Who remembers the fateful night of the Titanic? All of these people sure do whether they survived or not, they all remember the night the luxurious Titanic was turned into scrap metal by an iceberg, and how only a fraction of the third-class passengers lived to tell the tale while almost every first-class passenger sailed safely home. It was the Edwardian Era and there was much going on. There was only a small minority of wealthy, but they took about a third of the country's national income. They dined fine with almost twenty-seven plates of food all on porcelain. Ten to fourteen courses could be served in the fine dining room with chandeliers of glass and drapes of silk in one night. Then, when the “Season” began there were many balls to attend to and many places to show of people’s newest fashion or jewerly. Meanwhile, the other 38 million people in the country were picking …show more content…
He was born in Hendred, Berkshire, England in 1877. He was born into a family that lived off farming, but he never enjoyed this aspect of his family. So, one day, he left for London to work for wealthy families as a butler. He married a woman named Eleanor Alice Byford in 1907 and had a daughter with her. They named the child Alice Mary and they were one big happy family. Then, Augustus was employed by the wealthy Carter family of Bryn Maur as a chauffeur in Pennsylvania. So, he and the Carters decided to take the Titanic to arrive to their destination lavishly. While all the Carters got first-class tickets on board, Augustus was left with ticket 248744 costing £13, second-class passenger ticket due to his wealth status (“Titanic Victim”). As the ship hit the iceberg and slowly started to sink, the Carters managed to all get on lifeboats leaving Augustus in the dust (“Titanic Second”). Augustus Henry was left in the dust because of his poor status of wealth and the fact that he is of the male