The watch sold on Saturday was given to Captain Rostron by Mrs Astor and two other widows of high-profile and wealthy businessmen, who were also lost when the vessel sank. The 18-carat Tiffany ...

Rostron was awarded the U.S. Congressional Gold Medal by President William Howard Taft and was later knighted by King George V. Madeleine Astor, who had been helped into a lifeboat by her husband ...