Her private life has been a source of much speculation, and she remains a controversial figure in British history. Blue Ridge Summit referred to as "a fashionable summer resort ... then greatly patronized by Baltimoreans" in Francis F. 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[134], Fictional depictions of the Duchess include the novel Famous Last Words (1981) by Canadian author Timothy Findley, which portrays her as a manipulative conspirator,[135] and Rose Tremain's short story "The Darkness of Wallis Simpson" (2006), which depicts her more sympathetically in her final years of ill health. [60] Additionally, at the time both the Church and English law only recognised adultery as a legitimate ground for divorce. This biographical article about a British geologist is a stub. "[138], The Duchess of Windsor was unofficially styled Royal Highness within her own household. Their intention to marry and her status as a divorcée caused a constitutional crisis that led to Edward's abdication. 45–53; Vickers, p. 263; Duchess of Windsor, pp. Wallace Chung (鐘漢良) was recently captured on camera with his rumored wife Rita Tse (謝易樺), and accompanied by a cute little long-haired girl who is allegedly the couple’s daughter.. Wallace has been filming Bounty Hunter <賞金獵人> in Thailand. Spence and Carolyn met while they were both working for Petersen. [93] There were even rather improbable reports during the Second World War that she kept a signed photograph of Ribbentrop on her bedside table. The idyll went wrong when, ignoring her pleas, he threw up his position to spend the rest of his life with her. Edward sued one author, Geoffrey Dennis, who claimed that Wallis and Edward were lovers before their marriage, and won (King, p. 119). The Spencers were briefly reunited until she fell ill, after which she returned to Hong Kong. The songs composed by Uncle Wallace became well-known "spirituals." 2020) was the first editor of Rod & Custom Magazine. [36], The Simpsons temporarily set up home in a furnished house with four servants in Mayfair. [125] Prior to an agreement with Queen Elizabeth II in the 1960s, the Duke and Duchess had previously planned for a burial in a purchased cemetery plot at Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore, where the Duchess's father was interred. What a joy to discover this writer in “Crossing To Safety”, and be able to look forward to reading all his books Rogers. Her first marriage, to U.S. naval officer Win Spencer, was punctuated by periods of separation and eventually ended in divorce. I thought the rest of us could be fence-sitters while the Nazis and the Reds slogged it out. Sebba, p. 98; Vickers, p. 287; Ziegler, pp. On 11 December 1936, Edward said in a radio broadcast, "I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility, and to discharge my duties as King as I would wish to do, without the help and support of the woman I love. The King suggested a morganatic marriage, where he would remain king but Wallis would not be queen, but this was rejected by Baldwin and the prime ministers of Australia, Canada, and the Union of South Africa. He currently hosts Fox News Sunday, a Sunday morning talk show on Fox News Channel.. Chris Wallace Bio; Parents, Father, Education, Height. [40] The Prince was the eldest son of King George V and Queen Mary, and heir apparent to the British throne. [34] He divorced his first wife, Dorothea (by whom he had a daughter, Audrey), to marry Wallis on 21 July 1928 at the Register Office in Chelsea, London. [20] After the United States entered the First World War in 1917, Spencer was posted to San Diego as the first commanding officer of a training base in Coronado, known as Naval Air Station North Island; they remained there until 1921. 237, 242, King, pp. [33], By the time her marriage to Spencer was dissolved, Wallis had become involved with Ernest Aldrich Simpson, an Anglo-American shipping executive and former officer in the Coldstream Guards. Photo by Dave Wallace Jr. Photo by Dave Wallace Jr. Spencer "Spence" Murray (01.05. Thank you for affirming my speculation that Charity was taken, at least in part fro Wallace’s wife Mary. [21], In 1920, Edward, the Prince of Wales, visited San Diego, but he and Wallis did not meet. Gay American playboy Jimmy Donahue, an heir to the Woolworth fortune, claimed to have had a liaison with her in the 1950s, but Donahue was notorious for his inventive pranks and rumour-mongering. [47] Edward showered Wallis with money and jewels,[48] and in February 1935, and again later in the year, he holidayed with her in Europe. But there is no document which proves directly that she was anything other than a victim of her own ambition, who lived out a great romance that became a great tragedy. [125], Wallis was plagued by rumours of other lovers. "[110], In 1965, the Duke and Duchess visited London as the Duke required eye surgery for a detached retina; Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, visited them. Pitcher was born in London and became interested in fossils in childhood. They attended her memorial service in Westminster Abbey. In 1972 he published The Geology of Donegal: A Study of Granite Emplacement and Unroofing. 