Thelma, Viscountess Furness
| Thelma Furness, Viscountess Furness | |
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Thelma, Viscountess Furness, in 1955.
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| Born |
Thelma Morgan 23 August 1904 Hotel Nationale, Lucerne, Switzerland |
| Died |
29 January 1970 (aged 65) New York |
| Resting place | Holy Cross Cemetery |
| Spouse(s) |
James Vail Converse (m. 1922; div. 1925) Marmaduke Furness, 1st Viscount Furness (m. 1926; div. 1933) |
| Partner(s) |
Edward, Prince of Wales Prince Aly Khan |
| Children | William Anthony Furness, 2nd Viscount Furness |
| Parent(s) | Laura Delphine Kilpatrick Harry Hayes Morgan, Sr. |
Thelma Furness, Viscountess Furness (23 August 1904 – 29 January 1970), born Thelma Morgan, was a mistress of King Edward VIII while he was still the Prince of Wales; she preceded Wallis Simpson (for whose sake Edward abdicated and became the Duke of Windsor) in his affections.
During most of her relationship with the Prince, she was married to a British nobleman, Marmaduke Furness, 1st Viscount Furness. That marriage ended the year before her relationship with the Prince ended.
Her first name was pronounced in Spanish fashion as "TEL-ma." Her identical twin sister was Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt who was married to Reginald Vanderbilt and had a daughter, Gloria Vanderbilt. This makes her the maternal great-aunt of CNN anchor Anderson Cooper.
Born in Lucerne, Switzerland, she was a daughter of Harry Hays Morgan Sr., an American diplomat who was U.S. consul in Buenos Aires and in Brussels, and his half-Chilean, half-Irish-American wife, Laura Delphine Kilpatrick. Married in 1893, they were divorced in 1927.
Her maternal grandfather was a Union general, Hugh Judson Kilpatrick (1836–1881), who was also U.S. minister to Chile, and through her maternal grandmother Luisa Fernandez de Valdivieso, who was a niece of Crescente Errázuriz Valdivieso, Archbishop of Santiago, she reportedly was a descendant of Spain's Royal House of Navarre.
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