Bryan Godfrey-Faussett the monarch's death in 1936, receiving a promotion on 1 January 1932 to GCVO. During the reign of Edward VIII, he left his post as Equerry-in-Ordinary to become an Extra Equerry, on 21 July 1936. He would remain an Extra Equerry to Edward VIII and George VI until his death in 1945. During the First World War, he served in HMS "Thistle", 1914, and acted as Naval Equerry to King George V, 1915-18. He also worked for a short period in the Paravane Department of the Admiralty, 1917. He continued as Equerry-in-Ordinary to King George V and King Edward VIII
George Mason VI (1733–1785); first cousin once removed of Stevens Thomson Mason (1760–1803), John Thomson Mason (1765–1824), and William Temple Thomson Mason (1782–1862); first cousin of Thomson Francis Mason (1785–1838) and James Murray Mason (1798–1871); second cousin of Armistead Thomson Mason (1787–1819), John Thomson Mason (1787–1850), and John Thomson Mason Jr. (1815–1873); and second cousin once removed of Stevens T. Mason (1811–1843). George Mason VI George Mason VI (August 11, 1786 - August 21, 1834) was a prominent Virginia planter. Mason was the eldest son of planter and businessman George Mason V and grandson of United States patriot, statesman, and delegate from Virginia