12 Facts About Gladys Cherry

Gladys Cherry was seen as a heroine of the Titanic disaster, famous for taking the tiller of her lifeboat and later helping row the craft to the safety of the rescue ship Carpathia.

Gladys Cherry was long involved in charity work throughout the UK, most notably assisting the Red Cross with fundraising and as a nurse for the Coulter Hospital in London during World War I Lady Rothes was a leading benefactor of the Queen Victoria School and The Chelsea Hospital for Women, known today as Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital.

Gladys Cherry was brought up at her parents' residences, Prinknash Park in Gloucestershire and Chateau de Retival in Normandy and a townhouse in Kensington, London.

Gladys Cherry became well known for her prolific charitable work in England and Scotland.

Gladys Cherry was an exceptionally adept dancer and amateur actress which she demonstrated at the entertainments she either hosted or organized for charity.

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Gladys Cherry opposed socialist initiatives and the proposed reform of Irish Home Rule.

Gladys Cherry found the work fulfilling and stayed on for two years.

Gladys Cherry's parents disembarked at Cherbourg, while the others continued, en route for New York and possibly Vancouver, British Columbia to meet the Earl of Rothes who was already visiting the US and Canada on business.

Gladys Cherry admitted they were personally interested in purchasing an orange grove on the west coast.

Gladys Cherry took charge of the tiller, steering for over an hour before asking Gladys to take over while she stopped to comfort a young Spanish newlywed, Maria Josefa Penasco y Castellana, whose husband was lost in the sinking.

Gladys Cherry was buried next to her first husband in the Leslie vault at Christ's Kirk on the Green Churchyard in Leslie, Fife.

Gladys Cherry is mentioned in the first episode of the British TV series Downton Abbey as having spent some time with the Crawley family shortly before boarding the Titanic.