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Apr 6, 2023 · The fascinating life story of the Marchioness of Milford Haven, granddaughter of Queen Victoria and ‘walking encyclopaedia’. The Marchioness, who was also known as Princess Victoria, was born on 5 April 1863. By Natasha Leake. 6 April 2023. Carl Backofen.
- Early Life & Career
- Captain
- Director of Naval Intelligence
- Rear-Admiral
- Second Sea Lord
- First Sea Lord
- 26 July, 1914
- Resignation
- Retirement
Milford Haven was born His Illustrious Highness Count Ludwig Alexander von Battenberg in Gratz (now Graz), Austria, on 24 May, 1854, the eldest son of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine through his morganatic marriage to Countess Julia von Hauke. On 28 December, 1858, when his mother became a princess, he became His Serene Highness Prince Ludwi...
Battenberg was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1891. In the coming year, he would invent the clever and versatile navigational aid, the Battenberg Course Indicator. He left Scout on 10 February and went on Half Pay. He was appointed in command of the second class protected cruiser Andromache in the annual manœuvres from 21 July to 1...
Battenberg returned to the Admiralty in 1902 as Director of Naval Intelligence. He was appointed Director only after the sudden death of the successor designate, Rear-Admiral Burges Watson, and the disqualification of the alternative, Captain Henry May. He succeeded Rear-Admiral Custanceon 15 November, 1902. On 11 October, 1903, Battenberg wrote to...
Battenberg joined King Edward at Marienbad in August, 1904, where the sovereign was taking the cure. The King sent Prince Louis, as his Personal Aide-de-Camp to be present as his representative at the christening of the Tsar's son on 24 August, 1894 in the Peterhof Palace. On the 26th, he and Prince Henry of Prussia of the Imperial German Navy lunc...
The First Sea Lord, Sir Francis Bridgeman, later conceded in a letter of 13 November, 1914, that Battenberg used "well chosen language" and could "write voluminously", but damned his understanding as "superficial" and believed him "utterly deficient in technical knowledge." Battenberg's Flag Captain during the 1912 manœuvres, Captain (later Admiral...
Battenberg wrote to Churchill, "I think I may truthfully say that at this moment no-onehas any clear idea how the Commander-in-Chief, whereever he maybe in the line, is to effectively command such a fleet." Mr. Winston Churchill had become First lord in that year, and he selected Prince Louis as first sea lord a year later on the retirement of Sir ...
Although the First Lord was in Cromer, he remained in telephone contact with Battenberg. Twice on the morning of 26 July he called the Admiralty for news, and Battenberg explained that the situation was deteriorating quickly. With war fast approaching it had to be decided whether the fleet should be dispersed and the reserve ships demobilized, in a...
On 29 October Battenberg officially submitted his resignation to Churchill: Asquith personally arranged for Battenberg to be sworn of the Privy Council, and Churchill promised that he would be given the Command-in-Chief at Portsmouth at the end of the war in succession to Sir Hedworth Meux. The Director of Naval Ordnance, Captain (later Admiral Sir...
On 5 November, 1914, Battenberg was sworn of His Majesty's Privy Council.Through an Order in Council of 23 December, Battenberg was granted, "whilst he is on half pay during the period of the war, the special rate of half pay of two thousand pounds a year." Battenberg arranged with the Second Sea Lord, Sir Frederick T. Hamilton, that his second son...
Lord Milford Haven is the elder son of the 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven and Janet Mercedes Bryce, the older brother of Lord Ivar Mountbatten, and a descendant of Queen Victoria, Catherine the Great, Alexander Pushkin, and Abram Gannibal.
The marquessate of Milford Haven was created in 1917 for Prince Louis of Battenberg, the former First Sea Lord, and a relation by marriage to the British Royal family, who amidst the anti-German sentiments of the First World War abandoned the use of his German surname and titles and adopted the surname Mountbatten, an Anglicized version of the ...
Aug 6, 2023 · On the Eastern side of Castle Pill stands the beautiful mansion of the present proprietor of Milford Haven, the Hon. R. F. Greville. This charming spot was once the residence of the famous Governor Holwell, one of the few survivors of the Black Hole victims at Calcutta.
In 1839, Major W. K. Rains, along with his partners Charles Thompson and Samuel Peck, established a store and conducted business at Milford Haven, which was named after a fa-vorite spot in Wales by Major Rains. However, on some old maps the small village was called Pecksville after Samuel Peck.
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Early history. Milford Haven by Attwood, 1776. Pill Priory near Milford Haven 1829, Henry Gastineau. St Thomas a Becket Chapel, dedicated 1180 and used as a beacon church. From the 790s until the Norman Invasion in 1066, the waterway was used occasionally by Vikings looking for shelter.
