Born in Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Daughter of Charles Wilfred Birkin CMG TD DL
and Claire Lloyd (Howe) Birkin DGStJ
Sister of
Violet Hilda Margaret (Birkin) Blew-Jones, Vera Lilian Margaret (Birkin) Seely and Charles Lloyd Birkin Bt
Wife of
William Humble Dudley Ward PC
— married
9 Jul 1913 (to 1931) in England
Descendants 
Died
at age 88
in London, England, United Kingdom
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Biography
Freda (Birkin) Maury is Notable.
Birth
Winifred May Birkin was born on 28 July 1894. She was the daughter of Colonel Charles Wilfred Birkin and Claire Lloyd Howe.
Marriage
She married, firstly, Rt. Hon. William Dudley Ward, son of William Humble Dudley Ward and Hon. Eugenie Violet Adele Brett, on 9 July 1913. She and Rt. Hon. William Dudley Ward were divorced in 1931. She married, secondly, Pedro Jose Isidro Manuel Ricardo Mones Maury, Marques de Casa Maury on 20 October 1937. She and Pedro Jose Isidro Manuel Ricardo Mones Maury, Marques de Casa Maury were divorced in 1954.
Freda was the mistress of Edward, Prince of Wales, from 1918 to 1934 (when he fell in love with Wallis Simpson). The relationship between the Prince of Wales and the married Ward was common knowledge in aristocratic circles.
Death
She died on 16 March 1983 at age 88.
Sources
- Freda Dudley Ward on Wikipedia
- The Peerage
- https://gw.geneanet.org/titeufs6?lang=en&n=birkin&oc=0&p=winifred+may+dite+freda+dudley+ward
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