Earl Winfield Spencer Jr.
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Earl Winfield Spencer Jr. 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.
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Earl Winfield Spencer Jr. (1920)
Edward VIII
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Edward VIII, later known as the Duke of Windsor, was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 20 January 1936 until his abdication in December of the same year.
Earl Winfield Spencer Jr.
…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. Earl Winfield Spencer Jr. was born on September 20, 1888, in Kinsley, Kansas, son of Earl Winfield Spencer Sr., a socially prominent Chicago stockbroker…
As a midshipman on board HMS Hindustan, 1911
As Prince of Wales, 1911
In August 1915, during the First World War