Edward VIII, (1894-1972), King of Great Britain and Ireland, afterwards Duke of Windsor

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Alternative name(s):	Edward, Duke of Windsor (Also known as)
Surname:	Edward VIII
Gender:	Male
Date:	1894-1972
Title:	King of Great Britain and Ireland, afterwards Duke of Windsor
History:	Eldest son of King George V. Succeeded his father in Jan 1936, but abdicated the throne in Dec 1936. Made Duke of Windsor. Appointed governor of the Bahamas during the Second World War.
Biography:	ODNB link for Edward, VIII (1894-1972) King of Great Britain and Ireland, afterwards Duke of Windsor
References:	DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P274927 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P139539 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for VIII Edward

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1873-1985: Foreign Office: Permanent Under-Secretary's Department: Registered and Unregistered Papers	The National Archives, Kew	FO 1093
2	1936: Privy Council Office: Instrument of Abdication	The National Archives, Kew	PC 11
3	1950-64: corresp with Lord Beaverbrook	Parliamentary Archives	BBK C/326	NRA 19284 Aitken
4	1911-13: letters, telegrams and Christmas cards from him and Prince George to EG Buxton	Norfolk Record Office	MC 914
5	letters to Austen Chamberlain	University of Birmingham: Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections	AC/36	NRA 12604 Chamberlain
6	1918-21: letters to Lord Curzon	British Library: Asian and African Studies	MSS Eur F 111-12 no 1147	NRA 20536
7	1905-37: letters to Lady Desborough	Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies	D/EX789/142-157	NRA 38756 Grenfell
8	1913-23: letters to Lord Esher	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	ESHR	NRA 13626 Brett
9	1913-25: letters to Seton Gordon	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Acc.7451
10	1910-13: corresp with Lord Hardinge	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Hardinge	NRA 3853
11	1919-38: corresp with David Lloyd George	Parliamentary Archives	LG	NRA 15700
12	1920-53: letters to Lady Londonderry	Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)	D3099/3/13	NRA 19803 Stewart
13	1932-1961: corresp with Lord Monckton	Oxford University: Balliol College Historic Collections	Dep Monckton	NRA 20879 Monckton
14	c1914-20: corresp with Viscount Novar	National Library of Australia	MS 696	NRA 22805 Munro-Ferguson
15	letters to Earl and Countess of Pembroke	Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre	2057	NRA 22080 Herbert
16	1914: letter to Lieutenant Colonel Maxwell Earle DSO, Commanding Officer 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, rel to his disappointment at not being allowed to embark to France with the regiment, and optimism on the offensive on the front	National Army Museum Templer Study Centre	NAM.2016-10-23-167	See Annual Return 2016
17	1914: letter to Denzil George Fortescue, 6th Earl Fortescue (1893-1977) from Warley Barracks, Brentford, rel to his commission into the 1st Grenadier Guards, conditions at Warley, training, and hopes to embark for Belgium	National Army Museum Templer Study Centre	NAM.2016-10-23-168	See Annual Return 2016