Kathleen Wyld

  General Notes:

Misc. event Type: Monarchy
Misc. event Date: 1910-1936
George V's reign began amid the continuing constitutional crisis over the House of Lords, which refused to pass a Parliament Bill limiting its powers (which would remove its power to veto a Bill from the Commons). After the Liberal government obtained the King's promise to create sufficient peers to overcome Conservative opposition in the Lords (and won a second election in 1910), the Parliament Bill was passed by the Lords in 1911 without a mass creation of peers.
George started the annual Christmas Broadcast by the sovereign to the Empire (more recently to the Commonwealth), the first being transmitted in 1932. In 1935, the King celebrated his Silver Jubilee. He died in 1936 and his son Edward succeeded to the throne.
Misc. event Type: Monarchy
Misc. event Date: 1936
As Prince of Wales, Edward VIII (reigned January-December 1936) had successfully carried out a number of regional visits (including areas hit by economic depression) and other official engagements. These visits and his official tours overseas, together with his good war record and genuine care for the underprivileged, had made him popular.
In 1930, the Prince, who had already had a number of affairs, had met and fallen in love with a married American woman, Mrs Wallis Simpson. Concern about Edward's private life grew in the Cabinet, opposition parties and the Dominions, when Mrs Simpson obtained a divorce in 1936 and it was clear that Edward was determined to marry her.

Eventually Edward realised he had to choose between the Crown and Mrs Simpson who, as a twice-divorced woman, would not have been acceptable as Queen. On 10 December 1936, Edward VIII executed an Instrument of Abdication which was given legal effect the following day, when Edward gave Royal Assent to His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act, by which Edward VIII and any children he might have were excluded from succession to the throne. In 1937, Edward was created Duke of Windsor and married Wallis Simpson.
Misc. event Type: Monarchy
Misc. event Date: 1936-1952
George VI paid a State Visit to France in 1938, and to Canada and the United States in 1939 (he was the first British monarch to enter the United States). His dedication to duty, particularly during the Second World War, when he remained for most of the time at Buckingham Palace (the Palace was bombed nine times during the war), and when he and his wife visited severely bombed areas in the East End of London and elsewhere in the country, gained him great popularity. The King developed a close working relationship with his wartime Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, as most of Europe fell to Nazi Germany.
By 1948, it seemed that Britain had overcome the worst hardships of the post-war years, but the strain of the Second World War and the tensions of the post-war period had taken their toll on the King's health. The King failed to recover from a lung operation, and died in his sleep on 6 February 1952 at Sandringham; he was aged 56. After lying in state at Westminster Hall, the King's funeral was held at St George's Chapel, Windsor, where he lies buried. At the King's funeral, attached to the Government's wreath was a card on which Churchill had written the phrase inscribed on the Victoria Cross - 'For Valour'.
Misc. event Type: Monarchy
Misc. event Date: 1952
The Accession of The Queen in 1952 was sudden, although not entirely unexpected owing to the ill-health of King George VI. The Queen's Coronation followed on 2 June 1953. For nearly 50 years, during a period of great social change, The Queen has carried out her political duties as Head of State, the ceremonial responsibilities of the Sovereign and an unprecedented programme of visits in the United Kingdom, Commonwealth and overseas.

  Noted events in her life were:

• connection. ⁴⁵¹ Neil & Maxine Leveritt are linked to me in the following convoluted way:
Neil Leveritt (1951) married Maxine Petherick-Collins (c1955)
His father was Arthur Leveritt (1920) & his mother was Kathleen Wyld (1921)
Her father was Samuel Wyld (1890) who married Florence Earl (1890)
Her father was Henry Earl (1860) who married Alice West (1863)
Her father was James West (1833) who married Ann Ward (1830)
Her father was James Ward (1804)
His father was James Ward (c1776) & he also had Charlotte Ward (1806) who married George Leggett (1797)
They had Ann Leggett (1823) who married John Cobb (1833)
They had Richard Cobb (1852) who married Elizabeth Rutt (1854)
Her father was Charles Rutt (1829) who married Sophia Crossley (1830)
Her father was John Crossley (1794) who married Rebecca Harris (1795)
They had Eliza Crossley (1824) who married Thomas Hills (1821)
His father was Thomas Hills (1796)
His father was Thomas Hills (1766) who married Sarah Pearson (1771)
& they also had James Hills (1808)
He had Charles Hills (1828)
He had William Hills (1849) who married Mary Green (1851)
Her father was Thomas Green (1827) & he also had Annie Green (1859) who married William Endersby (1857)
Her father was Robert Endersby (1822) who married Mary Taylor (1828)
Her father was William Taylor (1780) & he also had Charles Taylor (1811) who married Sara Huckle (1809)
Her father was James Huckle (1781) & he also had Henry Huckle (1811)
He had James Huckle (1842)
He had Eliza Huckle (1862) who married Walter Presland (1861)
They had Arthur Presland (1884) who married Annie Reeves (1890)
Her father was William Reeves (1866)
His father was Ephraim Reeves (1843) & he also had Elizabeth Reeves (1859) who married John Kilcommons (1855)
They had James Kilcommons (1887) who married May Davis (1895)
Her father was Thomas Davis (1868)
His father was George Davis (1846)
His father was Thomas Davis (c1805) & he also had Joseph Davies (1852)
He had G A Davies (1894)
He had Colin Davies(1925)
He had me Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)

Kathleen married Arthur William Leveritt in 1942 in Bulwell, Nottinghamshire England. (Arthur William Leveritt was born on 26 Sep 1920 in Bulwell, Nottinghamshire England and died on 28 May 1993 in Brisbane, Queensland Australia.)