Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth time on 24 June 1936: Ramsay MacDonald, the Lord President of the Council, met the Duke of Norfolk to discuss the proceedings; MacDonald would chair the Coronation Committee as a whole, and the Duke would chair the Executive Committee. While Edward VIII was away, cruising on the "Nahlin" with Wallis Simpson, his brother, Albert, Duke of York (the future George VI) sat in his place on the committees. Edward VIII had initially been reluctant to have a coronation at all (asking the Archbishop of Canterbury whether it could be dispensed with), but conceded that a shorter service would be acceptable;
George Gale (MP) George Gale (MP) George Gale was Member of Parliament for York during the Parliaments of Henry VIII, notably the Reformation Parliament, and of Edward VI. He also held several important offices in the city of York and was the Great Great Grandfather of the antiquarian, Thomas Gale. George was born to Oliver Gale and Ellen Marshall near the North Yorkshire village of Scruton around 1490, though there is no accurate record of his birth. At some point before 1526, there being no accurate record, he married Mary Lord of Kendall. They had two sons and six daughters. His eldest son,