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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 . Early life and military career.
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 and her first husband, Earl W. Spencer, 1918. In April 1916, Wallis met Earl Winfield Spencer Jr., a US Navy aviator, in Pensacola, Florida, while visiting her cousin Corinne Mustin. It was at this time that Wallis witnessed two airplane crashes about two weeks apart, resulting in a lifelong fear of flying.
14 ago 2021 · Her first husband, Earl Winfield Spencer Jr., known as Win, had been emotionally and physically abusive to her. At one time, he accused her of having affairs with his fellow officers and began drinking heavily.
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...
26 mar 2020 · Anche per Wallis si tratta del secondo matrimonio: il primo viene celebrato nel novembre del 1916, e il fortunato è un ufficiale dell’aviazione, Earl Winfield Spencer jr. Va subito detto...
9 nov 2021 · She agreed reluctantly. In February 1922, Win was ordered to the far east as the commander of a gunboat. They were not officially divorced yet, though they were separated. Wallis and her mother lived in Washington, where she soon made new friends. Wallis later wrote, “I was often out quite late.
