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Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979), commonly known as Lord Mountbatten, was a British statesman, naval officer, colonial administrator and close relative of the British royal family.
Dec 10, 2020 · Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, was born Prince Louis of Battenberg on 25 June 1900 in Windsor. As the son of Prince Louis of Battenberg and Princess Victoria of Hesse and...
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Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, a relative of the British royal family, was assassinated on 27 August 1979 by Thomas McMahon, an Irish republican and volunteer for the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA).
Jun 22, 2024 · Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten was a British statesman, naval leader, and the last viceroy of India. He had an international royal-family background; his career involved extensive naval commands, the diplomatic negotiation of independence for India and Pakistan, and the highest military.
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Early career
After Lockers Park Prep School, and Naval Cadet School, Mountbatten served in the Royal Navy during World War I. He accompanied Edward, Prince of Wales on a 1922 royal tour of India (where Edwina Ashley met him and he proposed marriage) and consolidated a firm friendship with the Prince. His relations with Edward cooled substantially during the latter's 1936 reign as Edward VIII and during the Abdication Crisis. Mountbatten's loyalties between the wider Royal Family and the throne, on the one...
Second World War
In the Second World War he commanded the 5th Destroyer Flotilla. His ship, the destroyer HMS Kelly,was famous for many daring exploits. In early May 1940, Mountbatten led a British convoy in through the fog to evacuate the Allied forces participating in the Namsos campaign. In 1940, he invented the Mountbatten Pink naval camouflage pigment. His ship was sunk in May 1941, during the Crete Campaign. In August 1941, Mountbatten was appointed captain of HMS Illustrious, which lay in Norfolk, Virg...
The last viceroy
His experience in the region and, in particular, his perceived Labour sympathies at that time led to Clement Attlee appointing him Viceroy of India after the war. In his position as Viceroy, Mountbatten oversaw the granting of independence to the Partitioned India as India and Pakistan(In subsequent years, pre-Independence India has often been referred to as "British India." Prior to Partition and Independence, "British India" referred to those parts of India which were directly administered...
Marriage
Mountbatten's nickname among family and friends was "Dickie," notable in that "Richard" was not among his given names. Mountbatten was married on July 18, 1922, to Edwina Cynthia Annette Ashley, daughter of Wilfred William Ashley, later 1st Baron Mount Temple, himself a grandson of the 7th Earl of Shaftesbury. She was the favorite granddaughter of the Edwardian magnate Sir Ernest Cassel and the principal heir to his fortune. There followed a glamorous honeymoon tour of European courts and Ame...
Passing of titles to Patricia
Since Mountbatten had no sons, when he was created Viscount on August 23, 1946, then Earl and Baron on October 28, 1947, the Letters Patent were drafted such that the titles would pass to the female line and its male issue. This was at his firm insistence: His relationship with his elder daughter had always been particularly close and it was his special wish that she succeed to the title in her own right. There was longstanding precedent for such remainders for military commanders: Past examp...
Mentorship of Prince of Wales
Mountbatten was a strong influence in the upbringing of his great-nephew, The Prince of Wales, and later as a mentor—"Honorary Grandfather" and "Honorary Grandson," they fondly called each other according to the Jonathan Dimbleby biography of the Prince—though according to both the Ziegler biography of Mountbatten and the Dimbleby biography of the Prince the results may have been mixed: He from time to time strongly upbraided the Prince for showing tendencies towards the idle pleasure-seeking...
Mountbatten usually holidayed at his summer home in Mullaghmore, County Sligo, a small seaside village between Bundoran, County Donegal and Sligo, County Sligo on the northwest coast of Ireland. Bundoran was a popular holiday destination for volunteers of the IRA, many of whom were aware of Mountbatten's presence and movements in Mullaghmore. Despi...
1937: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order—GCVO (1920: MVO, 1922: KCVO)1941: Distinguished Service Order—DSO1943: Knight of Justice of St John—KJStJ1946: Knight of the Garter – KGAlthough he played an important military role in World War II, Mountbatten is primarily remembered for his days in India and for the legacy of partition. Debate continued about whether an alternative to partition was feasible. Some suggest that had Britain withdrawn from India with less haste, even though partition may still have occurred, less blo...
Collins, Larry, and Dominique Lapierre. 1975. Freedom at Midnight. New York: Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780671220884.Heathcote, Tony, 2002. The British Admirals of the Fleet 1734-1995. A Biographical Dictionary. Barnsley, UK: Leo Cooper. ISBN 9780850528350.Hough, Richard. 1980. Mountbatten; Hero of our Time. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. ISBN 9780297778059.Latimer, Jon. 2004. Burma: The Forgotten War. London: John Murray. ISBN 9780719565755.All links retrieved July 26, 2018. 1. Combined Ops. 2. Interaction with German U-Boat U-35 officers. 3. The Mountbatten Assassination: A retrospective. 4. The Mountbatten Program.
May 21, 2018 · Mountbatten, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900–79). Naval commander and statesman. Mountbatten was born to a family closely related to the house of Windsor.
Aug 27, 2021 · Who was Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma? Born: 25 June 1900, Windsor. Died: 27 August 1979, assassinated. Career highlights: Supreme Allied Commander South-East Asia (1943–46), last Viceroy of India (1947), first Governor-General of the Dominion of India (1947–48) and Chief of the Defence Staff (1959–65)
