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	Maryland Historical Society Library: Duke and Duchess of Windsor Scrapbooks, 1936-1938, MS. 1938 - Finding Aid
		Simpson legally changes her name from Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson to Wallis Warfield, her plans to marry the Duke, her trousseau, opposition to her acquiring a title.
		Four collections contain material related to the Duke of Windsor (previously King Edward VIII) and the Duchess of Windsor, Marylander Wallis Warfield Simpson (1896-1986), they are: MS.
		Simpson, his efforts to have Britain accept her.
	www.mdhs.org /library/Mss/ms001938.html

	Maryland Historical Society Library: Duke and Duchess of Windsor Scrapbooks, 1936-1938, MS. 1938 - Finding Aid
		Simpson legally changes her name from Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson to Wallis Warfield, her plans to marry the Duke, her trousseau, opposition to her acquiring a title.
		Four collections contain material related to the Duke of Windsor (previously King Edward VIII) and the Duchess of Windsor, Marylander Wallis Warfield Simpson (1896-1986), they are: MS.
		Simpson, his efforts to have Britain accept her.
	www.mdhs.org /library/Mss/ms001938.html (1848 words)

	Biography for Duchess of Windsor
		Wallis Warfield Spencer Simpson Windsor was born in 1896 to a distinguished family.
		Wallis divorced Ernest Simpson, and she and Edward married in a small ceremony on June 3, 1937, becoming known as the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.
		Wallis Simpson remains an emotional figure in history, and many descriptions of her are extremely negative.
	www.imdb.com /name/nm0239846/bio (1848 words)

	This Day in History
		By 1934, he had fallen deeply in love with American socialite Wallis Warfield Simpson, who was married to Ernest Simpson, an English-American businessman who lived with Mrs.
		He chose to abdicate after the British government, public, and the Church of England condemned his decision to marry the American divorcýe Wallis Warfield Simpson.
		Wallis, who was born in Pennsylvania, had previously married and divorced a U.S. Navy pilot.
	www.historychannel.com /tdih/tdih.jsp?category=general&month=10272964&day=10272976 (1848 words)

	The Duke Of Windsor Inn- Bed and Breakfast
		The Duke of Windsor Inn is named in honor of the fabled monarch, Edward VIII,who gave up the throne of England to wed a commoner, Wallis Warfield Simpson of Baltimore, Maryland.
		Through his small, private circle of friends who visited him at the Fort, Edward met Wallis Warfield Simpson.
		He was not formally invited to an official public ceremony until 1967, when he and Simpson, now the Duchess of Windsor, were invited to the unveiling of a plaque dedicated to his mother, Queen Mary.
	www.dukeofwindsorinn.com /history.html (1848 words)

	CTV.ca Chronology and highlights of the royal crisis
		1928: Wallis Warfield marries Ernest Aldrich Simpson.
		June 1937: The Duke of Windsor is informed that upon his marriage, Wallis, who had reverted to her former name Wallis Warfield, would not receive the title HRH.
		Edward wanted to try to save his reign by appealing to the British public in a radio broadcast to marry Wallis Simpson and retain the throne by agreeing not to make the American divorcee his Queen.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1043890995963_78 (1848 words)

	Britain * 1936 Dec 11 - 1940 Apr 29
		Edward VIII had been king of Great Britain and Ireland for less than a year when he abdicated the throne to marry "the woman I love,"--the twice-divorced American Wallis Warfield Spencer Simpson.
		Britain's King Edward VIII abdicated the throne in order to marry American di-vorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson.
		England's King Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor, abdicated to marry Wallis Warfield Simp-son.
	www.viewtimelines.com /Countries/Britain/Page35.htm (1848 words)

	News Articles
		However, few residents realize that today a lady who has firm reasons to believe she is the daughter of King Edward VIII of England and Wallis Warfield Spencer Simpson resides at 133 West Broadway.
		It is quite possible that Wallis and Edward were having an affair long before her divorce from Simpson, a situation which Ernest Simpson undoubtedly knew about since the three were together socially on frequent occasions.
		She was the daughter of Teakle Wallis Warfield and Alice Montague, both from well connected old Baltimore families.
	we3.org /newsarticles.html (1848 words)

	Notes for Elizabeth Wallis Warfield
		The Prince and Wallis Simpson’s relationship seemed mutually beneficial: Simpson reveled in her newfound social status, and the Prince felt freed from Buckingham’s repressive atmosphere in the presence of his energetic and forthright American companion.
		In June of 1931, Wallis Simpson was presented at court.
		The small family lived with Teackle’s conservative mother, and Bessie depended on the charity of her uncle "Sol" Warfield, president of the Seaboard Air Line Railway, for everything from her clothing to her education.
	www.pennock.ws /surnames/nti/nti84511.html (1044 words)

