Freda Dudley Ward Winifred May Mones, Marquesa de Casa Maury (née Birkin, formerly Dudley Ward; 28 July 1894 - 16 March 1983), commonly known by her first married name as Freda Dudley Ward, was an English socialite. She was best known for being a married paramour of Edward, Prince of Wales, who later became Edward VIII. Biography (public domain) Winifred May Birkin, better known as Freda Dudley Ward, was born on 28 July 1894 as the eldest of the three daughters and one son of Charles Wilfred Birkin and Claire Lloyd Birkin (née Howe). Freda's first husband was William Dudley Ward, and they married on 9 July 1913.
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Freda married William Dudley Ward, an emerging Liberal politician, in 1913 when she was 18 years old. The couple went on to have two daughters together - Penelope and Angie. Freda and the heir to the British throne began their affair in 1918, and soon became utterly besotted with one another. 28 July 1894 Died 16 March 1983 Marital status Married to William Dudley Ward (later married to Pedro Mones, Marques de Casa Maury) Residence Maida Vale, London, England Physical information Gender Female Hair colour Dark brown Family information Family Colonel Charles Birkin (father) Claire Lloyd Howe (mother) William Dudley Ward (first husband) Tamara Dean It was Edward, known to his intimate circle as David, who abdicated in 1936 to marry the American divorcee Wallis Simpson. In exile they became the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. Freda never once spoke about her 16-year relationship with ''your little David'', as the prince signed his love letters. Three hundred and thirteen letters that the man best known as the Duke of Windsor wrote to Dudley Ward between 1921 and 1923 will be offered for sale at Sotheby's New York on June 20, with an.
Montgomery as Freda Dudley Ward and Poppy Drayton as Madeline
Dudley Ward died in 1983 at the age of 88 and never spoke of the affair. Richard Davie, director of International Autograph Auctions, said the letter gave an insight into Edward's thinking and. On the show, Lady Rose has the opportunity to rub elbows with the Prince of Wales — the future King Edward VIII, who eventually came to the throne in 1936 — and his lover, Mrs. Freda Dudley Ward. English socialite Freda Dudley Ward (1894 - 1983, left) and Lady Birkenhead (1913 - 1992, right) at the christening of Adrian Michael Berry at Gray's Inn Chapel, London, 19th October 1937. Adrian is the son of Lady Birkenhead's brother Michael Berry and his wife Pamela. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) The heir's good name is put at risk after the sneaky Mr. Sampson (Patrick Kennedy) steals a letter the prince wrote to his mistress, Freda Dudley Ward (Janet Montgomery).
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Alice Jessie Mitchell (November 26, 1872 - March 31, 1898) was an American woman who gained notoriety for the murder of her lover, Freda Ward. On January 23, 1892, the 19-year-old Mitchell cut the throat of Ward, then 17 years old. [1] Lady Rose meets the Prince of Wales and his mistress, Freda Dudley Ward, who shows off a letter from her paramour. When the letter is stolen, a plan is soon underway to steal it back for the sake.
Before Edward met Wallis, the young prince was embroiled in a 16-year long affair with English socialite Freda Dudley Ward, who was married to Liberal politician, William Dudley Ward. In the Netflix series The Royal House of Windsor, royal historians detail how in Bertie's early 20s he was heavily influenced by his elder brother. Churchill was not alone in misapprehending until too late the Prince's feeling about the American woman who supplanted Freda Dudley Ward in his affections. Wallis Warfield Simpson may have been married with one divorce behind her already, but Churchill had served as a minister to the Prince's grandfather, the philandering King Edward VII and took a "modern" view toward royal mistresses.
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The most devoted mistress and longest serving was undoubtedly Freda Dudley Ward, wife of Liberal MP William Dudley Ward. Her affair with the Prince began in 1918. Described by Diana Cooper as "a dream of beauty", Freda became what Trethewey describes as much more than a sexual partner. She was even more an emotional one: In 1918 he first met Freda Dudley Ward in London. It was a chance meeting but he was soon Infatuated with her and she became his mistress. Freda was the married daughter of Colonel Charles Birkin and his wife, Claire Birkin, of Lamcote House, Radcliffe on Trent. The Birkin family were renowned lace manufacturers in Nottingham.
