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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.
- Win
- Commander
- 1910–1939
- United States Navy
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.
- Teackle Wallis Warfield
- Bessie Wallis Warfield, June 19, 1896, Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania, US
- Alice Montague
- April 29, 1986, Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore, Berkshire, England
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 sposò l'8 novembre 1916 Earl Winfield Spencer jr, un ufficiale dell'aviazione della United States Navy, alcolizzato e peraltro spia per gli Stati Uniti. Nel 1922 prestò servizio come comandante della USS Pampanga in Estremo Oriente. Wallis lo raggiunse e ne approfittò per visitare la Cina all'epoca dei signori della guerra.
- Bessie Wallis
- Titolo estinto
- Titolo creato
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.
21 feb 2019 · First Marriages. 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...
