Legal Definition of distress. 1  1 : seizure and detention of the goods of another as pledge or to obtain satisfaction of a claim by the sale of the goods seized; specifically : seizure by a landlord of a tenant's property to obtain satisfaction of arrearages in rent Editor's note: Distress is regulated by statute where available.
Discussion Forums. |. Search. EDWARD VI, King of England and Ireland, born at Greenwich on the 12th of October 1537, was the only child of Henry VIII by his third wife, Jane Seymour, who died of puerperal fever twelve days later.
But with the abdication, George VI said he had to 'save this rocking throne'. With George V and George VI, it created a terrific continuity.''. Victoria's eldest son and second child King Edward VII, who ruled from 1901 to 1910, was christened Albert Edward. Named after his father Prince Albert, he was, like George VI, known to his family as ''Bertie''.