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Details of sinking and subject of interest in respect of Eleanor Thornton
'John Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu. His secretary and mistress Eleanor Thornton, who many believe was the model for the Rolls-Royce "Spirit of Ecstasy" mascot by Charles Sykes, died.'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Persia_(1900)
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