227–228, King, p. 113; Duchess of Windsor, pp. Dot Spencer now claims that at a school meeting someone said "Brenda was suicidal." Wallis was named in honour of her father (who was known as Wallis) and her mother's elder sister, Bessie (Mrs D. Buchanan Merryman), and was called Bessie Wallis until at some time during her youth the name Bessie was dropped. The decision took the royal family and the Duchess's friends by surprise, as she had shown little interest in charity during her life. [57] After the death of George V, before her divorce from her second husband, Simpson reportedly said, "Soon I shall be Queen of England". [70] At her hideaway, Wallis was pressured by Lord Brownlow, the King's lord-in-waiting, to renounce the King. While the show does bring on the drama — especially with Spencer’s love life — fans want to know if his high school relationships go the distance. In November, Ernest Simpson married Mary Kirk. After the visit, Hitler said of Wallis, "she would have made a good Queen". An auction of his collection was announced in July 1997 for later that year in New York. His wife, Minerva, would sing along with him when they were asked to perform the songs for the students in the evenings. [98] However, she hated Nassau, calling it "our St Helena" in a reference to Napoleon's final place of exile. [27] The rumour was later widespread but never substantiated and Ciano's wife, Edda Mussolini, denied it. [12], On 17 April 1910, Wallis was confirmed at Christ Episcopal Church, Baltimore, and between 1912 and 1914 her uncle paid for her to attend Oldfields School, the most expensive girls' school in Maryland. William Wallace's trial for the murder of 26-year-old Za'Zell Preston began Monday. [54] It was becoming apparent to Court and Government circles that the new king-emperor meant to marry her. 14–15; Duchess of Windsor, p. 20, King, p. 38; Sebba, pp. 274–277; Vickers, pp. Wallis claimed that her parents were married in June 1895. The obituary was featured in … [133] Wallis and Edward spoke to Kenneth Harris for an extensive BBC television interview in 1970. [41], In January 1934, while Lady Furness was away in New York City, Wallis allegedly became the Prince's mistress. [75] The date would have been King George V's 72nd birthday; Queen Mary thought the wedding had been scheduled for then as a deliberate slight. Funeral Home Services for Wallace are being provided by Chapman Funeral Chapel. In the 1950s and 1960s, the Duke and Duchess shuttled between Europe and the United States living a life of leisure as society celebrities. Wallis grew up in Baltimore, Maryland. Five years later, after Edward's accession as King of the United Kingdom, Wallis divorced her second husband to marry Edward. 62–64; Sebba, pp. Lawsuits, Liens or Bankruptcies found on Wallace's Background Report Criminal or Civil Court records found on Wallace's Family, Friends, Neighbors, or Classmates View Details. "[15] Wallis was always immaculately dressed and pushed herself hard to do well. [49] His courtiers became increasingly alarmed as the affair began to interfere with his official duties. [11], In 1901, Wallis's aunt Bessie Merryman was widowed, and the following year Alice and Wallis moved into her four-bedroom house on West Chase Street, Baltimore, where they lived for at least a year until they settled in an apartment, and then a house, of their own. Press alt+ /to open this menu. With that in mind, the story of Spencer Paysinger being played out on All American has left fans with a few questions. Since she had divorced her first husband on grounds of "mutual incompatibility", there was a possibility that her second marriage, as well as her prospective marriage to Edward, would be considered bigamous if her first divorce had been challenged in court. [65] In November, the King consulted with the British prime minister, Stanley Baldwin, on a way to marry Wallis and keep the throne. [91] The visit tended to corroborate the strong suspicions of many in government and society that the Duchess was a German agent,[17] a claim that she ridiculed in her letters to the Duke. [32] Their divorce was finalised on 10 December 1927. [24], Wallis toured China, and while in Beijing stayed with Katherine and Herman Rogers, who were to remain her long-term friends. 