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Earl Winfield Spencer Jr. (September 20, 1888 – May 29, 1950) was a U.S. Navy pilot who served as the first commanding officer of Naval Air Station San Diego. He was the first husband of Wallis Simpson, who later married Edward VIII .
8 nov 2021 · She left Baltimore in April 1916, and it was through Corinne’s husband that she would meet her future first husband – Earl Winfield Spencer Jr, known as Win. She wrote to her mother, “I have just met the world’s most fascinating aviator…” 1
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor (born Bessie Wallis Warfield, later Spencer and then Simpson; June 19, 1896 – April 24, 1986) was an American socialite and wife of former king Edward VIII. Their intention to marry and her status as a divorcée caused a constitutional crisis that led to Edward's abdication .
9 nov 2021 · The journey seemed to take forever, and Wallis suffered from a terrible cold throughout. It took six weeks for the ship to reach Manila, where Wallis boarded the Empress of Canada for the voyage to Hong Kong, where she arrived on 8 September. She found Win waiting for her at the dock.
21 feb 2019 · Nel 1916, Wallis incontrò Earl Winfield Spencer, Jr., un pilota della Marina degli Stati Uniti. Si sono sposati nello stesso anno. Fin dall'inizio, tuttavia, la loro relazione è stata tesa, in gran parte a causa del forte alcolismo di Spencer.
21 feb 2019 · In 1916, Wallis met Earl Winfield Spencer, Jr., a pilot with the U.S. Navy. They married later that year. From the beginning, however, their relationship was strained, in large part due to Spencer’s heavy drinking.
25 feb 2023 · Simpson, meanwhile, treats hers—to “the world’s most fascinating aviator,” a.k.a. a Navy lieutenant named Earl Winfield Spencer, Jr.—with a gravity that is both comic and pitiable in its...
