George VI the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, J. H. Thomas. King George V had severe reservations about Prince Edward, saying "After I am dead, the boy will ruin himself in twelve months" and "I pray God that my eldest son will never marry and that nothing will come between Bertie and Lilibet and the throne." On 20 January 1936, George V died and Edward ascended the throne as King Edward VIII. In the Vigil of the Princes, Prince Albert and his three brothers took a shift standing guard over their father's body as it lay in state, in a closed
George Edward Day medicine from D, and all articles on chemistry from H. He published lectures and articles in the "Medical Times and Gazette" and "The Lancet", and contributed to "Nature", "Chambers's Journal", "All the Year Round", the "Journal of Mental Science", "Once a Week", and the "British and Foreign Medico-Chirurgical Review". In 1841 Day married Ellen Anna, daughter of James Buckton, solicitor, of Doctors' Commons and Wrexham. They had two sons and four daughters. George Edward Day George Edward Day (1815–1872) was a Welsh physician. He was born on 4 August 1815 at Tenby, Pembrokeshire. He was the son of George Day