His Majesty King Edward VIII (1894 - 1972), who succeeded his Father, the late King George V, on 20 January 1936, the first bachelor King to ascend the British throne for 176 years. Wearing uniform as Cononel of the Welsh Guards. After just one year Edward chose to abdicate the throne (January 1936 ? December 1936), in order to marry Wallis Simpson, a twice-divorced American, he become known as Duke of Windsor.