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On 28th July 1894 Winifred "Freda" May Birkin was born to Colonel Charles Wilfred Birkin.
On 9th July 1913 William Dudley Ward (age 35) and Winifred "Freda" May Birkin (age 18) were married.
On 4th August 1914 [her daughter] Penelope Dudley Ward was born to [her husband] William Dudley Ward (age 36) and Winifred "Freda" May Birkin (age 20).
On 25th May 1916 [her daughter] Claire Angela Dudley Ward was born to [her husband] William Dudley Ward (age 38) and Winifred "Freda" May Birkin (age 21).
From 1918 to around 1929 Winifred "Freda" May Birkin (age 23) was the mistress of King Edward VIII (age 23).
1919. Bassano Ltd. Photograph of Winifred "Freda" May Birkin (age 24)
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
1920. John Lavery (age 63). "The Lady in Black and Green" aka Portrait of Mrs Dudley Ward aka Winifred "Freda" May Birkin (age 25).
In 1931 William Dudley Ward (age 53) and Winifred "Freda" May Birkin (age 36) were divorced.
On 11th November 1946 [her former husband] William Dudley Ward (age 69) died at Calgary, Alberta.
On 22nd January 1982 [her daughter] Penelope Dudley Ward (age 67) died.
On 16th March 1983 Winifred "Freda" May Birkin (age 88) died.
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Birkin
GrandFather: Thomas Birkin 1st Baronet
Father: Colonel Charles Wilfred Birkin
GrandMother: Harriet Tebbutt