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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).
- Lord Mountbatten
In August 1979, Mountbatten was assassinated by a bomb...
- Earl Mountbatten of Burma
Earl Mountbatten of Burma is a title in the Peerage of the...
- Lord Mountbatten
In August 1979, Mountbatten was assassinated by a bomb planted aboard his fishing boat in Mullaghmore, County Sligo, Ireland, by members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army. He received a ceremonial funeral at Westminster Abbey and was buried in Romsey Abbey in Hampshire. Early life.
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The Earldom was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdomon 28 October 1947 for Rear Admiral Louis Mountbatten, 1st Viscount Mountbatten of Burma. The subsidiary titles of the earldom are Viscount Mountbatten of Burma, of Romsey in the County of Southampton (created earlier in 1946), and Baron Romsey, of Romsey in the County of Southampton (crea...
When elevated to the peerage, the first Earl had no son, and the letters patentcreating the peerages granted to him were all subject to the following special remainder, in the absence of heirs male: As a result, since the first Lord Mountbatten never had a son, his elder daughter, Patricia, succeeded as the 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma upon he...
The heir apparentis the present holder's only son, Nicholas Louis Charles Norton Knatchbull, Lord Brabourne (born 1981).
Quarterly: 1st and 4th, azure a lion rampant double-queued barry of ten argent and gules armed and langued of the last crowned or within a bordure company of the second and third (Hesse); 2nd and 3rd, argent two pallets sable (Battenberg); charged on the honour point with an escutcheon of the arms of the late Princess Alice, namely: the royal arms ...
Media related to Earls Mountbatten of Burmaat Wikimedia CommonsNov 13, 2020 · The Provisional Irish Republican Army claimed responsibility for the August 27, 1979, murder of Lord Louis Mountbatten, 79, Earl of Burma, great-grandson of Queen Victoria, second cousin of...
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Dec 10, 2020 · Lord Mountbatten’s death On 27 August 1979, Lord Mountbatten went lobster fishing on his wooden boat, Shadow V, in the village of Mullaghmore, County Sligo, in the west of Ireland, where he had...
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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).
Nov 18, 2020 · Lord Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, died on 27 August, 1979, aged 79, while on a family trip to Ireland, at the height of the Troubles. But why was he assassinated and who...
