Ernest Simpson

Ernest Simpson
Ernest Simpson in 1937
Born	(1897-05-06)6 May 1897 New York City, U.S.
Died	30 November 1958(1958-11-30) (aged 61) London, England
Alma mater	Harvard University
Spouses	Dorothea Webb Dechert ​ ​ (m. 1923; div. 1928)​ Bessie Wallis Spencer ​ ​ (m. 1928; div. 1937)​ Mary Huntemuller Raffray ​ ​ (m. 1937; died 1941)​ Avril Leveson-Gower ​ (m. 1948)​
Children	2, including Lt. Aharon Solomons
Military career
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Captain
Unit	Coldstream Guards
Battles/wars	World War I

Ernest Aldrich Simpson (6 May 1897 – 30 November 1958) was an American-born British shipbroker, who was the second husband of Wallis Simpson, later the wife of the former King Edward VIII.

Simpson served as an officer in the Coldstream Guards before becoming a shipbroker in the family firm of SSY.^[1]