E. Duckworth
- Mr. E. S. Dybenick
- Mr. S. I. East
- Mrs. Edith Edwards
- Mr. Frqak A. Eich
- Miss V. G. I. H. Eller
- Mr. A. C. Embrechts
- Mr. Erich Engel
- Mr. P. A. Espaillat
- Mr. Evans
- Mr. Adolphe Fischer
- Mr. Arthur Fisher
- Mrs. Fisher
- Miss Elsie A. Fisher
- W.-Cdr. H. W. Ford
- Mr. Emile Fouliard
- Mr. Theodore Frangos
- Mrs. Frangos
- Master Phillip Frangos
- Mr. Jessa Frank
- Mr. Frank
- Mr. M. Fribourg
- Mrs. C. Fuerstenberg
- Mr. P. M. Fuller
- Mr. Fuller
- Master D. .Dickson
- Miss A. Dickson
- Master C. Fuller
- Mr. Darron Fulton
- Mr. Fulton
- Miss Leslie Fulton
- Mr. H. Fulwood
- Mr. Laurence B. Gairn
- Mrs. Gairn
- Mr. Use Gasser
- Mr. J. F. Gates
- Mr. G. Gibson
- Mr. Gibson
- Mr. W. G. Godsell
- Mr. Rodrigo Gomez
- Mr. Goodley
- Mr. S. G. Gorrill
- Mr. Gorrill
- Mr. Arthur Gottheil
- Mr. Fredrick M. Gottlieb'
- Mrs. Gottlieb
- Miss Frances G. Goyer
- Miss Rolande de Graffenried
- Mr. Albert Grant
- Mrs. Gertrude Grey
- Mr. Isaac Gross
- The Hon. Elizabeth Gully
- Mr. Hans Habich
- Mr. P. Hadra
- Mrs. Hadra
- Mr. Alfred Haigh
- Dr. Charles Haines
- Miss B. Hake
- Mr. Hall
- Mr. Hammer
- Mrs. Hammer
- Mr. George B. Hargreaves
- Dr. Hauser
- Mr. Max B. Heim
- Mrs. Heim
- Mr. Sinclair Hertell
- Mr. E. B. Higgins
- Mrs. Higgins
- Mr. Charles Hilbert
- Mrs. Hilbert
- Mr. George Himme
- Dr. J. Hirsch
- Mrs. Hirsch
- Mrs. L. Hirschon
- Mrs. F. B. Hoffman
- Mrs. S. L. Hogarth
- Mr. Kurt H. C. Holtzheuer
- Mr. Nicholas Howard
- Dr. A. H. Hughes
- Mrs. Hughes
- Mrs. J. L. Hughes
- Miss Margaret Hughes
- Mr. W. C. Imhof
- Mrs. O. Jago
- Mr. Aubrey James
- Mrs. James
- Miss Sheila James
- Mrs. Antonia Johnson
- Mr. Robert Johnson
- Mrs. Johnson
- Miss Vera Johnson
- Mr. Walter E. Kaegi
- Mrs. Kaegi
- Mr. D. M. Keogh
- Mr. Kirzner
- Mr. H. T. Kohlhaas
- Mr. A. L. Koolish
- Mr. Leon B. Koppel
- Mr. E. J. Kulas
- Mrs. Kulas
- Mr. Max Landesman
- Mrs. Landesman
- Mrs. Mimi La Porte
- Miss Marie Largenieuy
- Dr. Jean de Largentarye
- Mrs. J. de Largentarye
- Master B. de Largentarye
- Mrs. Madeleine J. Laroche
- Miss Yvonne N. Laufer
- Miss Nina Leclercq
- Mrs. Bessie D. Legg
- Miss Sheila J. Legg
- Mr. P. G. Legg
- Mr. Peter J. Legg
- Mr. Karl T. Lendt
- Mr. Charles Lifschitz
- Mr. E. E. Lloyd
- Mr. Logie
- Miss J. LowenthaL
- Mrs. J. M. G. Lynn
- Master N. M. Lynn
- Master E. L. Lynn
- Mr. Malcolm Macanlay
- Miss P. MacPherson
- Mr. Otto Maddalena
- Mrs. Maddalena
- Mrs. Vittoria Manarin
- Miss Luigia Manarin
- Master Carlo P. Manarin
- Miss E. Marks
- Mrs. Elsie M. Marsden
- Mrs. Catherine Martin
- Mr. R. Martinez-Ostos
- Mr. Johann Marty
- Mrs. Alexandra Maximow
- Mr. F. D. May
- Mr. R. Maycock
- Mr. W. J. McCarthy
