Ernest Simpson
| Ernest Aldrich Simpson | |
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Ernest Simpson in 1937
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| Born |
6 May 1897 New York City, New York, US |
| Died | 30 November 1958 (aged 61) London, England, United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Spouse(s) | Dorothea Webb Dechert (1923–1928; divorced) Bessie Wallis Warfield (m.1928–1937; divorced) Mary Huntemuller Raffray (1937–1941; her death) Avril Leveson-Gower (1948–1958; his death) |
| Children | Audrey Simpson Driggs (née Simpson) Aharon Solomons (born Ernest Henry Child Simpson) |
| Parent(s) | Ernest Louis Simpson Charlotte Woodward Gaines |
Ernest Aldrich Simpson (6 May 1897 – 30 November 1958) was an American-born naturalized British shipping executive best known as the second husband of Wallis Simpson. He was a partner with the City shipbroking firm Simpson, Spence & Young.
Born in New York City and educated at The Hill School and before attending Harvard, Simpson served as a Captain in the Coldstream Guards during World War I. His father, Ernest Louis Simpson, cofounded the international shipbroking Simpson, Spence & Young which has traded for over 130 years and was a British citizen of Jewish background whose original surname was Solomon. His mother, Charlotte Woodward Gaines, was American, daughter of an attorney in New York City.
His elder sister and only sibling, Maud Simpson, married, in 1905, Major Peter Kerr-Smiley MP.
Simpson applied for British citizenship and renounced his United States citizenship shortly after graduating from Harvard University during World War I.
"In his younger years he was described as tall, with blue eyes, blond, curly hair, a neat blond moustache and a fastidious dresser," according to an article in The New York Times.
His first wife, whom he married in New York City, on 22 February 1923 and divorced in 1928, was Dorothea Dechert (died 1967), the former wife of James Flanagan Dechert (died 1968), whom she married in May 1916 and divorced in April 1920. Born Dorothea Webb Parsons, she was a daughter of Arthur Webb Parsons, a lawyer, and his wife, the former Frances Margaret Graves.
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