136, 141; Duchess of Windsor, pp. [17] According to Wallis, it was during a cruise on Lord Moyne's private yacht Rosaura in August 1934 that she fell in love with Edward. For the ducal title, see, Relationship with Edward, Prince of Wales, According to 1900 census returns, she was born in June 1895, which author. [107] They travelled frequently between Europe and America aboard ocean liners. "[137] The Duchess herself is reported to have summed up her life in a sentence: "You have no idea how hard it is to live out a great romance. [132] Wallis's memoirs The Heart Has Its Reasons were published in 1956, and biographer Charles Higham said that "facts were remorselessly rearranged in what amounted to a self-performed face-lift". [22] Later that year, Spencer left his wife for a period of four months, but in the spring of 1921 they were reunited in Washington, D.C., where Spencer had been posted. This seemingly indicated that the King had decided he had no option but to abdicate if he wished to marry Wallis. [82] At first, the British royal family did not accept the Duchess and would not receive her formally, although the former king sometimes met his mother and siblings after his abdication. [72], The King signed the Instrument of Abdication on 10 December 1936, in the presence of his three surviving brothers, the Duke of York (who would ascend the throne the following day as George VI), the Duke of Gloucester and the Duke of Kent. At 17 he started work as an assistant assayer, attending college part-time to study for a degree in Chemistry and Geology at Chelsea College, London, graduating after war service in 1947. Wallis wore a "Wallis blue" Mainbocher wedding dress. The Grover Cleveland Elementary School shooting took place on January 29, 1979, at a public elementary school in San Diego, California, United States. [50], In 1935, the head of the Metropolitan Police Special Branch told the Metropolitan Police Commissioner that Wallis was also having an affair with Guy Marcus Trundle, who was "said to be employed by the Ford Motor Company". [112] Both Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles visited the Windsors in Paris in the Duke's later years, the Queen's visit coming only shortly before the Duke died. Message. [126], In recognition of the help France gave to the Duke and Duchess in providing them with a home, and in lieu of death duties, the Duchess's collection of Louis XVI style furniture, some porcelain, and paintings were made over to the French state. "[85] Queen Elizabeth was said to have referred to Simpson as "that woman",[86] while the Duchess of Windsor referred to Queen Elizabeth as "Mrs. Temple" and "Cookie", alluding to her solid figure and fondness for food, and to her daughter, Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II), as "Shirley", as in Shirley Temple. [73] Upon her divorce being made final in May 1937, she changed her name by deed poll to Wallis Warfield, resuming her maiden name. Chester is preceded in death by his wife of 64 years, Elizabeth House Spencer, and by his oldest daughter, Elizabeth Spencer Allen (Charles). [92] U.S. FBI files compiled in the 1930s also portray her as a possible Nazi sympathiser. [59] Constitutionally, the King was required to be in communion with the Church of England, but his proposed marriage conflicted with the Church's teachings. [113], Upon the Duke's death from throat cancer in 1972, the Duchess travelled to the United Kingdom to attend his funeral,[114] staying at Buckingham Palace during her visit. [128], In a Sotheby's auction in Geneva, in April 1987, the Duchess's remarkable jewellery collection raised $45 million for the institute, approximately seven times its pre-sale estimate. 79–85, King, pp. [17][88] Within the household of the Duke and Duchess, the style "Her Royal Highness" was used by those who were close to the couple. Court Records found View. When asked whether she … ANAHEIM, Calif. (TCD) --The trial of a California man accused of killing his wife and propping her dead body on the couch as her kids opened presents on Christmas morning in 2011 began this week. 24–43; King, pp. In 1931, during her second marriage, to Ernest Simpson, she met Edward, then Prince of Wales. 20–21; Vickers, p. 257; Duchess of Windsor, pp. On her instructions, according to Andrew Morton on the basis of an interview with Rogers's stepdaughter-in-law 80 years later,[69] the ghost-writer made no mention of her confession that Herman Rogers was actually the love of her life. [10] For her first few years, she and her mother were dependent upon the charity of her father's wealthy bachelor brother Solomon Davies Warfield, postmaster of Baltimore and later president of the Continental Trust Company and the Seaboard Air Line Railway. Lady Mosley wrote to her sister, the Duchess of Devonshire, after the death of the Duke of Windsor, "probably the theory of their [the Windsors'] contemporaries that Cake [a Mitford nickname for the Queen Mother, derived from her delighted exclamation at the party at which Deborah Devonshire first met her] was rather in love with him [the Duke] (as a girl) & took second best, may account for much. They bought a second house in the country, Moulin de la Tuilerie or "The Mill" in Gif-sur-Yvette, where they soon became close friends of their neighbours, Oswald and Diana Mosley. [3] A summer resort close to the Maryland–Pennsylvania border, Blue Ridge Summit was popular with Baltimoreans escaping the season's heat, and Monterey Inn, which had a central building as well as individual wooden cottages, was the town's largest hotel. 