James E. Daggett

James Ezekiel Daggett was an extremely wealthy businessman from Britain. He abused his son William, most times by beating him with his gun. In 1912, he perished on the Titanic just hours before it sank.

Biography
James Ezekiel Daggett was born on February 1, 1856 in Britain. Nothing is known about his early life but as an adult he became an extremely wealthy and well-known businessman, a real estate tycoon. He eventually met a young woman named Ethel, later marrying her. When he was 35 years old, James had his first child with Ethel, William Daggett, on January 15, 1892. James was very tough on his firstborn and towards the late 1890s, began beating William with his newly acquired Colt M1900 handgun, which he received as a gift from his friend John Browning (who designed the gun). On March 24, 1896, James and Ethel had a second child, daughter Elizabeth Daggett, later nicknamed Lizzie by her family. James was rather protective of her and treated Lizzie wildly different then he treated William. In early 1902, Ethel contracted Tuberculosis and on October 1 of that year, she passed from the disease. James took her death extremely hard as he had truly loved her; he made a promise to himself that he would never re-marry. Ten years later, in 1912, James and his family bought tickets to sail aboard the RMS Titanic, a cruise liner that was sailing across the Atlantic ocean to the United States of America. During the first day, James and his family met with the most wealthy of the first class and top crew, such as the Titanic's captain and the ship builder. That night, James and his children were having dinner with some of the wealthy when Lizzie excused herself under the pretense of using the restroom. In actuality, Lizzie ran to the stern of the ship and climbed over the railing, preparing to commit suicide due to her general unhappiness and William molesting her, the latter being completely unbeknownst to James. Luckily, she was talked out of it by Jack Hayford, who was under the guise of a third class passenger. When James was informed of what happened, he and William rushed over to the stern. James offered his daughter a glass of water but she refused. William got angry with Jack, who was being arrested due to crew members believing he was trying to rape Lizzie. Lizzie however came to Jack's defense, claiming that after going to the bathroom she simply wanted to look out at the ocean but then slipped, Jack heard her screams and rescued her. James believed the story and congratulated Jack before inviting him to a dinner Friday night to thank him, to which Jack agreed.