	Bessie Wallis Warfield.Simpson the Duchess of Windsor 1896-1986
		Bessie Wallis Warfield.Simpson the Duchess of Windsor 1896-1986
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	sinclair.quarterman.org /archive/2002/12/msg00063.html (153 words)

	Edward VIII o'r Deyrnas Unedig - Wicipedia
		Wallis Warfield Simpson a oedd wedi cael ysgariad.
		Wallis Warfield Simpson ac fe adawodd y wlad a byw yn
		Fe ddywedodd "soemthing must be done" pan ddaeth i'r Rhondda a gweld y tlodi a'r caledi yno.
	cy.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edward_VIII_o'r_Deyrnas_Unedig (153 words)

	Windsor, Wallis Warfield, duchess of on Encyclopedia.com
		Edward, Mrs Simpson and the divorce law: Stephen Cretney investigates whether the government colluded in the suppression of evidence that might have prevented Wallis Simpson's divorce and royal marriage.(Cross...
		Magazines and Newspapers for: Windsor, Wallis Warfield, duchess of
		The woman who cost a kingdom; Wallis, Duchess of Windsor: 1896-1986.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/W/WindsorW1W1.asp (153 words)

	Biography on Wallis Simpson Academic Papers on Wallis Simpson
		Ironically, Wallis Warfield Simpson's genealogy gave her technically more English blood than members of the British royal family, who later shunned her.
		It was a futile attempt, for Teackle Wallis Warfield died just a few months later, leaving Alice Montague Warfield an impoverished widow.
		The romance between Wallis Simpson (1896-1986) and the Duke of Windsor caused one of the biggest scandals in the history of the British monarchy.
	www.youressay.com /biographies/Wallis_Simpson-34505.html (153 words)

	Alibris: Windsor
		She was Wallis Warfield Simpson, Duchess of Windsor--the woman for whom Edward VIII gave up his throne.
		The bizarre story of Woolworth heir Jimmy Donahue's life and the last untold episode in the lives of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, where Wallis Simpson almost left the man who left the throne of England to marry her for a gay playboy 20 years her junior.
		Wallis and Edward: Letters 1931-1937: The Intimate Correspondence of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor
	www.alibris.com /search/books/subject/Windsor (153 words)

	Cheap Software :: Dancing with the Devil : The Windsors and Jimmy Donahue
		It's just higher gossip about how Wallis Simpson took a younger lover after her marriage to Edward, and how she and said lover enjoyed nights of "nonpenetrative and principally oral sex." I mean, who cares?
		The Duchess of Windsor: The Uncommon Life of Wallis Simpson
		Wilson suggests that this constituted, on Wallis's part, perhaps "the greatest betrayal in history." Edward gave up his throne and kingdom for the woman he loved, only to have her take off with another man. However, it was never quite so simple as this.
	www.must-have-software.net /store/Carlo_Scarpa:_Das_Handwerk_der_Architektur/Dancing_with_the_Devil_:_The_Windsors_and_Jimmy_Donahue-0312288964.html (153 words)

	A King's Story - The Memoirs of the Duke of Windsor: Current Amazon U.S.A. One-Edition Data
		I met Wallis Warfield Simpson." Written in 1951, in his own hand, this is the story of a man raised to be king, a man who abdicated the throne to marry an American divorce.
		In this poignant, elegantly written memoir, the Duke recalls his austere upbringing, his days at Oxford, the Great War, his profound love for Wallis Simpson and the growing crisis over the affair, and the appalling dilemma that confronted him in the final months leading up to his abdication.
		He seems to forget all his previous "friendships", those familiar with the saga will know this means the married women in his life before Wallis.
	www.worldwar1.co.uk /books-plain/1853753033.html (153 words)

	Windsor, Wallis Warfield, Duchess of
		Wallis Simpson's divorce became final in May 1937, and she had her name changed legally to Mrs.
		Wallis sued for divorce from her second husband in July 1936, with the apparent intention of marrying Edward (who had become King Edward VIII), but as a woman twice divorced she was socially and politically unacceptable as a prospective British queen.
		Warfield and the Duke of Windsor were married in France on June 3, 1937.
	britannica.com /women/articles/Windsor_Wallis_Warfield_Duchess_of.html (344 words)

