Titanic Chief Designer, Thomas Andrews Wedding Telegram

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£499.99

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Description

Direct from family descent, this is undoubtedly one of the finest artefacts we have EVER offered for sale! Here is one of the telegrams sent to Thomas Andrews and his bride, Helen, on the occasion of their wedding in June 1908 from a friend in Dublin.

The message reads:
To { Mrs Thomas Andrews. Conway, Dunmurry, Antrim, Ireland.
Congratulations good luck. Dot (sic) Jeffries

PLEASE NOTE: THE ORIGINAL WEDDING PHOTOGRAPH IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS SALE!

Although Thomas Andrew needs little introduction, here is a brief biography, relevant to this precious artefact.

After long years of apprenticeship, study, and work, in 1907, Thomas Andrews was appointed the managing director and head of the drafting department at Harland and Wolff. He was one of the leading figures in the design & construction of RMS Titanic. As the nephew of H&W's chairman, Lord Pirrie, Andrews was well connected and on 24th June 1908, he married Helen Reilly Barbour, daughter of textile industrialist John Doherty Barbour and sister to Rt Hon Sir John Milne Barbour.

In November of 1910, Helen gave birth to their only child, Elizabeth Law-Barbour Andrews (known by her initials, "ELBA"). The couple lived at Dunallan, 20 Windsor Avenue, Belfast and shortly before Elizabeth was born, Andrews took Helen to view Titanic one evening.

After Thomas's death, Helen remarried; she died on 22nd August 1966 in and is buried in the Barbour family mausoleum at Lambeg, Northern Ireland.

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