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  1. Ernest Aldrich Simpson (6 May 1897 – 30 November 1958) was an American-born British shipbroker, who was the second husband of Wallis Simpson, later the wife of the former King Edward VIII. Simpson served as an officer in the Coldstream Guards before becoming a shipbroker in the family firm of SSY.

  2. Wallis, Duchess of Windsor (born Bessie Wallis Warfield, later Spencer and then Simpson; June 19, 1896 – April 24, 1986) was an American socialite and wife of former king Edward VIII. Their intention to marry and her status as a divorcée caused a constitutional crisis that led to Edward's abdication .

  3. Feb 17, 2023 · After her first divorce, and before her epic romance with the future king of England, Wallis Simpson married Ernest Aldrich Simpson, a shipping executive and former officer in the Coldstream Guards. She was already intimately involved with Ernest before her divorce, according to Town & Country , but there was a problem with their prospect of ...

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  5. Sep 21, 2023 · If Wallis Simpson initially hesitated to start an affair with King Edward VIII, she had a very good reason for that. When she started spending time with the royal, Wallis had already been married to the British-American shipbroker Ernest Simpson for about three years.

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  6. Jul 21, 2021 · On 21 July 1928, Wallis and Ernest were married at the Chelsea Registry Office in London. She wore a bright yellow dress with a blue coat.

  7. May 3, 2021 · Wallis and Ernest/ Granger Historical Picture Archive / Alamy Stock Photo - This is not her wedding dress but her court presentation dress. On 3 May 1937, Wallis was granted her decree absolute, and she was now officially divorced from Ernest Simpson – they had been married for almost nine years.

  8. Apr 3, 2014 · By then, Wallis had met Ernest Aldrich Simpson, an English-American shipping executive. They married in London in 1928 and moved into a large flat with several servants. Around this same...

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