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Winifred May, Marquesa de Casa Maury (''née'' Birkin; 28 July 1894 – 16 March 1983), universally known by her first married name as Freda Dudley Ward, was an English socialite best known for being a mistress of the Prince of Wales, who later became King Edward VIII. ==Biography== Born Winifred 'Freda' May Birkin, she was the second child and eldest of three daughters of British Colonel Charles Wilfred Birkin (fourth son of a lace embroidery and tableware magnate of Nottingham, Sir Thomas Isaac Birkin)〔Anonymous. Obituary for her cousin Bindy Lambton, or the former Countess of Durham, published in ''The Daily Telegraph'' on 18 February 2003. ()〕 and his American wife, Claire Lloyd Birkin (''née'' Howe). Freda was the mistress of the Prince of Wales from 1918 to 1934, when he fell in love with Wallis Simpson. The relationship between the Prince of Wales and the married Ward was common knowledge in aristocratic circles. In 1927, Sir Winston Churchill, after traveling with them on a train, observed, "It is quite pathetic to see the Prince and Freda. His love is so obvious and undisguisable." 'Freda' Birkin married: *9 July 1913 to William Dudley Ward, Liberal MP for Southampton. They had two daughters. Her first husband's family surname was Ward but with Dudley became their official surname through common usage. Their divorce took place on the ground of adultery in 1931. *20 October 1937 to Pedro Jose Isidro Manuel Ricardo Mones, Marques de Casa Maury. From 1938, the couple took up residence in St Johns Wood, London, at 58 Hamilton Terrace, which they commissioned from the architects Burnet, Tait & Lorne.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=House for Marques and Marquesa de Casa Maury )〕 They divorced in 1954. Issue: * Penelope Ann Rachel Dudley Ward (1914–1982), the actress Penelope Dudley-Ward, later Lady Reed, known as ''Pempie'',〔 who married firstly in 1939 (divorced 1944) Anthony Pelissier, by whom she had a daughter, and secondly in 1948 film director Sir Carol Reed, by whom she had a son shown below.〔〕 * *Tracy Reed (1942-2012 b. Clare Pelissier), actress; first wife of actor Edward Fox, who later played Edward VIII in ''Edward & Mrs. Simpson'' in which their affair is depicted; they had one daughter. * *Max Reed (b. 1948) * Claire Angela Louise Dudley Ward (1916–1999) later Lady Laycock, or ''Angie'',〔''Ibid.''〕 who married in 1935 the commando leader Major-General Sir Robert Laycock,〔Information on death date from , retrieved 14 December 2007.〕 by whom she had two sons and three daughters.〔, mistitled because she was Lady Laycock, but not Lady Clare Angela Louise Ward as daughter of an earl. Last edited 21 January 2006.〕 Of her five children, her son: * * Joseph William Peter Laycock (Joe Laycock) (1938–1980) was married to actress Lucy Fleming niece of the writer Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond; and had issue. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Freda Dudley Ward」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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