Rosemary Millicent Ward, Viscountess Ednam was a British socialite who served as a nurse in France during the First World War. She almost married Edward, Prince of Wales but his proposal was vetoed by his parents, King George V and Queen Mary. In 1919 she married William Ward, Viscount Ednam to become Viscountess Ednam. The Viscountess died on 21 July 1930 in the Meopham air disaster.

Edward VIII, later known as the Duke of Windsor, was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire, and Emperor of India, from 20 January 1936 until his abdication in December of the same year.