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  1. Thelma Furness, Viscountess Furness ( née Morgan, 23 August 1904 – 29 January 1970), was a mistress of King Edward VIII while he was Prince of Wales. She was supplanted in his affections by Wallis Simpson, for whose sake Edward abdicated, becoming the Duke of Windsor.

  2. Thelma was the second wife of Marmaduke, first Viscount Furness, chairman of the Furness Withy shipping line and 20 years her senior. Tony was their only child.

  3. (23 Aug 1904 – 29 Jan 1970) Thelma Furness (left) and Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt 1, her identical twin. Born in Switzerland, Thelma was a daughter of Harry Hays Morgan Sr, an American diplomat, and his half-Chilean, half-Irish-American wife, Laura Delphine Kilpatrick.

  4. Aug 24, 2021 · A few months before, her stepson had gone missing in action and his body was never found, though he was found to have died in May 1940. Her stepdaughter Averill had died in 1936 of heart failure at the age of just 27. Thus when Marmaduke died, Thelma’s son became the next Viscount Furness. Thelma, Anthony and Gloria began a new life in ...

  5. Apr 14, 2024 · Death: January 29, 1970 (65) Manhattan, New York City, New York County, New York, United States. Place of Burial: Culver City, California. Immediate Family: Daughter of Harry Hays Morgan, Sr. and Laura Kilpatrick Valdivieso. Ex-wife of James Vail Converse and Marmaduke Furness, 1st Viscount Furness. Mother of William Anthony Furness, 2nd ...

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  6. Aug 23, 2021 · Thelma, Viscountess Furness, was born on 23 August 1904 as Thelma Morgan, the daughter of Harry Hays Morgan Sr. and Laura Delphine Kilpatrick, in Switzerland. She had a twin sister named Gloria, a sister named Consuelo and a brother named Harry.

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    Feb 14, 1998 · It was early in 1934 that Thelma, Viscountess Furness, decided to travel to New York to see friends. A few days before she sailed she invited her friend the American socialite Wallis Simpson for lunch at the Ritz.

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