Thomas FitzStephen
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Thomas FitzStephen (died 1120) was the illegitimate son of Stephen, a sea captain for William the Conqueror during his invasion of England in 1066. FitzStephen owned and captained the White Ship which sunk in the English Channel off the Normandy coast near Barfleur on November 25, 1120. Chronicler Orderic Vitalis claims that FitzStephen let himself drown rather than face the wrath of King Henry I, as Henry's son William Adelin had been onboard. Only a butcher survived the sinking of the ship.
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