Angela Young has done historians a great service by amassing so much fascinating information about her relative the Countess of Rothes’ Titanic experiences and sharing that information with researchers everywhere. We can only hope that family members of other Titanic passengers and crewmen will follow her lead and will share similar information about their own relatives’ Titanic experiences in order to keep those family memories from disappearing forever into the bottomless well of time.

George Behe, Titanic historian and past Vice President of the Titanic Historical Society
author of, among others, On Board RMS Titanic, Memories of the Maiden Voyage

An enthralling account of the sinking of the Titanic, told through the courage of Noël Leslie, Countess of Rothes, who helped guide Lifeboat Number 8 to safety, the lifeboat that the Able Seaman, Thomas Jones commanded. The author, Angela Young, is Noël’s great-granddaughter and had unique access to the Countess’s private papers with many new insights into the sinking and the aftermath.

Christopher Ward, author of And The Band Played On

The Aristocrat and the Able Seaman is filled with never-seen-before information about Titanic survivor Noël, the Countess of Rothes. This book is a well-written tribute by her great-granddaughter Angela Young. It will definitely be a valuable tool for researchers wanting to learn more about the shipwreck.

Michael Poirier, Trustee of the Titanic International Society and co-author of Lusitania: An Illustrated Biography and Into the Danger Zone: Sea Crossings of the First World War.