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History of Theosophy in Wales
Cardiff Lodge President
Meets King Edward VIII
November 1936
President
of The Cardiff Lodge Miss Elizabeth Claudia Owen was introduced to King Edward
VIII during his famous visit to South Wales in November 1936 during which he
irritated Stanley Baldwin’s government by telling a large crowd in Dowlais that
“something must be done about unemployment”. This was one month before the
abdication.
Miss
Owen joined the Theosophical Society in 1915 and was a very active Theosophist,
holding many official positions within the Society between 1920 and 1960
including both Cardiff and Dewi Sant Lodge President and General Secretary
after Peter Freeman left the post on becoming an MP in 1945. She was a high
ranking civil servant in the Ministry of Labour and was awarded an MBE in 1928.
Miss
Owen’s meeting with the King did much to raise the profile of the Theosophical
Society and at the time was a source of pride to members. However the meeting
later became an embarrassment to Welsh Theosophists.
At the
time of his visit to
The Abdication was headline news around the world
In December
1936, Edward VIII abdicated from the throne over his decision to marry American
divorcee, Mrs Wallace Simpson. He then took the title of Duke of
Former
King Edward VIII, now Duke of
with
Wallace Simpson
Up to
this time the Duke of Windsor’s popularity in Welsh Theosophical Circles
remained high and a glowing account of the meeting with Miss Owen was given in
the 1937 TS in Wales Annual Report.
This
changed, when on
The
Duke of
The Duke of Windsor and Wallace Simpson meet Hitler in October
1937.
A complete public relations disaster.
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