258, 261; Duchess of Windsor, pp. In 1937, they visited Germany and met Adolf Hitler. [43] Wallis soon ousted Lady Furness, and the Prince distanced himself from a former lover and confidante, the Anglo-American textile heiress Freda Dudley Ward. 213–218; Duchess of Windsor, pp. _____We are Kyle and Casey Wallace - a husband and wife real estate team that services the greater Nashville area. [95] The Duke and Duchess moved to Portugal in July. [120] Later, royal biographer Hugo Vickers called Blum a "Satanic figure ... wearing the mantle of good intention to disguise her inner malevolence". He was a founder member of the Institution of Geologists and their Aberconway Medallist in 1983. [84] These claims were denied by Queen Elizabeth's close friends, such as the Duke of Grafton, who wrote that she "never said anything nasty about the Duchess of Windsor, except to say she really hadn't got a clue what she was dealing with. Duke Carl Alexander of Württemberg told the FBI that she and leading Nazi Joachim von Ribbentrop had been lovers in London. https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/01/23/i-dont-like-mondays After the Duke's death in 1972, the Duchess lived in seclusion and was rarely seen in public. He describes the Duchess as "charismatic, electric and compulsively ambitious". In 1937, they made a high-profile visit to Germany and met Adolf Hitler at the Berghof, his Berchtesgaden retreat. In 1940, the Duke was appointed governor of the Bahamas, and the couple moved to the islands until he relinquished the office in 1945. She told United States ambassador to Spain Alexander W. Weddell that France had lost because it was "internally diseased". 1927 - 10.14. Wallis married Edward six months later, after which she was formally known as the Duchess of Windsor, but was not allowed to share her husband's style of "Royal Highness". [89], According to the wife of former British Union of Fascists leader Oswald Mosley, Diana Mitford, who knew both Queen Elizabeth and the Duchess of Windsor but was only friendly with the latter, the Queen's antipathy toward her sister-in-law may have resulted from jealousy. Win, as her husband was known, was a heavy drinker. Edward had to remain apart from Wallis until there was no danger of compromising the granting of a decree absolute in her divorce proceedings. The principal and a custodian were killed; eight children and police officer Robert Robb were injured. 99–120; Ziegler, p. 555, King, p. 506; Menkes, pp. Between 1931 and 1934, he met the Simpsons at various house parties, and Wallis was presented at court. [103] Another of their acquaintances, Charles Bedaux, who had hosted their wedding, was arrested on charges of treason in 1943 but committed suicide in jail in Miami before the case was brought to trial. [62] She was perceived by many in the British Empire as a woman of "limitless ambition"[63] who was pursuing the King because of his wealth and position. The couple lived at 4 route du Champ d'Entraînement in the Bois de Boulogne, near Neuilly-sur-Seine, for most of the remainder of their lives, essentially living a life of easy retirement. Dot Wallace disputes that. Wallis, Duchess of Windsor (born Bessie Wallis Warfield; 19 June 1896[1] – 24 April 1986), known as Wallis Simpson, was an American socialite and wife of the Duke of Windsor, the former British king Edward VIII. So rich a character must be drawn from real life into the creation process. [53], On 20 January 1936, George V died at Sandringham and Edward ascended the throne as King Edward VIII. [80], Edward was created Duke of Windsor by his brother King George VI prior to the marriage. [125], She was buried next to Edward in the Royal Burial Ground near Windsor Castle, as "Wallis, Duchess of Windsor". [76] No member of Edward's family attended. History: Wallace may have indeed fallen in love with and married a young woman, although legend says her name was Marion Braidfute. [64], Wallis had already filed for divorce from her second husband on the grounds that he had committed adultery with her childhood friend Mary Kirk and the decree nisi was granted on 27 October 1936. [44], By the end of 1934, Edward was irretrievably besotted with Wallis, finding her domineering manner and abrasive irreverence toward his position appealing; in the words