- Mr. Robert McKnight
- Mr. M. McMaster
- Sir Charles Mendl and butler
- Mrs. Elsie De Wolfe Mendl
- Mr. J. Middleton
- Dr. Hugh Milligan
- Mrs. Milligan
- Mr. W. E. Millsap
- Mr. Charles Monseur
- Mr. Gonzalez Montero
- Mrs. Montero
- Mr. Montisto
- Mr. A. Moore
- Mrs. Moore
- Master C. Moore
- Mr. Alfred O. Morris
- Mr. Alfred S. Morris
- Mr. C. H. Morse
- Mrs. Morse
- Miss Mary Moseley
- Miss M. Moser
- Mr. Albert C. Moss
- Mrs. Moss
- Mr. Victor Muller
- Mrs. Muller
- Mr. G. J. Mullins
- Mrs. Mullins
- Mrs. Elsie Neumann
- Mr. P. E. Neuschaefer
- Mrs. Neuschaefer
- Mrs. Lilian M. Nicholson
- Mr. Nicolas G. Nicolaov
- Mrs. Nicolaov
- Mr. H. K. Nieuwenheis
- Mr. N. B. Noble
- Mr. D. E. Norman
- Mr. Robert J. Oates
- Mr. Wm. B. O’Donnell
- Mr. Rory More O’Ferrall
- Mrs. O’Ferrall
- Mr. Archibald G. Ogden
- Mrs. Ogden
- Miss Elizabeth Ogden
- Master Archibald Ogden
- Mr. R. M. C. Ormrod
- Mrs. Ormrod
- Mr. T. Osborne
- Mr. J. T. Ottersbeln
- Miss S. Passy
- Mr. M. T. Pearman
- Mr. John S. Peck
- Mrs. Peck
- Mr. E. C. Peet
- Mrs. Percival
- Mr. L. Percy
- Mr. S. E. Perlberg
- Mrs. Perlberg
- Miss Marianna Peterson
- Mrs. Isabella Potter
- Mr. P. P. Pratt
- Mr. Leslie I. Preston
- Mr. Price
- Mr. J. H. Prickett
- Mrs. M. J. Purdy
- Mr. A. G. G. Pye
- Mrs. Pye
- Mr. John T. Quinn
- Mrs. Gertrude M. Read
- Miss Helene C. Real
- Mr. Rector
- Mr. G. Reiner
- Mrs. M. Reiser
- Mr. James Reynolds
- Mr. A. G. Richardson
- Mr. F. Ricks
- Mrs. M. Ridley
- Mrs. V. Roasio
- Mr. Edward Robbie
- Mrs. O. C. Roberts
- Mrs. E. O. Roberts
- Mr. S. R. H. Rogers
- Mr. M. Romani
- Miss R. Romanin
- Sir Wllilam Rook
- Lady Rook
- Mrs. Rookhurst-Roberts
- Mr. James Rosenberg
- Mrs. Rosenberg
- Mrs. Ouida Ross
- Mrs. B. M. Rowntree
- Mrs. M. Ruez
- Miss Ruez
- Mr. Edward Ruff
- Mrs. Ruff
- Mr. E. W. Russell
- Mrs. Russell
- Miss D. Russell
- Miss M. Russell
- Mr. Sidney Sage
- Mr. W. M. Salomon
- Mrs. Salomon
- Mr. J. Salvatori
- Mrs. Salvatori
- Mr. F. Santos-Filho
- Mrs. Santos-Filho
- Mr. Alexander Saunderson
- Mrs. Saunderson
- Mrs. Evelyn Schaible
- Mr. Otto Schulthess
- Mrs. Schulthess
- Mrs. Thompson Schwab
- Mr. J. E. Scott
- Dr. R. W. Scott
- Dr. R. W. Scott
- Miss Florence O. Semple
- Mr. John R. Semple
- Miss Freda E. Sharp
- Mr. D. A. Shepard
- Mrs. Shepard
- Mrs. C. Sherrill and maid
- Mr. M. Sigel
- Mrs. Lillie Simmons
- Mrs. Thomas Smith
- Mr. Julian M. Sobin
- Mrs. Sobin
- Mr. T. Spencer
- Mr. Rupert Stern
- Mrs. Stern
- Master Philip Stern
- Mrs. Andrew Stevenson
- Miss Janet M. Stevenson
- Mr. Percival A. Stradling
- Mrs. Stradling
- Master Robert Stradling
- Miss J. Stradling
- Mrs. Straus
- Mr. Roger W. Straus
- Sir Bernard Sugden. J.P.
