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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.
Jul 28, 2021 · Freda’s first husband was William Dudley Ward, and they married on 9 July 1913. They had two daughters together: Penelope (born 4 August 1914) and Claire (born 25 May 1916). Freda is perhaps best known as being the mistress of the Prince of Wales, the future King Edward VIII, before she was supplanted.
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Winifred May Mones, Marquesa de Casa Maury (née Birkin, previously Dudley Ward) (28 July, 1894 – 16 March, 1983), was an English socialite best known for being a mistress of the Prince of Wales.
Freda Dudley Ward was the daughter of British Colonel Charles Wilfred Birkin and his American wife, Claire Lloyd Howe. Freda was the second child in her family and the eldest of three sisters. Her paternal grandfather, Sir Thomas Birkin, 1st Baronet, was a textile magnate.
She married William Dudley Ward in 1913. Though Ward was his family surname, Dudley Ward officially became their surname through common usage. They had two daughters: Penelope Ann Rachel (later Lady Reed, and mother of actress Tracy Reed), and Claire Angela Louise (later Lady Laylock). Their marriage ended in divorce in 1931 on the grounds of adultery.
Freda’s remarried in 1937 to Pedro Jose Isidro Manuel Ricardo Mones, Marques de Casa Maury. Their marriage ended in divorce in 1954.
Freda was the mistress of the Prince of Wales from 1918 to 1934, at which time the Prince began his infamous relationship with Wallis Simpson.
She meets Rose MacClare in 1923. After a discussion between them involving the prince, Terence Sampson steals a letter from the prince to Mrs Dudley Ward from her handbag. When Mrs Dudley Ward finds out that the letter is gone, she goes to Rose asking for help.
Lord Grantham is upset with this theft, but resolves to preserve the monarchy's good name. Eventually the letter is retrieved.
•Like the Crawley sisters, Freda Dudley Ward is the daughter of an English father and an American mother.
•Mrs Dudley Ward's granddaughter Tracy Reed was the first wife of actor Edward Fox, the elder brother of James Fox, who portrays Lord Aysgarth.
Feb 24, 2014 · 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...
Dec 2, 2023 · Freda Dudley Ward was the mistress of the future King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom from 1918 – 1934 while he was Prince of Wales. Born Winifred May Birkin on July 28, 1894, Freda Dudley Ward was the eldest of the four children of Colonel Charles Wilfred Birkin and his American wife Claire Lloyd Howe. Freda’s paternal grandparents were ...
May 11, 2021 · In 1996 a cache of 263 letters, previously thought lost, was discovered - the first of a total of over 2000 written by Edward, then Prince of Wales, during his sixteen-year relationship with Freda Dudley Ward, the estranged wife of a Liberal MP, who came to dominate his life in the years after the Great War.
Feb 25, 2014 · Downton Abbey's fourth season ends with the Crawleys helping rescue the reputation of Prince Edward, the then-Prince of Wales and son of King George V. The heir's good name is put at risk...
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