Francis Bennett-Goldney

proud and full of self-importance in his role as Vickers that he appoints a body of staff around him as well.

his own nephew, Piers Gunn-Mahony, as Cork Herald in 1905, Francis Shackleton as Dublin Herald, also in 1905, and Mayor of Canterbury, Francis Bennett Goldney, as Athlone Persuvian in 1907.

These honorific titles carry responsibility for officiating state ceremonies, tracing and certifying noble genealogies, and recording or regulating official coats of arms in the region.

All unpaid voluntary positions, but they come with a certain level of standing.

It would reach straight into the British aristocracy.

Because the late night revelers included not only Shackleton, but a bevy of London and Dublin gay gentlemen, Francis Goldney and Captain Richard Howard Gorges among them, along with funster Lord Haddo, who was, if you recall, Aberdeen's son.

It also included Shackleton's very good friend in London, the Duke of Argyll, a man he was frequently seen with in public and in private.

The gay duke was married to Her Royal Highness Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, a daughter of Queen Victoria and the king's brother-in-law.