- Mr. R. W. Taylor
- Mrs. Taylor
- Mr. G. F. Thomas
- Lady Elizabeth Thomson
- Mr. Eugene Thumim
- Mrs. Thumim
- Master Brand Thumim
- Mr. J. C. Trindade
- Mrs. Trindade
- Mr. R. E. Trouncer
- Mr. C. R. Troup
- Mr. William Vanelden
- Mrs. Vanelden
- Dr. E. Vasquez-Rivas
- Mr. R. Worth Vaughan
- Gp.-Capt. B. A. Vautier
- Mrs. Jean Vernotzy
- Mr. Naum Talalay
- Mrs. Talalay
- Master Michael Talalay and nurse
- Dr. Z. H. Wachsman
- Mr. C. Walworth
- Mr. R. J. Ward
- Mr. Francis Warre
- Mrs. A. Weaver
- Master Weaver
- Mr. Paul Weber
- Mrs. Weber
- Miss Antoinette Wehrli
- Mr. Barney Weisman
- Mr. H. H. Weldon
- Mrs. Weldon
- Mr. Jack Wick
- Capt. Douglas Williams
- Mr. F. Williams
- Mrs. Williams
- Mr. A. T. Wood
- Miss Annie Wood
- Mr. Wormold
- Mr. Owen L. Wynne-Roberts
- Mrs. Wynne-Roberts
- Mr. A. C. Young
- Mrs. Young
- Mr. Raymond W. Young
- Mr. Roland Young
- Mr. D. Zetland
- Mrs. Zetland
- Miss J. Zetland
Painting of the RMS Mauretania Included in the Cunard Line RMS Mauretania First Class Passenger List for 14 October 1947. GGA Image ID # 170b237c3f
Passenger List Information
RMS Mauretania First-Class Passenger List, 14 October 1947
A Historical Record of Transatlantic Luxury and Post-War Rejuvenation
Description
An exquisitely preserved First-Class Passenger List from the legendary RMS Mauretania of the Cunard Line, commemorating its voyage departing Southampton on 14 October 1947, bound for New York via Cherbourg. Encased in an elegant blue cover with a gray center strip and “bookbinding” center section, this artifact is a testament to the grandeur of post-war transatlantic travel. Commanded by Captain R. B. G. Woollatt, R.D., R.N.R., this voyage captures a moment in history, as Europe began its recovery from World War II. The list features notable passengers and details of the ship's esteemed officers and staff.
Notable Passengers and Their Historical Significance:
This voyage included an illustrious roster of individuals from various walks of life, adding immense value to the passenger list. Among them are:
1. Ludwig Bemelmans
- Claim to Fame: Renowned author and illustrator, best known for his Madeline children’s book series.
- Significance: Bemelmans' work remains an iconic piece of 20th-century literature, with ties to art, culture, and high society.
2. Sir Charles Mendl and Elsie De Wolfe (Lady Mendl)
- Claim to Fame: Sir Charles was a distinguished diplomat, while his wife, Elsie, was a groundbreaking interior decorator and socialite, often called the "First Lady of Interior Decoration."
- Significance: Their presence symbolizes the continued luxury and sophistication of the Mauretania's first-class service.
3. Jo Davidson
- Claim to Fame: An eminent American sculptor known for creating busts of notable figures such as Franklin D. Roosevelt and Albert Einstein.
- Significance: Davidson's artistic legacy connects this voyage to the broader cultural and political movements of the time.
4. Raoul Kuffner de Dioszegh
- Claim to Fame: A Hungarian baron and art collector, famously linked to Tamara de Lempicka, the celebrated Art Deco painter.
- Significance: His presence highlights the era's cosmopolitan elite and their contributions to the art world.
5. Sir Bernard Sugden, J.P.
- Claim to Fame: British dignitary and philanthropist with strong ties to public service.
- Significance: Reflects the caliber of leadership and societal influence aboard the ship.
6. Lady Elizabeth Thomson
- Claim to Fame: Member of British nobility, representing post-war European aristocracy.
- Significance: Her journey underscores the Mauretania’s role as a bridge for cultural and diplomatic exchange.
7. W.-Cdr. H. W. Ford
- Claim to Fame: Wartime hero, recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross (D.S.C.).
- Significance: Ford’s presence exemplifies the resilience and contributions of the wartime generation.
8. Dr. Jean de Largentarye
- Claim to Fame: Renowned French physician and academic.
- Significance: Represents the scientific and intellectual elite utilizing transatlantic voyages for professional collaboration.
Historical Context
The RMS Mauretania, sister ship to the original Mauretania of 1906, represented Cunard's post-war commitment to restoring luxury and elegance to transatlantic travel. This passenger list not only offers insight into the social fabric of the time but also connects collectors to a vessel that symbolized resilience and renewal after World War II.
Final Thoughts
This passenger list, meticulously preserved, is accompanied by a painting of the RMS Mauretania, as included in the Cunard Line’s official documentation. The voyage's documentation underscores its importance during a pivotal era of global reconstruction and cultural exchange.
