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* 1931 – Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet, Scottish fencer, landowner and survivor of RMS Titanic ( b. 1862 )
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* 1862 – Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet, Scottish fencer and landowner, survivor of RMS Titanic ( d. 1931 )
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