![]() ![]() Olav with Chain, 1914 Order of the Annunziata, 1915 Russian Order of St. Knight of the Order of the Garter, 1910 Spanish Order of the Golden Fleece, 1912 Grand Cross Légion d'Honneur, 1912 Order of the Elephant, 1914 Grand Cross Norwegian Order of St. Military service: Admiral of the Fleet, Field Marshal in the Army, Marshal of the Royal Air Force, 1936. Prince of Wales, Earl of Chester, Duke of Cornwall, and Duke of Rothesay, beginning 1910 Counsellor of State, 1928-29, 1936 King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Emperor of India, 1936 Duke of Windsor, 1937-72 Royal Governor and Commander in Chief of the Bahama Islands, 1940-45. Education: Attended Royal Navy Colleges at Osborne and Dartmouth and Magdalene College, Oxford University. ![]() EDWARD VIII 1894-1972 (Duke of Windsor) PERSONAL:īorn June 23, 1894, in Richmond Park, Surrey, England died of throat cancer, May 28, 1972, in Paris, France son of George V Frederick Ernest (king of Great Britain) and (Victoria) Mary Augusta Louisa Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes (princess of Teck) married (Bessie) Wallis Warfield Simpson, June 3, 1937. ![]()
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