Edward Smith. In his new book Titanic Legacy: The Captain, The Daughter and the Spy, out now from Amberley Publishing, author Dan E. Parkes explores Smith’s family legacy — and the mystery ...

Under the headline ‘Sympathy for Captain’s Family’, the Philadelphia Press of April 19, 1912, wrote: “There is no more pathetic figure in Southampton than Mrs Edward J Smith, widow of the ...

Depending on which version of events you believe, in the time leading up to the ship sinking, Captain Edward ... said his family had always told him about the link with Captain Smith.