of his official biographer, he became "slavishly dependent" on her. Accessibility Help. [131] Delayed by his son's death in the car crash that also claimed the life of Diana, Princess of Wales, the sale raised more than £14 million for charity in 1998. Visualizza i profili delle persone di nome Wallace Spencer. [89], Wife of former King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, "Duchess of Windsor" redirects here. He drank even before flying and once crashed into the sea, but escaped almost unharmed. [37] In 1929, Wallis sailed back to the United States to visit her sick mother, who had married legal clerk Charles Gordon Allen after the death of Rasin. Genealogy profile for Wallace Irvin Spencer Wallace Irvin Spencer (1873 - 1959) - Genealogy Genealogy for Wallace Irvin Spencer (1873 - 1959) family tree on Geni, with over 200 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. He since has taken a public relations job with Troy State University and still lives in Montgomery. [96], In August 1940, the Duke and Duchess travelled by commercial liner to the Bahamas where he was installed as governor. [56] The British media remained deferential to the monarchy, and no stories of the affair were reported in the domestic press, but foreign media widely reported their relationship. Photo by Dave Wallace Jr. Career highlights of Spence's 75 years! [71] However, Edward was determined to marry Wallis. The Papers of Charles Wallace Collins consist of correspondence, clippings, essays, articles, pamphlets, and other publications generated or collected by Collins and his wife, Sue Spencer Collins. [79] The marriage produced no children. George VI's firm view that the Duchess should not be given a royal title was shared by Queen Mary and George's wife, Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother). 55–56, Higham, p. 119; King, p. 61; Vickers, p. 263; Ziegler, p. 224, King, pp. 51–52; Sebba, p. 36; Vickers, p. 260; Duchess of Windsor, p. 85, King, p. 60; Duchess of Windsor, pp. A 16-year-old girl, Brenda Spencer, who lived in a house across the street from the school, was convicted of the shootings. [74] The couple were reunited at the Château de Candé, Monts, France, on 4 May 1937. 198, 206 and 207, Supreme Governor of the Church of England, Edward VIII of the United Kingdom's Abdication, "Windsor, (Bessie) Wallis, duchess of Windsor (1896–1986)", "Wallis in Love by Andrew Morton - review: Did she ever love the Duke of Windsor? The next day, he broke royal protocol by watching the proclamation of his accession from a window of St James's Palace, in the company of the still-married Wallis. In particular, many people want the full scoop on Spencer’s wife. In 1908, Wallis's mother married her second husband, John Freeman Rasin, son of a prominent Democratic party boss. "[90], The Duke and Duchess lived in France in the pre-war years. In 1955 he moved to King's College London as Reader in Geology and then in 1962 to the George Herdman Chair of Geology at the University of Liverpool where he remained until retirement in 1981. By this marriage he had two stepdaughters: Betty L. Johnson, an actress and songwriter (married Balie Peyton Legare Jr. (1908–1984), a jazz musician, whom she divorced in 1942) and Kathryne Johnson (born circa 1912, married Dell Myron Wade Jr). Email or Phone. [7], According to a wedding announcement in the Baltimore Sun (20 November 1895), her parents were married by C. Ernest Smith at Baltimore's Saint Michael and All Angels' Protestant Episcopal Church on 19 November 1895,[8] which suggests she was conceived out of wedlock. https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/spencer-wallace.html They stayed in Cascais, at Casa de Santa Maria, the home of Ricardo do Espírito Santo e Silva, a banker who was suspected of being a German agent. Wallace Spencer passed away in Brunswick, Georgia. [17] In January 1924, she visited Paris with her recently widowed cousin Corinne Mustin,[23] before sailing to the Far East aboard a troop carrier, USS Chaumont. Until her parents divorced in 1972 she seemed a … [13] There she became a friend of heiress Renée du Pont, a daughter of Senator T. Coleman du Pont of the du Pont family, and Mary Kirk, whose family founded Kirk Silverware. Wallace Spencer's Reputation Profile. Facebook gives people the power... Jump to. 47–52; Vickers, pp. An only child, Bessie Wallis (sometimes written "Bessiewallis") Warfield was born in Square Cottage at Monterey Inn, a hotel directly across the road from the Monterey Country Club, in Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania. She was the youngest child of Wallace Spencer, an audio-visual specialist at a nearby college, and his wife, Dot. [94], As the German troops advanced, the Duke and Duchess fled south from their Paris home, first to Biarritz then to Spain in June.