	Amazon.com: The Duchess of Windsor : The Secret Life: Books: Charles Higham
		"The Duchess of Windsor: The Secret Life" purports to shed scandalous light on the life and times of Wallis Warfield Spencer Simpson Windsor.
		Bessie Wallis Warfield, an illegitimate child, was born in 1895 to a prominent Baltimore family.
		The world into which Bessie Wallis Warfield was born, out of wedlock, on June 19, 1895, was without airplanes, television, radio, movies, automobiles, income tax, chain stores, supermarkets, cafeterias, ice cream sundaes, crossword puzzles, or bathing trunks.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0471485233?v=glance (1159 words)

	Wallis Simpson Biography / Biography of Wallis Simpson Biography
		Simpson was born Bessie-Wallis Warfield on June 19, 1896, in Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania, a spa town where her parents had gone to help cure her father's tuberculosis.
		Ironically, Wallis Warfield Simpson's genealogy gave her technically more English blood than members of the British royal family, who later shunned her.
		The romance between Wallis Simpson (1896-1986) and the Duke of Windsor caused one of the biggest scandals in the history of the British monarchy.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-wallis-simpson (252 words)

	Encyclopedia: 1896
		Wallis, Duchess of Windsor and the Duke of Windsor on their wedding day Bessie Wallis Warfield, more widely known as Wallis Simpson and later The Duchess of Windsor (June 19, 1896â€“April 24, 1986) was the wife of Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor, the former King Edward VIII of the...
		June 19 - Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor (d.
		June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 195 days remaining.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1896 (6940 words)

	Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson, (Edward abdicated for her), dies at 89 April 24 in History
		Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson, (Edward abdicated for her), dies at 89 April 24 in History
		Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson, (Edward abdicated for her), dies at 89
		I'm not ashamed of my spiritual beliefs, but I in no way incorporate them into this band.
	www.brainyhistory.com /events/1986/april_24_1986_158989.html (56 words)

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	Wallis Simpson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		She was the only child of Teackle Wallis Warfield and his wife, the former Alice Montague, and was born seven months after their wedding, though other sources state that she was born before her parents' marriage.
		By then Wallis Simpson was living in Britain and had been introduced to the Prince of Wales.
		Wallis was regarded by the royal family as a totally unsuitable wife for the heir to the throne.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wallis_Simpson (56 words)

	mdhs.org > Your Maryland
		Perhaps the best-known, and certainly the most infamous, Marylander of the 20th century is Wallis Warfield Simpson-a native Baltimorean who stirred international scandal and shocked the world when, in 1937, England's King Edward VIII surrendered his throne to wed her-a twice-divorced American and the woman he loved.
		Bessie Wallis Warfield was born in 1895 to Teackle Wallis Warfield and Alice Montague.
		Her father died while she was still an infant, leaving Wallis to be raised in Baltimore by her mother, at 212 Biddle Street, and grandmother, a wealthy widow, at 34 East Preston Street.
	www.mdhs.org /radio/md_nov21.html (56 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - The Abdication of King Edward VIII of England and the effect on the British Royal Family - A721603
		King Edward was having an affair with Bessie Wallis Simpson, (née Warfield), an American divorcée who was married to her second husband.
		Wallis was apparently very friendly with the German Ambassador von Ribbentrop (which could hardly have been very reassuring to the British cabinet, given the kind of state papers that Edward was entitled to see).
		Edward and Wallis were in Lisbon when they heard that the King had a job for them.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/alabaster/A721603 (56 words)

	Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson
		Wallis Simpson was viewed skeptically by both British high society and the British public at large.
		(Wallis was unhappy that she had been excluded from this meeting).
		But you must believe me when I tell you that 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.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/masterpiece/bertie/windsors/eddie_n_wallis.html (56 words)

	BBC NEWS UK Profile: Wallis Simpson
		Bessie Wallis Warfield, as she was born in Baltimore, Maryland, was something of a misfit from the start.
		Her arrival in June, 1896, came just seven months after the marriage of her parents, causing some embarrassment to Warfield relatives for whom moral propriety was essential as the elite of Baltimore society.
		He turned out to be a moody alcoholic so Wallis left him, and after a passionate but short-lived affair with an Argentine diplomat, became a single woman again.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/2699035.stm (56 words)

	Channel 4 - Real Lives - Wallis Simpson
		American socialite Wallis Simpson, the woman for whom Edward VIII gave up the throne in 1936, is variously portrayed as a greedy snob, a sexual predator or part of the romance of the century.
		Bessie Wallis Warfield – named after her aunt and her father – was born in 1896.
		After a three-year separation, Wallis married a banker named Ernest Simpson in July 1928.
	www.channel4.com /history/microsites/R/real_lives/wallis.html (56 words)

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