King Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor (1894-1972)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper
Measurements
155 mm (Width); 220 mm (Length)
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Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 434762
Summary
A brown foolscape envelope containing a short hand copy of Edward VIII abdication speech. This copy was the information collected in Nigeria on the 11th of December 1936 and recieved by morse code. There is also a print of Edward VIII. Found in the effects of a Mr Whadworth's sister an donated to Belton House in 1991.